FOOTNOTES:[1]Letter of Aubrey to Wood: MS. Ballard 14, fol. 131.[2]MS. Aubr. 6, fol. 110, 110v.[3]Aubrey to Wood, in MS. Wood
F. 39, fol. 340.[4]Ibid. fol. 347.[5]Composing MSS. Aubr. 6, 7, and
8 (part i.).[6]Writing MS. Aubr. 8 (part ii.).[7]MS. Aubr. 9.[8]The lives of Isaac Barrow, and of
(Serjeant-at-Law) John Hoskyns, may
serve as specimens of a fair copy.[9]Aubrey to Wood, MS. Ballard 14, fol. 129v.[10]In this edition, some notes about
some of them have been brought in
from Aubrey's letters, and his 'Collectio
Geniturarum.'[11]Aubrey notes 'Mr.
[1]Letter of Aubrey to Wood: MS. Ballard 14, fol. 131.
[1]Letter of Aubrey to Wood: MS. Ballard 14, fol. 131.
[2]MS. Aubr. 6, fol. 110, 110v.
[2]MS. Aubr. 6, fol. 110, 110v.
[3]Aubrey to Wood, in MS. Wood F. 39, fol. 340.
[3]Aubrey to Wood, in MS. Wood F. 39, fol. 340.
[4]Ibid. fol. 347.
[4]Ibid. fol. 347.
[5]Composing MSS. Aubr. 6, 7, and 8 (part i.).
[5]Composing MSS. Aubr. 6, 7, and 8 (part i.).
[6]Writing MS. Aubr. 8 (part ii.).
[6]Writing MS. Aubr. 8 (part ii.).
[7]MS. Aubr. 9.
[7]MS. Aubr. 9.
[8]The lives of Isaac Barrow, and of (Serjeant-at-Law) John Hoskyns, may serve as specimens of a fair copy.
[8]The lives of Isaac Barrow, and of (Serjeant-at-Law) John Hoskyns, may serve as specimens of a fair copy.
[9]Aubrey to Wood, MS. Ballard 14, fol. 129v.
[9]Aubrey to Wood, MS. Ballard 14, fol. 129v.
[10]In this edition, some notes about some of them have been brought in from Aubrey's letters, and his 'Collectio Geniturarum.'
[10]In this edition, some notes about some of them have been brought in from Aubrey's letters, and his 'Collectio Geniturarum.'
[11]Aubrey notes 'Mr.
[11]Aubrey notes 'Mr.
[12]Aubrey adds the reference 'vide libr. B.': see Macray'sBodleian, p. 366.
[12]Aubrey adds the reference 'vide libr. B.': see Macray'sBodleian, p. 366.
[13]The adventures of Captain Thomas Stump in Guiana are recorded in Aubrey'sNatural History of Wilts.
[13]The adventures of Captain Thomas Stump in Guiana are recorded in Aubrey'sNatural History of Wilts.
[14]i.e. the schemes of nativity given at the beginning of many of the lives in MS. Aubr. 6. MS. Aubr. 23, 'Collectio genituraram,' drawn up by Aubrey in 1674 to be deposited in the Ashmolean Museum, is an earlier contribution to the 'supellex.'
[14]i.e. the schemes of nativity given at the beginning of many of the lives in MS. Aubr. 6. MS. Aubr. 23, 'Collectio genituraram,' drawn up by Aubrey in 1674 to be deposited in the Ashmolean Museum, is an earlier contribution to the 'supellex.'
[15]In fol. 11vAubrey's book-plate is pasted on.
[15]In fol. 11vAubrey's book-plate is pasted on.
[16]In the top left corner, '1s.4d.' is written. Possibly the price of the original paper-book.
[16]In the top left corner, '1s.4d.' is written. Possibly the price of the original paper-book.
[17]'Much' substituted for 'so well.'
[17]'Much' substituted for 'so well.'
[18]Aubrey cites in the margin:—'Utrumque nostrum admirabili modoConsentit astrum.Horat.lib. 2, ode 17:Nescio quod certe est, quod me tibi temperet, astrum.Pers.Sat.v.v.50';and adds the date in the margin '1665'; but according to Wood, 1667 was the date of their first acquaintance (Clark's Wood'sLife and Times, ii. 116).
[18]Aubrey cites in the margin:—
'Utrumque nostrum admirabili modoConsentit astrum.
'Utrumque nostrum admirabili modoConsentit astrum.
Horat.lib. 2, ode 17:
Nescio quod certe est, quod me tibi temperet, astrum.
Pers.Sat.v.v.50';
and adds the date in the margin '1665'; but according to Wood, 1667 was the date of their first acquaintance (Clark's Wood'sLife and Times, ii. 116).
