10 August

Thursday 10th. At Musm. from 10. till 4 oC. Ellis pointed out

to me two very curious Vols. on the Museum, superbly printed

on Vellum, fol. Par. 1519. They are two copies ofby Thomas Linacre’s

“Methodus Medendi”, transld. from Galen. One of these copies has

a printed dedication to Henry 8.th, & an illumd. title-page,

with his arms. But the other copy (which was presented to

the Cardinal Wolsey) has not only this printed dedication, &

title-page (in which is the Card.ls Hat. but no Arms) but

immediately before the Dedication to the King, is inserted.

in MS. by the author himself, a dedication to Wolsey.

There never was, a better example of the Ego et Rex meus,

& the fact is extremely curious, as well as the MS. address

which deserves to be published. – The A’bp. has not yet

signified his pleasure, & perhaps waits till the return of

Mr Planta, who is at present out of town. For my part,

I am

tired of ######this suspense – & therefore havg. kept my letters to dear

M. & Miss H. above a month, in the hope of telling them

better news, I at last sent them off to Brighton.

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