Chapter I: Front Matter

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

_COLOURED PLATES_

PAGE

I. Passionale, etc., MS., _circa_
1100 A.D. Henry I. _Frontispiece_

II. Penitential Psalms, etc., MS.,
sixteenth century Henry VIII. 16

Novum Testamentum Græce. Lutetiæ, 1550
(gold centres) Queen Elizabeth 16

III. Deloenus. Libellus de tribus
Hierarchiis, etc., MS. Henry VIII. 18

IV. [Greek: BASILIKON DÔRON.] Written
for Prince Henry, by King James VI. of
Scotland. MS James I. 54

V. Ortelius. Theatre of the World.
London, 1606 Do. 58

VI. New Testament, etc. London, 1643 Charles I. 66

VII. Gil. [Greek: PARERGA], etc.
Londini, 1632 Do. 68

VIII. Order of the Coronation of George
III. and Queen Charlotte. London, 1761 George III. 94

_ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT_

Indentures between Henry VII. and John
Islippe, Abbot of Westminster, concerning
the foundation of the Chantrey, etc., MS. Henry VII. 11

Opus eximium de vera differentia Regiæ
Potestatis et Ecclesiasticæ. Londini,
1534 Henry VIII. 15

Description of the Holy Land, in French.
By Martin Brion. MS. Do. 17

Le Chappellet de Ihesus, MS., sixteenth
century Margaret Tudor,
Queen of James IV.
of Scotland 21

Il Petrarcha. Venetia, 1544 Queen Katharine Parr 23

Prayers, etc. Malborow, 1538 (Doublure) Edward VI. 29

Queen Mary's Psalter, MS. Queen Mary 33

Prayers, etc. London, 1574-1591 Queen Elizabeth 35

Christian Meditations, in Latin, 1570 Do. 37

Parker. De antiqvitate Britannicæ
Ecclesiæ. London, 1572 Do. 41

Orationis Dominicæ Explicatio, per L.
Danaeum. Genevae, 1583 Do. 45

La Saincte Bible. Lyon, 1566 Do. 47

Gospels in Anglo-Saxon and English.
London, 1571 Do. 49

Trogi Pompeii Historiarum Philippicarum
epitoma. Parisiis, 1581 Do. 53

Livius. Romana Historia. Avreliæ
Allobrogvm, 1609 Henry Prince of Wales 61

Collection of Miscellaneous Tracts in
MS. Do. 63

Dallington. Aphorismes, Civill and
Militarie. London, 1613 Charles Prince of Wales 67

Common Prayer. London, 1662 Charles II. 69

A short View of the late Troubles in
England, etc. Oxford, 1681 Do. 73

Bible. Cambridge, 1674 James II. 75

Euclide. Oxford, 1705 Queen Anne 79

Ælfric. An English-Saxon Homily on the
Birthday of St. Gregory. London, 1709 Queen Anne 81

Account of what passed in a Conference
concerning the Succession to the Crown,
MS. George I. 85

Le Nouveau Testament. Amsterdam, 1718 George II. 87

Chandler. A Vindication of the Defence
of Christianity. London, 1728 Do. 88

Common Prayer. Cambridge, 1760 Queen Charlotte 90

Portfolio containing the Royal Letter
concerning the King's Library George IV. 92

_The Coloured Plates are printed by Edmund Evans._

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