'April last, 1654, my Lord Protector sent his letter to Mr.
Vice-Chancellor to borrow a MS. (Joh. de Muris) for the Portugal
Ambassador. A copy of the Statute was sent (but not the book), which
when his Highness had read, he was satisfy'd, and commended the prudence
of the Founder, who had made the place so sacred[108].'
Cromwell's gift of MSS. See under 1629.
[108] Barlow's Argument against Lending Books out.