Northumberland Manuscript Part 1 (pdf version)
Northumberland Manuscript Part 2 (pdf version)
Collotype Facsimile and Type Transcript
OF AN
PRESERVED AT
ALNWICK CASTLE, NORTHUMBERLAND.
London
PRINTED BY TRUSLOVE & BRAY,
WEST NORWOOD, S.E.
Northumberland Manuscripts.
COLLOTYPE FACSIMILE & TYPE TRANSCRIPT
OF AN
PRESERVED AT
ALNWICK CASTLE, NORTHUMBERLAND,
CONTAINING
i. Of Tribute,
or giving what is due, by Francis Bacon.
ii. Of Magnanimitie, by Francis
Bacon.
iii. Advertisement touching private censure, by Francis Bacon.
iv. Advertisement touching the controversies of the Church, by Francis
Bacon.
v. Letter to a French gentleman touching the proceedings in England
in Ecclesiastical causes,
by Francis Bacon.
vi. Speeches for a Device presented A.D. 1595, by Francis
Bacon.
vii. Speech of the Earl of Sussex.
viii. Letter from Sir Philip
Sidney to Queen Elizabeth on her proposed marriage to
the
Duke of Anjou.
ix. Leicester's Commonwealth.
Transcribed and Edited with Notes and Introduction
BY
FRANK J. BURGOYNE,
LIBRARIAN OF THE LAMBETH PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND
CO.
39 PATERNOSTER
ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK AND BOMBAY
1904
DEDICATED TO
His Grace the Duke of Northumberland,
K.G., P.C., D.C.L., F.R.S., etc.,
BY WHOSE KIND PERMISSION
THE MANUSCRIPT HAS BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED
AND PUBLISHED,
AND TO
Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence, Bt., M.P.,
OF
KING'S RIDE, ASCOT,
WITHOUT WHOSE AID AND ENCOURAGEMENT
THIS VOLUME COULD NOT HAVE
BEEN PUBLISHED.
This Edition is
limited to Two Hundred and
Fifty Copies, of which this is No . 98
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Of Tribute, or giving what is due. By Bacon
i. THE PRAISE OF THE WORTHIEST VIRTUE, FORTITUDE
ii. THE
PRAISE OF THE WORTHIEST AFFECTION, LOVE
iii. THE PRAISE OF THE WORTHIEST
POWER, KNOWLEDGE
iv. THE PRAISE OF THE WORTHIEST PERSON, QUEEN
ELIZABETH
Of
Magnanimitie or heroicall virtue. By Bacon
An advertisement touching
private censure. By Bacon
An advertisement touching the controversies of
the Church of England. By Bacon
A letter to a French gentleman touching
the proceedings in England in Ecclesiastical causes, translated out of French
into English by W. W. By Bacon
Speeches written by Bacon and spoken in a
" Device" before Queen Elizabeth in 1595.
i. THE HERMIT'S FIRST SPEECH
ii. THE HERMIT'S SECOND
SPEECH
iii. THE SOLDIER'S SPEECH
iv. THE SECRETARY'S SPEECH
v. THE
SQUIRE'S SPEECH
Speech for the Earl of Sussex at the tilt
A letter dissuading Queen Elizabeth from marrying the Duke of Anjou. By Sir Philip Sidney
Leicester's Commonwealth
LIST OF FACSIMILES.
Modern Script rendering of Folio 1
Enlarged Facsimile of part of Folio 1
Enlarged modern Script rendering of part of Folio 1
Collotype Facsimile of the Manuscript, Folio 1-90 .