The same volume contains various other letters from the same to the
same, which were printed by Curll in 1727; one by Dryden, three by
J. Norris of Bemerton, three short notes from Young, and several
letters by Ladies Hester Pakington and Mary Chudleigh. It belongs to
the Rawlinson collection of MSS.
16. Letter from Archbp. Laud to Sir W. Boswell, the English Resident at
the Hague; dated from Lambeth, Nov. 26, 1638.
It refers to libels printed in Holland, and particularly to one
against Laud, supposed to be then printing at Amsterdam, entitled,
_The Beast is Wounded_. 'I thanke God I trouble not myselfe much
with these things; but am very sorry for the Publicke, which suffers
much by them.' Bought in 1863 at a sale at the Hague for £7 17_s._,
together with a letter on diplomatic business signed by Sir Thomas
Bodley, and dated at the Hague, April 11, 1589, which is now bound
in the same volume.
17. Archbp. Laud's formal Letter of resignation of his office as
Chancellor of the University, signed by himself, and dated from the
Tower, June 22, 1641. In Latin; on parchment.
Endorsed by Ant. à Wood with this memorandum: 'Given to me by Rob.
Whorwood, of Oxon, Gent., 29 Feb., 1679[376].'
18. Lord Clarendon's Letter, resigning the same office upon his going
into exile; written in a secretary's hand, but signed by himself. Very
touching and beautiful. It runs as follows:--
'For Mr. Vicechancellor of Oxford.
'Good Mr. Vicechancellor,
'Having found it necessary to transport myselfe out of England, and
not knowing when it will please God that I shall returne againe; it
becomes me to take care that the University may not be without the
service of a person better able to be of use to them, then I am like
to be; and I doe therefore hereby surrender the office of Chancellor
into the hands of the said University, to the end that they make
choyce of some other person better qualifyed to assist and protect
them then I am, I am sure he can never be more affectionate to it. I
desire you, as the last suite I am like to make to you, to believe
that I doe not fly my Country for guilt, and how passionately soever
I am pursued, that I have not done any thing to make the University
ashamed of me, or to repent the good opinion they had once of me,
and though I must have noe farther mention in your publique
devotions (which I have alwayes exceedingly valued) I hope I shall
be alwayes remembred in your private prayers as
'Good Mr. Vicechancellor,
'Your affectionate servant,
'CLARENDON.
'Calice, this 7/17 Dec. 1667.'
19. A volume of the Papers of W. Bridgeman, Under-secretary of State to
James II (bequeathed to the Library by Dr. R. Rawlinson; _see p. 173_),
open at a leaf containing the original declaration written and signed by
the Duke of Monmouth, on the day of his execution, of the nullity of his
claim to the Crown.