[19]Dupl. with 'hid.'
[19]Dupl. with 'hid.'
[20]Subst. for 'girle's.'
[20]Subst. for 'girle's.'
[21]Matth. Raderi 'novi commentt.' were published in 1602, and later editions.
[21]Matth. Raderi 'novi commentt.' were published in 1602, and later editions.
[22]Dupl. with 'inventions.'
[22]Dupl. with 'inventions.'
[23]'Have been' is scored out.
[23]'Have been' is scored out.
[24]Subst. for 'things.'
[24]Subst. for 'things.'
[25]Foll. 47, 48, in the original (foll. 10, 11, as now foliated). The rest are scraps: fol. 8 is a paper, bearing date 'London, March 12, 1688/9.'
[25]Foll. 47, 48, in the original (foll. 10, 11, as now foliated). The rest are scraps: fol. 8 is a paper, bearing date 'London, March 12, 1688/9.'
[26]See, e.g. in the life of David Jenkins, from a letter of Aubrey's, the expressions which brought Wood into court and expelled him from the University.
[26]See, e.g. in the life of David Jenkins, from a letter of Aubrey's, the expressions which brought Wood into court and expelled him from the University.
[27]Fol. 2, in the present marking.
[27]Fol. 2, in the present marking.
[28]I have little doubt that the substance of all the missing pages is incorporated into theAthenae: cf., e.g. William Penn's life here by Aubrey, and the notice of Penn in Wood'sAthenae.
[28]I have little doubt that the substance of all the missing pages is incorporated into theAthenae: cf., e.g. William Penn's life here by Aubrey, and the notice of Penn in Wood'sAthenae.
[29]Aubrey quotes in the margin:—ἔπεα πτερόεντα.—Hom.
[29]Aubrey quotes in the margin:—ἔπεα πτερόεντα.—Hom.
[30]Dated 'July 1mo, 1681'—MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 5. In this index the names of some persons occur for notice, of whom no account is found here or elsewhere:—e.g. '... Aldsworth; Richard Blackbourne, M.D.; Sir George Etheridge; Isaac Newton.'
[30]Dated 'July 1mo, 1681'—MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 5. In this index the names of some persons occur for notice, of whom no account is found here or elsewhere:—e.g. '... Aldsworth; Richard Blackbourne, M.D.; Sir George Etheridge; Isaac Newton.'
[31]There are now several inserted papers and slips. The two last leaves of the MS. as now made up (foll. 104, 105), belong to neither section of it, but have been brought in from elsewhere, possibly from loose Rawlinson papers.
[31]There are now several inserted papers and slips. The two last leaves of the MS. as now made up (foll. 104, 105), belong to neither section of it, but have been brought in from elsewhere, possibly from loose Rawlinson papers.
[32]Anthony Wood has marked it as 'G. 10' of hisAthenaeCollections (see Clark's Wood'sLife and Times, iv. 232), thus showing that he looked on it as his own property.
[32]Anthony Wood has marked it as 'G. 10' of hisAthenaeCollections (see Clark's Wood'sLife and Times, iv. 232), thus showing that he looked on it as his own property.
[33]In this index or on blank pages in
the treatise, some are mentioned for
their lives to be written, of whom no
account is found here or elsewhere
in the biographical collections:—e.g.
Mr.
[33]In this index or on blank pages in
the treatise, some are mentioned for
their lives to be written, of whom no
account is found here or elsewhere
in the biographical collections:—e.g.
Mr.
[34]'For' subst. for 'in order to the writing.'
[34]'For' subst. for 'in order to the writing.'
[35]'Is' subst. for 'Mr. Wood haz.'
[35]'Is' subst. for 'Mr. Wood haz.'
[36]Hist. et Antiq. Univ. Oxon., 1674.
[36]Hist. et Antiq. Univ. Oxon., 1674.
[37]'These following' subst. for 'my.'
[37]'These following' subst. for 'my.'
[38]Aubrey queries 'Is John Escuidus mentioned among them?'
[38]Aubrey queries 'Is John Escuidus mentioned among them?'
[39]Lond. 1616.
[39]Lond. 1616.
[40]Written at first 'Venit et Hobbi.'
[40]Written at first 'Venit et Hobbi.'
[41]MS. Aubr. 9, fol. 29. Aubrey
notes in the margin:—'The ὕλη of the
preface to the life written by Mr. H.
him selfe in
[41]MS. Aubr. 9, fol. 29. Aubrey
notes in the margin:—'The ὕλη of the
preface to the life written by Mr. H.
him selfe in
[42]Subst. for 'now.'
