368 JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
find not one whose genius inclines him that way. The very best 
among them all, I am certain, is Sir W™ Pole, whose MSS. do 
as far excel Leland’s, if those fragments of his you are pleas’d to 
hon™ me with be all he wrote of Pollard, Pomeroy, and others, as 
ye moon ye lesser stars.” 
Then he proceeds to his dissertation on the Sydenham family, 
and towards the close of the letter is a reference to some one (the 
paper is torn, so that the name cannot be deciphered) who aroused 
the worthy man’s ire, and whose orthodoxy was doubtful, because 
he had made translations ‘‘for the assistance of that bare-fac’d 
heretick Whiston.” 
Then comes a reference to a second part of the Worthies, and 
one most valuable, because I am unaware of any English notice of 
Prince which contains any reference to such a work; and it is one 
which cannot but lead us to wonder what became of this second 
part, which no doubt contained worthy Devonians for whom there 
was no room in the first. It is possible it may still be in existence, 
hidden away somewhere, its value unknown, or it may be that 
long ere this it has found its way to the butter-shop.* 
Prince says then towards the close of the letter to Sir Philip 
Sydenham : 
‘As to printing of my book, I shal use what endeavow's I can. 
I highly approve of y" advice of printing it at London. I am 
sure 1 am some scores of pounds ye worse for my not printing my 
1st volume there. And I fear because the London booksellers 
had not the printing ye 1** part, they will hardly undertake ye 
printing of ye second. I shal be glad to meet with good encourage- 
ment herein, w°? I don’t despair of with good management.” 
In concluding he says, ‘‘I have not had an opportunity of goeing 
to Totnes (tho’ I dont live much above a mile from) since I rec@ 
y® last; but the next week I shal have some occasion to be there, 
viz., our Bishop’s visitation, w" I shal (God willing) make an 
enquiry of Mrs. Burscough, and send you an account thereof in 
my next. In the meantime I beg y* pardon for any indecency 
of expression; as being desirous of approveing myselfe wherein-_ 
soever I am able.” 
I am unable to ascertain why the second part of the 
* Since this paper was read I am informed that the manuscript of the 
second part of the Worthies is in the library of the late Sir Thomas Phillipps, 
at Middle Hill, Cheltenham, but is not accessible. 
