THE

HARLEIAN MISCELLANY;

OR, A

COLLECTION

OF

SCARCE, CURIOUS, AND ENTERTAINING

PAMPHLETS AND TRACTS,

AS WELL IN MANUSCRIPT AS IN PRINT,

FOUND IN THE LATE

EARL OF OXFORD'S LIBRARY,

INTERSPERSED WITH

HISTORICAL, POLITICAL, AND CRITICAL

NOTES

VOL. VI.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR ROBERT DUTTON, GRACECHURCH-STREET.

1810.

CONTENTS.

VOL. VI.

Page

THE Life and Death of the illustrious Robert, Earl of Essex, &c.

containing, at large, the Wars he managed, and the Commands

he had in Holland, the Palatinate, and in England. Together with

some wonderful Observations of himself, and his predecessors, and

many most remarkable passages from his Infancy unto the day of

his Death. By Robert Codrington, Master of Arts. London,

printed by F. Leach, for L. Chapman, Anno Dom. 1646. Quarto,

containing thirty-six pages

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A most learned and eloquent Speech, spoken or delivered in the Ho-

nourable House of Commons at Westminster, by the most learned

Lawyer, Miles Corbet, Esquire, Recorder of Great Yarmouth, and

Burgess of the same, on the 31st of July, 1647. Taken in Short-

Hand by Nocky and Tom Dunn, his Clerks, and revised by John

Taylor. Folio, containing four pages

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The Plague at Westminster: Or, an Order for the Visitation of a Sick

Parliament, grievously troubled with a new Disease, called, the

Consumption of their Members. The Persons visited are, the Earl

of Suffolk, the Earl of Lincoln, the Earl of Middlesex, the Lord

Huosdon, the Lord Barkly, the Lord Willoughby of Parham, the

Lord Maynard, Sir John Maynard, Master Glyn, Recorder of Lon-

don. With a Form of Prayer, and other Rites and Ceremonies to

be used for their Recovery; strictly cominanded to be used in all

Cathedrals, Churches, Chapels, and Congregations, throughout

his Majesty's three Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

Printed for V.V. in the Year 1647. Quarto, containing six pages 42

The Arraignment and Acquittal of Sir Edward Mosely, Baronet, in-

dited at the King's Bench Bar, for a Rape, upon the Body of Mrs.

Anne Swinnerton. Taken by a Reporter there present, who heard

all the Circumstances thereot, whereof this is a true copy. London,

printed by E G. for W.L. 1647. Quarto, containing twelve pages 46

The Life of Sir Thomas Budley, the honourable Founder of the Pub-

lick Library in the University of Oxtord. Written by himself. Ox-

ford, printed by Henry Hall, Printer to the University, 1647.

Quarto, containing sixteen pages

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