'I declare y^t y^e title of King was forct upon mee, & y^t it was
very much contrary to my opinion when I was proclam'd. For y^e
satisfaction of the world I doe declare that y^e late King told mee
that Hee was never married to my Mother.
'Haveing declar'd this I hope y^t the King who is now will not let
my Children suffer on this Account. And to this I put my hand this
fifteenth day of July, 1685.
'MONMOUTH.
'Declar'd by Himselfe, & sign'd in the presence of us.
'Fran. Elien. [_Turner_].
'Tho. Bath & Wells [_Ken_].
'Tho. Tenison.
'George Hooper.'
Beside it is placed the Proclamation of James II, ordering the
apprehension of all persons dispersing the Declaration issued by
Monmouth upon his landing in England; dated but one short month
previously, June 15, 1685.
The same volume contains two letters from Monmouth to the King,
begging for his life, and one to the Queen. These have been
frequently printed.
20. A Sanscrit roll, written at the end of the last century, containing
extracts from the _Bhagavadgita_; with paintings representing the
incarnations of Vishnu, &c.
In a wooden case. One of the Frazer MSS.
21. A magnificent folio volume, containing a series of illustrations of
Scripture History from Genesis to Job; written about the beginning of
the fourteenth century.
Each page contains, in double columns, four pairs of miniatures
painted, in medallion-form, upon a gorgeous ground of gold; the
first of each pair represents some historical scene, which the
second treats allegorically, and applies to the condition of the
Church or of individual Christians. Two other volumes are to be
found in the British Museum, and in the Imperial Library at Paris.
22. A small oaken platter, bearing the following inscription: 'This
Salver is part of that Oak in which his Majesty K. Charles the 2d,
Concealed himself from the Rebells, and was given to this University by
Mrs. Lætitia Lane.'
The donor was the daughter of Col. John Lane, the chief agent in the
King's escape from Worcester; she died in 1709[377].
23. Specimen of Javanese writing, being a letter from a Javanese Chief
to the Resident of Soorabaya. The seal bears the date of 1780.