Notes on various literary and philological subjects

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3 Transcripts by W. W. Skeat of inscriptions in Redgrave church, Suffolk, relating to Sir Nicholas and Lady Bacon, 1609 and 1616 Item late 19th c.
10 Rough notes on Scandinavian words, in an unidentified hand Item late 19th or early 20th c.
11 Notes by W. Aldis Wright on the licensing of plays and playhouses, from Collier’s Annals of the Stage Item late 19th or early 20th c.
12 Note by W. Aldis Wright of two passages in the book of Proverbs echoed in King John and Hamlet Item late 19th or early 20th c.
14 Transcript by W. Aldis Wright of entries in the Stationers’ Register, 2 May-19 Sept. 1605, relating to The Life and Death of Gamaliel Ratsey and Bacon’s Advancement of Learning Item late 19th or early 20th c.
7 Notes on the Cetacea of the Mediterranean, in an unidentified hand Item late 19th or early 20th c.
15 Collation by W. Aldis Wright of two copies of the ‘Butter’ quarto of King Lear (1608) Item late 19th or early 20th c.
17 Note by W. Aldis Wright of two passages in Jordan’s Royal Arbor of Loyal Poesie (1664) relating to baptism and godfathers Item late 19th or early 20th c.
1 Note by W. W. Skeat of a passage in Wyclif’s Works, to illustrate a phrase in Hamlet Item 1871?
2 Note by W. W. Skeat on the word ‘quintain’ (cf. As You Like It, I. ii. 230), with reference to the Canterbury Tales Item c. 1876
4 List of cognate Hebrew and Indo-Germanic roots, from Tregelles’ translation of Gesenius’ Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon, in an unidentified hand Item late 19th or early 20th c.
6 Table containing three lists of names (mainly surnames, apparently), dated respectively 11, 12, and 14 Edw. III, in an unidentified hand Item late 19th or early 20th c.
8 List of corrigenda for an edition of Spenser’s Faerie Queene, Books I-III, in an unidentified hand Item late 19th or early 20th c.
9 Transcript of a note on corn-rents, in an unidentified hand Item late 19th or early 20th c.
13 Note by W. Aldis Wright of historical events referred to in Henry VIII Item late 19th or early 20th c.
16 Note by W. Aldis Wright of passages in Budaeus’ De Asse quoted by Robert Burton in The Anatomy of Melancholy Item late 19th or early 20th c.
18-30 Notes by W. Aldis Wright on various literary and philological matters Item late 19th or early 20th c.
5 Notes from lectures on philology, in an unidentified hand Item late 19th or early 20th c.