Saturday 22d. Breakfasted with the Vice. Three others
were also asked; Watts (employed in Bodln.), & the two
Bradfords, gentlemanly men. From 11 to 12, Livy. From
one till two, Logic. Dr Bliss introduced me to-day to
Dr. Coplestone, Provost of Oriel, who was very civil, and
desired me to call on him. I still go on with MS
Rawl. B. 333 (the Ramsey Charty.) for Mr Petrie ^(See p. 281).
I looked at 4 or 5 MSS. of Livy today in the Bodln.
all XV. Centy. ^They do not assist at all. In the Edd. PP.
lib. XXIV cap. 34 we read quae### ########
quidem naves subibant – for quaedam, which is
better I think. I am to go up to Mr Tiddiman on
Tuesday next with Herodotus. – Bought Mathiae’s Grammar
spent the remainder of the day in the Bodln. & contd.
the Ramsey Charty. Dr Bliss asked me to dine with him
tomorrow. Dr. Bandinel shewed me a letter from Mr Edw
Hawkins of the Brit. Musm. (recently appointed in the
place of Dr Noehden) requesting him to look at one
of the coins in the Bodln. collectn. as engraven by Wise.
This coin Dr Bandl. brought to me to compare with the
Plate, which is exceedingly badly executed,- & does not
do half justice to the coin, which is a gold piece of Edwd.
the Black prince, & in the finest preservation. Mr.
Hawkins wished to know, whether the letters D N S.
were distinct on the coin, because on ###a similar one in the
Brit. Musm. which had been struck twice, he did not think
sufficient dependence was to be placed. The legend
dns is perfectly legible on the Bodln. coin,*- which
reads: ######### DNS.ADJVTOR:ꝒTECIO:ME:IIPO:
SPAVIT:COR:MEVM.B. Dominus adjutor, protectio mea, in
ipso speravit cor meum.^Benedictus – Wise omits the R. & on the obverse omits
the A. which forms a part of ANGL. – Studied Greek all the
Evening. Rain after dinner, & could not go out.
* The mistake is mine. It is not on the Reverse, but
on the Obv. that Hawkins wished to find
the word DN’S – where it is not, but
PN’S – Princeps.
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