Thirteen Oriental MSS. (chiefly in their possessor's own writing) were
bought from the heirs of Samuel Clarke, M.A., of Merton College, printer
to the University and Esquire Bedel of Law, who died Dec. 17, 1669. He
was greatly distinguished as an Orientalist, and assisted in the
production of Walton's Polyglott. A list of his MSS. is given in
Bernard's Catalogue, and another, by Prof. Nicoll, _Ath. Oxon._ iii.
885. He himself gave four printed Arabic books in 1663.