(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-827)
Contents consist largely of anecdotes, jokes and aphorisms. Also includes theological and scriptural notes, including extracts from books, such as Jose de Acosta's "History of the Indies" (f. 9r); George Wither's poem "Shall I lye wasting in despare" (f. 73v). Several items are dated, including a reference to Christopher Love's beheading, August 1651 (f. 47r). Signatures include Emanuel Gardinerus and Benjamin Pulleyne.
Bound in contemporary vellum. Reversed and inverted at f. 47.
Catherine Evans; University of Leeds special collections catalogue
Sermon on unidentified text -- ff. 7v-8r
Sermon on Job -- f. 8r-v
Out of an Adamites Sermon preached at Marlebone Park 1641 -- ff. 34v-35r
Sermon on Psalms 90:18 -- f. b12v
Sermon on Psalms 60:1 -- f. b13r-v (written in reverse)
Out of a Sermon of Chillingsworths before the King on a Fast day at Oxford -- ff. b24r-b27r (written in reverse)
Out of a sermon of the Bishop of Durham -- ff. b27r-b28v