14. _Letters of Queen Henrietta Maria_ to Charles I before their
marriage; in French.
The volume forms part of the Clarendon State Papers, and contains
fifteen of the Queen's letters, besides some from the King, and
other documents.
15. _Latin Translation by Queen Elizabeth_, while Princess, of an
Italian sermon by Bern. Ochini, _De Christo_; written entirely by
herself, and sent as a New-year's gift to her brother Edward VI[383].
It forms a small 8vo. volume of thirty-six pages, on vellum, and was
given to the Library by J. Bowle, of Idmerston, Aug. 15, 1765. The
following dedication (hitherto unprinted) is prefixed by the
Princess:--
'Augustissimo et serenissimo Regi Edvardo Sexto. Si aliquid hoc
tempore haberem (Serenissime Rex) quod mihi ad dandum esset
accommodatum, & Maiestati tuæ congruens ad accipiendum, equidem de
hac re vehementer lætarer. Tua Maiestas res magnas & excellentes
meretur, et mea facultas exigua tantum suppeditare potest, sed
quamvis facultate possim minima, tamen animo tibi maxima prestare
cupio, & quum ab aliis opibus superer, a nemine amore & benevolentia
vincor. Ita iubet natura, authoritas tua commouet, & bonitas me
hortatur, ut cum princeps meus sis te officio obseruem, & cum frater
meus sis vnicus & amantissimus, intimo amore afficiam. Ecce autem
pro huius noui anni felici auspicio, & observantiæ meæ testimonio,
offero M. T. breuem istam Bernardi Ochini orationem, ab eo Italicè
primum scriptam, & a me in latinum sermonem conuersum. Argumentum
quum de Christo sit, bene conuenire tibi potest, qui quotidie
Christum discis, & post eum in terris proximum locum & dignitatem
habes. Tractatio ita pia est & docta, ut lectio non possit non esse
vtilis et fructuosa. Et si nihil aliud commendaret opus, authoritas
scriptoris ornaret satis, qui propter religionem et Christum patria
expulsus, cogitur in locis peregrinis & inter ignotos homines vitam
traducere. Si quicquam in eo mediocre sit, mea translatio est, quæ
profecto talis non est qualis esse debet, sed qualis a me effici
posset. At istarum rerum omnium M. tua inter legendum iudex sit, cui
ego hunc meum laborem commendo, & vna meipsam etiam dedico, Deumque
precor vt M. tua multos nouos & felices annos videat & lucris ac
pietate perpetuo crescat. Enfeldiæ, 30 Decembris.
'Maiestatis tuæ,
'humill. soror,
'& serua,
'Elizabeta.'
16. A Persian treatise, in prose and verse, on ethics and education,
entitled, _Beharistan, or, The Season of Spring_; by Nurruddin
Abdurrahman, surnamed Djami.
The MS. was written at Lahore, for the Emperor of Hindustan, A.D.
1575, by Muhammed Hussein, a famous scribe, who was called the _Pen
of Gold_; and illustrated by sixteen painters. Its modern velvet
binding is adorned with gold corners and bosses; and a bag in which
it was kept lies beside it. From the collection of Sir Gore Ouseley.