457 LLOYD (William). Bishop of St. Asaph, and afterwards successively Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, and of Worcester. One of the "Seven Bishops." Prophesied to Queen Anne, and others.

A.L.S. as Bishop of St. Asaph, to Dr. Raynes of London. I page, small 4to. 10th April, 1682.

£2 2s Refusing to take an Oath required by the Ecclesiastical Court concerning an account of monies expended by his predecessor in office in connection with Church Buildings, etc.

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Yet will any one say yt ye things of wch I complain, ye Bishop's dwelling house, & barn & stable, were not as they are represented in my Bill? Will any one say yt he has not let fall & taken down a great part of ye onely dwelling house of ye Arch Deacon?" Etc.

458 LODGE (Sir Oliver Joseph). Physicist and Psychologist. L.S. to Miss Madeline Johnson. 1 pp., 4to.

January, 1915.

Edgbaston, 20th 12s 6d

"I am interested to see your remarkable testimony to Mrs. Wriedt's powers. Naturally I had no experiences anything like that. One would have to sit many times before getting them." Etc., etc.

OF SHAKESPERIAN INTEREST.

459 LONDON (Elizabethan Lord Mayors of).

Autograph Signature of Sir Stephen Soame as Lord Mayor (1597-8).
With seal bearing the Arms of his Company.

Also Autograph Signature of Sir John Hart, Grocer, who had beer!
Lord Mayor in 1588-9. With seal bearing the Arms of his Company.
Together on a small piece of paper cut from a document. N.D.
Circa 1598.
£3 3s

The very rare signatures of two of the Elizabethan Lord Mayors of London. one signing in his official capacity. Shakespeare himself must have come into conflict with them over the Theatres as the Lord Mayor's permission for performances had on certain occasions to be obtained; and the City Authorities strongly pressed for the suppression of all theatrical programmes. It is on record that in the autumn of 1596 Thomas Nashe, the dramatist, sadly wrote to a friend: " The players are piteously persecuted by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen." On the 28th July, 1597, the Privy Council ordered, at the Lord Mayor's invitation, all play houses within a radius of three miles to be pulled down; this, however, was not carried out. The agitation against the theatres was carried on by the Lord Mayors and Corporation of London through 1598 and 1599; in 1600. under pressure of the Lord Mayor and his colleagues, the Privy Council issued an order restraining the immoderate use and company of playhouses and players." See Acts of the Privy Council, 1599-1600.

400 LONGUEVILLE (Louis I. d'Orleans, Duke of). Taker prisoner by the English at the Battle of Guinegate. Negotiated the marriage of Mary, sister of Henry VIII. with Louis XII.

L.S. to Robertet. I page, folio. Seurre, February 17th. £5 5s

Interesting letter relative to an alliance with the Swiss; mentioning the
Trincess of Orange.
I have received your letter of the 13th of this month

(Trans.):-".

(Continued over)

Longueville (Louis I. d'Orleans, Duke of)-continued.

and to-day the Bailli of Amiens, President of Bourgne, and myself are setting out to go to the Leaguers with the best speed we may, and we shall pass near the Princess of Orange to learn from her all she has arranged with them up to the present in order to be able to serve the king better in this. My lord Treasurer it is necessary in the business upon which we are going for us to be informed of all news, wherefore I would beg you to send me word of it at length when the King writes to us, and you will oblige me. My lord Treasurer, we being with the Leaguers several people of that district will ask us if after the alliance is completed the King will not raise some number from it to serve him. And therefore it has seemed to us good that you should learn the King's will, that you may know what reply we shall make to them on this matter and send us word of it by the first post. We are of opinion that it would be profitable to answer them in the affirmative, for that will stir up the common people to enter into alliance and force the rich to it." Etc.

401 LOUIS XI. King of France.

Seized Normandy and Burgundy. Assisted Warwick and the Lancastrians against Edward IV. of England. Made Peace of Amiens.

Document Signed. I page, oblong folio (vellum). Paris, 4th February, 1474. Bound in full brown morocco, lettered on side. Witn translation. £6 10s

Waiving dues of " reliefe from his councillor and chamberlain Guy Pot, Lord of Pruque, due by reason of the exchange by him of one of his estates for the estate of Damville, with Nicolas D'Anglure and Marguerite de Montmorency his wife, daughter of the Lord Montmorency who had purchased it from Gabrielle de Villiere and her guardians."

