25 February

Saturday. 25th. At Musm  from## 10 till 4. with Mr P. Finished our collation of

MS. Gurny.; Domit. A. 8;  Bibl. Reg 11. B. II. & Claud. D. 2. The last differs

very much, but agrees better with Bibl. Reg. than the others. It is written

at the end of Edw. I. reign, or beginning of Edw. 2. It contains, besides these

laws,- a collection from## Hen. 2d. to Edw. 2ds. time,- great part in ^a hand

of ^the 15th Centy. At fol. 123 is Richd. I.st’s Charter to Portesmue;- in

which the Hoiland that used to puzzle me so, Mr Petrie tells me refers

to the Fair of St Botulph at Boston, Lincolnshire. Besides these

copies of the### laws, there is a late transcript sec. 15. ^in MS. Harl. 785. The

# I am to take the whole home,- & write out fair the VV. LL. which

will give me not a little trouble. I found a letter from## Mr Coke,- in

which he ###says, he shall be happy to see me, &c. – I propose going

on Wedn.y next. I met Henry – & walked with him for an hour.

I have finished ^the transcript of Palgrave‘s copy of ^Kyng Horn,- but have not been

able to complete the Harln. copy. In fact I have so much to

do, that I know not which way to turn. — Sophocles must be

put aside for the present. I have heard nothing more from Valpy.

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