[The author of _Ignoramus_ was George Ruggles, A. M., of Clare
Hall, Cambridge. This comedy, as well as that of _Albumazar_, were
both acted before King James I. and the Prince of Wales, during a
visit to Cambridge in March, 1614-15. The edition of _Ignoramus_,
edited by J. S. Hawkins, 8vo., 1787, contains a Life of Ruggles,
and a valuable Glossary to his "ultra-canine Latin" legal terms.
There is also a translation of this comedy, with the following
title: "_Ignoramus: a Comedy as it was several times acted with
extraordinary applause before the Majesty of King James._ With a
Supplement, which (out of respect to the Students of the Common
Law) was hitherto wanting. Written in Latine by R. Ruggles,
sometime Master of Arts in Clare Hall, in Cambridge, and
translated into English by R. C. [Robert Codrington, A. M.] of
Magdalen Colledge, in Oxford. London. 4to. 1662."]
_Drake's Historia Anglo-Scotica._--Will any of your learned readers
inform me, for what reason and by what authority Drake's _Historia
Anglo-Scotica_, published in 1703, was ordered to be burned by the
hangman? And where I can meet with a report of the proceedings relating
to it?