TO THE QUEEN MOTHER.

DESCRIBING A NAVAL ATTACK BY THE English.

462 LOUIS XIII. King of France. Son of Henry IV. and Marie de Medicis. Conferred the Edict of Nantes, afterwards influenced by Richelieu.

An important A.L.S. to his mother Marie de Medicis. 3 pp., 4to. Laleu, 4th October, 1628. With silks and seals. With silks and seals. A translation accompanies. £16 10s Descriptive of a naval attack by the English to relieve La Rochelle; it was. however, taken by the French after a long siege; mentioning Soubise the Huguenot captain.

(Trans.):—“ The English attacked again our naval force this morning and sent 11 fire-ships which were all stopped by our boats which did their duty very well. The combat lasted two hours. Twelve or fifteen of the enemy a little way out did not fire, they dared not approach us closer because of the land batteries. On our side some vessels fired 450 shots and some batteries 60: we did not want to fire more because they were too far off. I forbade our vessels another time to fire at more than 300 paces, and to let the enemy fire without replying if they fired from afar as they did to-day.

"I forgot to tell you that one of their ships caught fire and we saw everything in her explode. No one was killed or wounded to-day on our side. Every one saw 5 or 6 shots of ours fall on their ships, we also knew other shots fell that we could not see

Etc.

Louis XIII.-continued.

463

A.L.S. to the same.
With seals and silks.

I page, 4to.

464

Toulouse, June 30th, 1622. £15, Recommending the Sieur Cosme Ricardi for having shown great courage at the siege of Royan and upon other occasions.

(Trans.) :-" The Sieur Cosme Ricardi being present during the sieges of Royan and others I have made on several occasions, when he has not only shown his courage but given proofs of a very great zeal for my service, I have resolved, while waiting for a more profitable acknowledgement, that he should bring you this testimony of the satisfaction which his actions and conduct give me, for which I have every reason to be pleased with him, and to beg you that he may see how well those who have deserved well of me are received by you." Etc.

D.S. 1 pp., folio. Paris, February 11th, 1621.

£6 10s

A document of considerable interest, being an inventory of tapestries and other things given by the King to the Church of Pau, on the occasion of the restoration of Catholic worship in that church.

(Trans.):-" An inventory of the tapestries and other furniture which M. Daniel Remy, concierge of the store room of the Castle of Pau, delivered by command of the King to the tapestry workers of His Majesty, Riotte and Le Febure, to be used at the ceremony which was performed in the Church of Pau on Tuesday, 20th October, 1620, which tapestries and other furniture His Majesty has since given to the said church to ornament and decorate the same.

Firstly, four pieces of white satin tapestry embroidered with gold, strewn with flowers, and waiting-tables (?) and round a border of red taffetas and above one 'entablure' of green satin embroidered with gold with bunches of flowers on the edge and in the middle, the whole of embroidery.

"Further, two valances of purple satin in one piece serving as bed valances for a bed called Vive la souris, which is also in embroidery.

"Further, one piece of woollen tapestry to serve as a foot cloth for the altar of the said church.

Further, six caskets or boxes in which are contained six apostles on copper, the work of Limoges, in enamel, in height two thirds of an ell, or thereabouts.

Further, a large copper disc with rings of the same, the work of Limoges, in enamel, on which is the picture of St. Michael, the said disc weighing one hundred pounds or thereabouts.

Of which tapestries with the above pieces of furniture, His Majesty, having as is said, made a gift to the said Church." Etc.

465

466

D.S. I page, folio. Paris, 30th March, 1615.

£4 10s

A very fine, clear signature on a well-preserved document, concerning the election of a Mayor to the town of Orleans. Signed by the King when only about 14 years of age; he came to the throne in 1610.

A lengthy D.S., being secret instructions to M. de Vignolles and M. Le Vacher to enquire into the state of the German troops intended to serve in the army commanded by Duke Bernard de Weimar. 3 pp., folio. Fontainebleau, 22nd June, 1635. With translation. £5 5s

Secret instructions, setting out in detail what the King's emissaries were to do in making the necessary enquiries; further giving instructions for reviewing the troops and for bringing the depleted army up to full strength, etc.