( 151(5 ; 
ment bears date the 8 th of Novewher 1 481. by whkh time he 
orders all theCopies to be finilhed by JoriusSyfer his Printer, 
who (eems to have done fo, fince his Name, and this Year 
1481,18 written at the end of the Book. 1 nftcad of a Seal to 
this Inftrument is mEngraven Prints being the Ari^soi. the 
See fupported by 2 Angelst, and St Kilian (its firft Bilhop and 
Proteftor)behind 5 as alfothis Prelate's own Arms with thofe 
of the See in another Efcutcheon-^ and a very fine Mantling. 
This is extremely \^ell engraven for the time, and equals 
the perforriiances of fome of our beft Workmen at prefent. 
The evident marks of preffure by the Plate, with fome 
touches ot hk at the Edges^ the roH^hnefs of the Print, and 
other Circumftances concurring, I thought this muft needs 
bd wrought off at the RoUing-frefs. But being unwilling 
to rely too far upon my own Judgment, I {hewed it to 
divers very knowing and curious Genclemen, to feveral 
Printers^ Engravers^ and others working conftantly at the 
RoUmg Prefs^ who all concurred ( tho at diflFerent times, 
one not knowing what another had fatd ) that 'twas not 
only excellently well engraven ( and this before Alheri 
Durers time ) but that it was certainly pull'd from the 
RoUf^g Prefix and could be done no other way. And that 
this Print was not done after that time, appears from feveral 
Notes written here and there in the Book. One of them 
fpecifies that William Kewfih, Vicar of St Bartholomevps 
Church in PF//r/z.^;zr^,bought this Book the fame year, 1481, 
paying 18 Florins for the Parchntent^ Printings Rubricatioffy 
lUumtnation and Bindings By another it appears, that he 
gave it to his Church for ever. And by fome others it ap- 
pears that it remained there during the times of his feveral 
SuccefTors, till the laft Age, when, as I fuppofe, the 
Swedes^ under Guflavus Adolphns^ plundered the Church, 
and brought it out. 
