be reckoned no fmall honour to derive from him: and this has made me more particular in reckoning up his iffue. I fhall next give an account of the iffues of his mind, his Books, that are either printed, or remain in manufcript; for the last of these by his will he has forbid the printing of any of them after his death, except fuch as he should give order for in his life: but he feems to have changed his mind afterwards, and to have left it to the difcretion of his executors which of them might be printed; for though he does not exprefs that, yet he ordered by a codicil, that if any book of his writing, as well touching the common law, as other fubjects, fhould be printed, then what fhould be given for the confideration of the copy, fhould be divided into ten fhares, of which he appointed feven to go among his fervants, and three to those who had copied them out, and were to look after the impreflions.' The reafon, as I have understood it, that made him fo unwilling to have any of his works printed after his death, was, that he apprehended in the licensing them,' (which was neceffary before any book could be lawfully printed, by a law then in force, but fince his death determined) fome things might have been 'ftruck out, or altered;' which he had obferved, not without fome indignation, had been done to a part of the reports of one whom he had much efteemed. 6 This, in matters of law,' he faid, might prove to be of fuch mifchievous confequence, that he thereupon refolved none of his writings fhould be at the mercy of licenfers;' and therefore because he was not fure that they should be published without expurgations or interpolations, he forbade the printing any of them;' in which he afterwards made fome alteration, at leaft he gave occafion by his codicil to infer that he had altered his mind. 6 This I have the more fully explained, that his last will may be no way misunderstood, and that his worthy executors, and his hopeful grandchildren, may not conclude conclude themselves to be under an indifpenfable obligation, of depriving the public of his excellent writings. A Catalogue of all his Books that are Printed, and are to be sold by William Shrowsbury, at the sign of the Bible, in Duke Lane. 1. THE Primitive Origination of Mankind, considered and examined according to the Light of Nature. Fol. 2. Contemplations Moral and Divine, Part 1. Octavo. 3. Contemplations Moral and Divine, Part 2. 4. Difficiles Nuga, or Observations touching the Torricellian Experiment, and the various Solutions of the same, especially touching the Weight and Elasticity of Air. Octavo. 5. An Essay touching the Gravitation, or Non-Gravitation, of fluid Bodies, and the Reasons thereof. Octavo. 6. Observations touching the Principles of Natural Motions, and especially touching Rarefaction and Condensation; together with a reply to certain remarks touching the Gravitation of Fluids. Octavo. 7. The Life and Death of Pomponius Atticus, written by his Contemporary and Acquaintance, Cornelius Nepos, translated, out of his Fragments; together with Observations, Political and Moral, thereupon. Octavo. 8. Pleas of the Crown, or a Methodical Summary of the Prin cipal Matters relating to that subject. Octavo. MANUSCRIPTS OF HIS NOT YET PUBLISHED. 1. Concerning the Secondary Origination of Mankind. Fol. 2. Concerning Religion, 5 vol. in Fol. viz. 1. De Deo. Vox Metaphysica, pars 1. & 2. 2. Pars 3. Vox Naturæ, Providentiæ, Ethica, Conscientia. 3. Liber sextus, septimus, octavus. 4. Pars 9. Concerning the Holy Scriptures, their Evidence and Authority. 5. Concerning the truth of the H. Scriptures, and the Evidences thereof. 3 Of Policy in Matters of Religion. Fol. 4. De Anima, to Mr. B. Fol. 5. De Anima, Transactions between him and Mr. B. Fol. 6. Tentamina, de Ortu, Natura & Inunortalitate Anima. Fot. 7. Mag 7. Magnetismus Magneticus. Fol. 8. Magnetismus Physicus. Fol. 9. Magnetismus Divinus. 10. De Generatione Animalium & Vegetabilium. Fol. Lat. 11. Of the Law of Nature. Fol. 12. A Letter of Advice to his Grandchildren. Quarto. 13. Placita Coronæ. 7 vol. Fol. 14. Preparatory Notes concerning the Right of the Crown. Fol. 15. Incepta de Juribus Coronæ. Fol. 16. De Prerogativa Regis. Fol. 17. Preparatory Notes touching Parliamentary Proceedings, 2 vol. Quarto. 18. Of the Jurisdiction of the House of Lords. Quarto. 19. Of the Jurisdiction of the Admiralty. 20. Touching Ports and Customs. Fol. 21. Of the Right of the Sea, and the Arms thereof, and Custom. Fol. 22. Cncerning the Advancement of Trade. Quarto. 23. Of Sheriffs Accounts. Fol. 24. Copies of Evidences. Fol. 25. Mr. Selden's Discourses. Octavo. 26. Excerpta ex Schedis Seldenianis. 