. The Antiquarian repertory : a miscellaneous assemblage of topography, history, biography, customs, and manners ; intended to illustrate and preserve several valuable remains of old times . y in the very curious account of thepalace of Richmond, a variety of miscellaneous intelligence, abso-lutely unique. Some extracts from this manuscript were published in 1774, inthe additions to Lelands Collectanea. Edmondson, who furnishedthose additions, was a coach-painter by trade, an antiquary byprofession, and a herald by name. Little was to be reasonablyexpected from selections made by such a person
. The Antiquarian repertory : a miscellaneous assemblage of topography, history, biography, customs, and manners ; intended to illustrate and preserve several valuable remains of old times . y in the very curious account of thepalace of Richmond, a variety of miscellaneous intelligence, abso-lutely unique. Some extracts from this manuscript were published in 1774, inthe additions to Lelands Collectanea. Edmondson, who furnishedthose additions, was a coach-painter by trade, an antiquary byprofession, and a herald by name. Little was to be reasonablyexpected from selections made by such a person, and he accordinglygave no more of the manuscript than enough to make us wish for therest. Those who mav think it worth while to turn to that edition ofthe Collectanea will find that the extracts consist almost wholly ofa narration of the tournaments, a subject admitting of little or novariety, and on which we had already abundant general information. I have much pleasure in being the means of enriching yourcollection with a complete copy of the work ; for, curious as it is inall its parts, it is rendered far more curious by the preservationof its integrity. I am, &c. E. L. HERE. QII ^jKie:^^-ilvATiirA ly:^^Ki P^UiJud. Dee: laoj^ h £JMrr mjLFJlViJI HERE begynneth the note and trewtli of the moostgoodly beliavior in the reeeyt of the Ladie Kate-ryne, daught;^ unto Phardinand, the Kyng of E>payn,yowen in mariage goinct to Prince Arthure, son andheir unto o noble Soferynge of Engload King Henrythe vii**^, in the xvii yere of his reign. MiCROCOSMUS, the lesser world, by his deffinicion pi>erlieresemblant is unto mankiend, thriigh certayn disposicions in theym,by great studie of the lerned p*soncs sought by their long labourand diligent investigacion; emongs the which nomber of di^posicionsI sjTially note, and to my ppose do bring and alledge, the sin-guler veynes of blode in mannys bodie, being divers from the hed,and also from the herte, to evry parte of the corps of manki
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