18 January

Wednesday. 18^th. At Mus^m. Began copying Tib. A. VIII. “Liber

###^fratris Joh. Capgrave,” &c. a work in three books, treat^~g of illus=

trious persons who have borne the name of Henry.* The

first book De Imperatorib₃ I have nothing to do with. The

2d contains the six Henrys, Kings of England, & _^^is addressed

to the last. The 3^d book contains distinguished individuals

both secular & ecclesiastic; English & foreign. Of this I

copy a part. The Ms has been much injured _^^{by fire} & many

of the leaves are misplaced. Each life ## has prefixed

a neat ########^{portrait of the} sovereign, &c. in an illuminated letter.

* This work was edited in 1858 by F. H. Hingeston, for the master of the Rolls.