Osborn fa17

          Political and historical tracts, letters. England; sixteenth
     century, throughout the reign of Queen Elizabeth.

     Quire 1:

     ff. 1-2 Blank

     ff. 3-12    Discussion of the succession to the Throne

     ff. 13-14r    That the Limitation of the Succesion of the Crowne be for
     the Queene's Majesty

     f. 15    Sacramentum Consiliariorum Regni

     ff. 16-24    A coppy of an answer to a litle booke herin mentioned

     ff. 26-29r    Whether it may stand with good policie for her majesty to
     joyne with -- in the enterprise of --. (with reply).

     ff. 29v-33    An Oration made by the Lord of Ludington beinge
     Ambassador from the Scottes with the Earl of Marton and the Earl of
     Glyntarme in December 1560.

     Quire 2:

     ff. 2-4    An Oration made by the Laird of Liddington beinge Ambassador
     ... (see above).

     f. 5    The Conditions of Peace between King Philip of Spayne and Henry
     the French King.

     ff. 6-8    Instruction for Sir Thomas Smith knight beinge sent into
     France by the Queene's Majesty to the French King, and Sir Henry Norris
     her Majesty's Ambassador. Westminster, 22 March 1566.

     ff. 9-23    Letter to Queen Elizabeth from Nicholas Throckmorton in
     France. incomplete.

     ff. 24-33    Secret Submission (affirms that foreigners commiting
     treason and other crimes in England may rightfully be punished). in
     English with Latin quotations from Roman Civil law and Canon law, with
     Latin marginal notations.

     Quire 3:

     ff. 1-2    Continuation of above text.

     ff. 3-6r    The Revolution of the 5 periods of 500 years. The first
     period runs from Locrinus to Gorbaduc; the second from Julius Caesar to
     the Emperor Claudius; the third from Vortiger to the the conquest of
     the Saxons "infidels and hethen worshippers of idols and devills, and
     shortly after became false Christians, favorers of Romish pride and
     superstitions." In this account he mentions Gildas as his source. The
     fourth ends in the double invasion of the Danes and then the Normans.
     The fifth ends with the reign of Queen Elizabeth.

     f. 6v    Certayn pryvate Notes for better remembraunce of further
     matters concerning the late Queen of Scottes. (Notes on events from
     1566-86.)

     ff. 7-8    blank

     Paper. 74 ff. 1 column.

          Various cursive scripts; the legal text in quires II and III has
     occasional quotes, both English and Latin, in Italic script. Unbound.

          Purchased from Sotheby's, 1970, via Dobell.


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