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First line begins: 'caused them to vary from the true meridian and to Deflect....'

36 fragments, eight of them carrying notes as to which volumes they had been removed from. The group include two English fragments of the versified life of St Catherine (items 1-2), a 13th century fragment from the end of the Joseph story of the Poème Anglo-Normand sur l'Ancien Testament, removed from shelfmark K.3.77 (item 3), two fragments from the Avignon Selichot (items 7-8), two fragments from a medical text in Latin (items 9-10), a fragment on civil and canon law (item 17), and a fragment removed from Dr Hooke's papers carrying the header "Regulae Cromocritica de [Urina?]" inscribed by W. Derham as "Turkish writings & other Rhapsodical Receipts" (item 23).

Endorsed 'Papers relating to Mr Hookes first Proposall abt the Longitude'; 'An Ac[coun]t of former attempts to find the Longitude'; 'N. P.'

Endorsed 'Being (I suppose) copies by Dr Hook[e], they relating to him. W.D.... Proof of his right to the Hypothesis of the Celestial motions &c'.

Endorsements on verso of last sheet: 'Ag[ain]st Newton of Light'; in another hand, 'L[ette]rs between Hook & Newton abt Colours'; 'V.64'; N.P'.

Not in Hooke's hand. Endorsements on single sheet: 'XVI' and 'Philosophicall Scribbles'.

Endorsement probably in William Derham's hand.

Draft reply by Hooke, dated 20 Aug. 1687, written at end of Waller's letter. Endorsement probably in William Derham's hand.

Draft reply by Hooke, dated 30 Jul. 1687, written at end of Waller's letter. Endorsement probably in William Derham's hand.

Endorsed with date and note, 'Of Æquation of Times & Tables of it in divers'.

Endorsed with date and note, 'His Hypothesis about the Attraction & moving of the Heavenly Bodies'.

Part of sketch of building on back of sheet.

Headed 'Cogitationes Quaedam De Corporis Extensione & Motu Eorumq[ue] Relatione. Rob[er]t Hook. Inter sched. Juv.' Remainder of text in English.

Endorsed 'Dr Hooks Proposals to the K[ing] for his watches with 2 Balances finding Longitude' (A-N) and 'first Proposals abt the Longitude' (P-T).

The sheet labelled '11A' has the annotations 'Hook's Musick Scripts', '101', and 'NP'.