nde pte folowyng es
of ye worldes unstabillnes._

_ye yyrdde pt yt is of deth
& of peyn yt wt hy geth._

_the ferthe parte is of purgatorye
yere soules ben clensed of her folye._

_ye fyfte pt of ys dey of doom
& of tokens yt byfore shul coom._

_ye syxte pt of ys boke to telle
yt speketh of ye peynes of helle._

_ye seventhe part of joys in heven
yat bene more yenne tong may neuen._

3276. The Life and Acts of St. Edmond, King and Martyr, by
John Lydgate, Monk of Bury, fol.: _a choice MS. upon vellum,
illuminated throughout, and embellished with 52 Historical
Miniatures_. For a specimen of the verse, take the first
stanza: 22 1 0

_The noble stoory to putte in remembraunce
Of Seynt Edmond mayd martre and kyng
With his suppoor: my style i wyl avaunce
ffirst to compyle afftre my konnyng
his gloryous lyff his birthe and his gynnying
And by discent how he was soo good
Was in Saxonye borne of the royal blood._

3288. The Armes, Honours, Matches, and Issues of the
auncient and illustrious FAMILY OF VEER: described in the
honourable progeny of the Earles of Oxenford and other
branches thereof. Together with a genealogical deduction of
this noble family from the blood of 12 forreyne princes:
viz. 3 Emperours, 3 Kings, 3 Dukes, and 3 Earles, &c.
_Gathered out of History, Recordes, and other Monuments of
Antiquity, by Percivall Goulding, Gent. The Arms
illuminated, folio._ 9 0 0

I will just add that this catalogue is creditably printed in
a good size octavo volume, and that there are copies upon
_large paper_. The arrangement of the books is very
creditable to the bibliographical reputation of Paterson.]

[Footnote 394: When the reader is informed that Paterson
tells us, in the preface of this volume, that "In almost
every language and science, and even under the shortest
heads, some one or more rare articles occur; but in the
copious classes, such as follow, literary curiosity is
gratified, is _highly feasted_"--and that the author of this
remark used, in his latter days, to hit his knee hard with
his open hand, and exclaim--"By G----, Crofts' Catalogue is
my chef d'oeuvre, out and out"--when he refl