27. Journal of the 18 and 21 Jacobi Regis. Quarto. 28. Great Common place Book of Reports or Cases in the Law, in Law French. Fol. In Bundles. On Quod tibi fieri, &c. Matth. vii. 12. Touching Punishments, in relation to the Socinian Controversy. Policies of the Church of Rome. Concerning the Laws of England. Of the Amendment of the Laws of England. Touching Provision for the Poor. Upon Mr. Hobbs his Manuscript. Concerning the Time of the Abolition of the Jewish Laws. Quod sit Deus. In Quarto. Of the State and Condition of the Soul and Body after Death. To these I shall add the Catalogue of the Manuscripts, which he left to the Honourable Society of Lincoln's-Inn, with that part of his Will that concerns them. ITEM, As a testimony of my honour and respect to the Society of Lincoln's-Inn, where I had the greatest part of my education, I give and bequeath to that honourable society the several manuscript books, contained in a schedule annexed to my will: they are a treasure worth having and keeping, which I have been near forty years in gathering, with very great industry and expence. My desire is, that they be kept safe, and all together, in remembrance of me: They were fit to be bound in leather and chained, and kept in archives: I desire they may not be lent out, or disposed of: only if I happen hereafter to have any of my posterity of that Society, that desires to transcribe any book, and give very good caution to restore it again in a prefixed time, such as the Benchers of that Society in council shall approve of; then, and not otherwise, only one book at one time may be lent out to them by the society; so that there be no more but one book of those books abroad out of the library at one time. They are a treasure that are not fit for every man's view; nor is every man capable of making use of them: Only I would have nothing of these books printed, but intirely preserved together, for the use of the industrious learned members of that Society. A Catalogue of the Books given by him to Lincoln's-Inn, according to the Schedule annexed to his Will: PLACITA de tempore Regis Johannis, 1 vol. stiched. Placita coram Rege E. I. 2 volumes. Placita coram Rege E. II. 3 vol. Placita coram Rege E. III. 3 vol. Placita coram Rege R. II. 1 vol. Placita coram Rege H. IV. H. V. i vol. Placita de Banco, E. I. ab anno 1. ad annum 21, 1 vol. Transcripts of many Pleas, coram Rege & de Banco E. I. one vol. The Pleas in the Exchequer, styled Communia, from 1 E. III. to 46 E. III. 5 vol. Close Rolls of King John, verbatim, of the most material things, 1 vol. The principal Matters in the Close and Patent Rolls, of H. III. Transcribed verbatim, from 9 H. III. to 56 H. III. 5 vol. vellum, marked K. L. The principal Matters in the Close and Patent-Rolls, E. I. with several Copies and Abstracts of Records, 1 vol. marked F. A long A long Book of Abstracts of Records, by me. Close and Patent Rolls, from 1 to 10 E. III. and other Records of the time of H. III. 1 vol. marked W. Close Rolls of 15 E. III. with other Records, 1 vol. marked N. Close Rolls from 17 to 38 E. III. 2 vol. Close and Patent-Rolls, from 40 E. III. to 50 E. III. 1 vol. marked B. Close Rolls of E. II. with other Records, 1 vol. R. Close and Patent-Rolls, and Charter-Rolls in the time of King John, for the Clergy, 1 vol. A great Volume of Records of several natures, G. The Leagues of the Kings of England, tempore E. I. E. II. E. III. 1 vol. A Book of ancient Leagues and Military Provisions, 1 vol. The Reports of Iters, of Derby, Nottingham and Bedford, transcribed, 1 vol. Itinera Forest de Pickering & Lancaster, transcript ex Originali, 1 vol. An ancient Reading, very large upon Charta de Foresta, and of the Forest-Laws. The Transcript of the Iter Foresta de Dean, 1 vol. Quo Worranto and Liberties of the County of Gloucester, with the Pleas of the Chase of Kingswood, 1 vol. Transcript of the Black Book of the Admiralty, Laws of the Army, Impositions and several Honours, 1 vol. Records of Patents, Inquisitions, &c. of the County of Leicester, 1 vol. Muster and Military Provisions of all Sorts, extracted from the Records, 1 vol. Gervasius Tilburiensis, or the Black Book of the Exchequer, 1 vol. The King's Title to the Pre-emption of Tin, a thin vol. Calendar of the Records in the Tower, a small vol. A Miscellany of divers Records, Orders, and other things of various natures, marked E. 1 vol. Another of the like nature in leather cover, 1 vol. A Book of divers Records and Things relating to the Chancery, 1 vol. Titles of Honour and Pedigrees, especially touching Clifford, 1 vol. History of the Marches of Wales, collected by me, 1 vol. Petitions in Parliament tempore, E. I. E. II. E. III. H. IV. 3 vol. the |