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of which are too many to be here reckon'd up ; but are 
largely accounred for in the Catalogue. 
One thing, indeed, is obj^ded againft this Work by 
fome fqaeamiih Perfons, fome of whom are Foreigners 
(who look upon our Store of Manufcripts with an ili Eye) 
and othersareof our Country-men, who fay, Thatfljere 
le many Faults in this Book, and that divers of the Cata* 
logues are erroneous in fome, and not large and particular 
enough in other places. vVhich very Objeitioos^ howe- 
ver, fuppofe chat feme Catalogues, if not the greateft 
part, are done well enough to give even tbcmfelves Sa- 
tisfadtion; As for the Foreigners, before they find Fault 
with thiSj it would be fit they fliould put out better Ca- 
talogues of their ovvn Manufcripts : This Work, as faul- 
ty as it is, exceeding their Performances in this kind, 
as much in Accuracy, as in the Number of Books it re- 
preftnts. And if our Country-men will but take the 
Pains to confider it throughout, they will find (nor can 
Envy it (elf deny it) that many of thefe Catalogues are 
moft judicioufly and exadly taken,- and all the reft fo 
well done, as to deferve rather their Thanks than their 
Cenfure. If fome of the Manufcripts contain here and 
there a Tra£t which is not mentioned ; 'tis better fo, 
than to put down the Titles of thofe Trad:s, which are 
not now to be found in the Book : For this would be an 
Affront and Abufe upon the World ; when as that may 
be remedied in another Edition. And the very Cata- 
logues which they quarrel with, give us the Author's 
Name, and the Title of the Book if it be Anonymous, 
and for want of that, fufficient Notice of the Sufcfjed-- 
Matterofit; which, one would think, might give Con» 
tent to any Perfon of a candid and ingenuous Difpofiti- 
on : Efpeclaliy confidering the newnefs of the Defign, 
the great Difficulty of procuring fo many Catalogues as 
chey are here prefented with^ and that Promife which is 
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