.. . . . . . viijd.
Fyrst, sold to Mr. Whytgreve, a masse boke. . . . . . . . xijd.
Item, old bokes in the quyer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vjd.
Item, a fryers masse boke, solde to Marke Wyrley. . . iiijd.[4]
[1] A few volumes escaped: a copy of Basil's Commentary on
Isaiah, presumably in Greek, and some others. "Among them must in
all probability be reckoned the first copy of Homer whose
presence can be definitely traced in England since the days of
Theodore of Tarsus."--Camb. Mod. Hist,, i. 598. Cp. James, li.
[2] Aubrey, Lett. of Em. Per. from the Bod., i. 278.
[3] Laboryouse Journey and Serche of Johann Leylande for
Englandes Antiquitees, by Bale, 1549. Cf. Strype, Parker (1711),
528.
[4] Accounts of John Scudamore (king's receiver), detailing
proceeds of sale of goods from Bordesley Abbey, and other
monasteries.--Cam. Soc., xxvi. 269, 271, 275.
Bale's statement is sadly borne out by the fate of the
library of the Austin Friars of York. At one time this
friary owned between six and seven hundred books. Now
but five are known to remain.[1] "It is hardly open to
doubt," writes Dr.
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