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^©r elfe his own Works, aimoft ready for the Prct; or 
laftly, fome curious printed Books, wifh his written 
Notes and Amendments. 
Then follow the Papers of Ifaac CafauloHy the Adver- 
faria of Dr. LanglatHy late Provofl ot Qucens-Col/ege, 
Oxon^ both in their own Hands, And afterwards a Ca- 
talogue of part of the Manufcripts bequeathed to the Uni- 
verfity by Dr. Marcfchal^ late Redor of Lincoln-Collcgey 
the remaining part of them being defcribed pag. 373. 
Now comes the Titles of the Oriental Manufaipts of 
the learned Dr.Pococi^ late Regius Prokflor of Hebrew 
in this Univerfity, which the Univerfity bought of his 
Widow. And a Catalogue of the Manufcripts of Dr.//«». 
tington^ which theUmverfity bought of him fince his Re- 
turn from the Eaft. As alfo thofe Books which the Uni- 
verfity bought of Dr. HyJe : Which Three Parcels con- 
taining in them many Books of an extraordinary Price 
and Value, join'd to what was in the Library before, and 
has come in fince, furnirti any Scholar with fufficient 
Helps to purfue his own Studies in moft of their Langua- 
ges. For my own part, Sir, [ confefs, I am not skili'd 
this Way ; nor will my ncceflary Affairs permit me to 
lay out fuch a Portion of my Time amidft thcfe Books, 
as I might do, were my Circumftances otherwife than 
they are. But thofe who live more cafily, and have Lei- 
fure, if they fo pleas'd, might foon find Authors fuitable 
to their own Genius, which they might Study with great 
Advantage. For if the OU Tejlament be fit to be read 
in the Original, and in thofe Tongues that approach 
neareft to the Original, and thofe Sages who from time 
to time have taken pains to iiluflrate it : If Euclid^ Ari-^ 
fi<ftky Herot Afollonitu PergatUj and others of the An- 
cients, part of whofe Writings ftill remain to us tranfla- 
ted into Arabic, though the Original Greek be loft; if 
thefe, I (ayt (hall be accounted worthy to be read and 
publifli. 
