Worcester.
_Religious Tract by F.H._ (No. 25. p. 400.)--The author of the religious
tract which has fallen into the hands of "J.C." is no doubt one of the
early Quakers, and probably Francis Howgill. Howgill was originally a
clergyman of the Church of England, but afterwards became a Baptist, and
in the year 1652 joined the early Quakers, upon hearing the preaching of
George Fox. His works were published in folio, in 1676, by Ellis Hookes.
[Greek: Theta]. {461}
_Complutensian MSS._--"E.M.B." (No. 25. p. 402.) will find full answers
to his Queries, and more interesting information on the same subject, in
a note in vol iv. p. 235. of Don Pedro Saban's Spanish translation of
Prescott's _Ferdinand and Isabella_. Madrid, 1846.
I am told by an American gentleman, who has seen the MSS. within a month
in the library of the University of Madrid, wither they were removed
from Alcala in 1837, that the Chaldaic and Hebrew manuscripts are all
originals, and on parchment. The only MSS. of Zamora among them are 3
vols. in Latin, translated from the Hebrew.
The Greek MSS., or some of them, are still with the collection as above;
and of course were not returned to the Vatican.