[42]Subst. for 'now.'
[43]Subst. for 'setting forth.'
[43]Subst. for 'setting forth.'
[44]Subst. for 'honoured.'
[44]Subst. for 'honoured.'
[45]Dupl. with 'pueritia mea.'
[45]Dupl. with 'pueritia mea.'
[46]Dupl. with 'having both the same schoolmaster.'
[46]Dupl. with 'having both the same schoolmaster.'
[47]Dupl. with 'desired.'
[47]Dupl. with 'desired.'
[48]See in the life of Selden.
[48]See in the life of Selden.
[49]In a marginal note Aubrey remarks 'meliorate this word.' Another note is 'Quaere of the preface of this Supplement,' i.e., I suppose, ask some one's opinion whether it will do or not.
[49]In a marginal note Aubrey remarks 'meliorate this word.' Another note is 'Quaere of the preface of this Supplement,' i.e., I suppose, ask some one's opinion whether it will do or not.
[50]Dupl. with 'will
[50]Dupl. with 'will
[51]Dupl. with 'slipt.'
[51]Dupl. with 'slipt.'
[52]Dupl. with 'đđ' i.e. dedicate.
[52]Dupl. with 'đđ' i.e. dedicate.
[53]Subst. for 'But for that therecrementaof such a person are valueable. It is with matters of antiquity as with the sett....'
[53]Subst. for 'But for that therecrementaof such a person are valueable. It is with matters of antiquity as with the sett....'
[54]Subst. for 'good light.'
[54]Subst. for 'good light.'
[55]Dupl. with 'so many degrees, etc.'
[55]Dupl. with 'so many degrees, etc.'
[56]Dupl. with 'entring.'
[56]Dupl. with 'entring.'
[57]Subst. for 'This.'
[57]Subst. for 'This.'
[58]'From oblivion' followed; scored out.
[58]'From oblivion' followed; scored out.
[59]Dupl. with 'growing.'
[59]Dupl. with 'growing.'
[60]Dupl. with 'senescens.'
[60]Dupl. with 'senescens.'
[61]Dupl. with 'rude.'
[61]Dupl. with 'rude.'
[62]Dupl. with 'thing.'
[62]Dupl. with 'thing.'
[63]Dupl. with 'cutt off.'
[63]Dupl. with 'cutt off.'
[64]Dupl. with 'sense,' 'opinion.'
[64]Dupl. with 'sense,' 'opinion.'
[65]Dupl. with 'slighted.'
[65]Dupl. with 'slighted.'
[66]Dupl. with 'goe.'
[66]Dupl. with 'goe.'
[67]Dupl. with 'meane.'
[67]Dupl. with 'meane.'
[68]Subst. for 'Tuus.'
[68]Subst. for 'Tuus.'
[69]In connexion with the controversy originated by Dr. Fell's excisions in Wood's notice of Hobbes in hisHist. et Antiq. Univ. Oxon., 1674, see Clark's Wood'sLife and Times, ii. 291.
[69]In connexion with the controversy originated by Dr. Fell's excisions in Wood's notice of Hobbes in hisHist. et Antiq. Univ. Oxon., 1674, see Clark's Wood'sLife and Times, ii. 291.
[70]MS. has '1688,' by a slip.
[70]MS. has '1688,' by a slip.
[71]Dupl. with 'sketches.'
[71]Dupl. with 'sketches.'
[72]Anthony Wood has jotted here ''Tis well.'
[72]Anthony Wood has jotted here ''Tis well.'
[73]Aubrey's letter, dated June 1, 1693, is found in MS. Tanner 25, fol. 59.
[73]Aubrey's letter, dated June 1, 1693, is found in MS. Tanner 25, fol. 59.
[74]Malone's note in Mr. Doble's MS.
[74]Malone's note in Mr. Doble's MS.
[75]I have shown this as regards the text of Anthony Wood'sLife; and I hope some day to show it in the much more important matter of the text of theAthenae.
[75]I have shown this as regards the text of Anthony Wood'sLife; and I hope some day to show it in the much more important matter of the text of theAthenae.
[76]Aubrey, in MS. Wood F. 39, fol. 223; Sept. 16, 1673.
[76]Aubrey, in MS. Wood F. 39, fol. 223; Sept. 16, 1673.
[77]Idem, ibid., fol. 221; Aug. 10, 1673.
[77]Idem, ibid., fol. 221; Aug. 10, 1673.
[78]Sic, substituted for 'cloth-worker.'
[78]Sic, substituted for 'cloth-worker.'
[79]MS. Aubr. 6, fol. 116.
[79]MS. Aubr. 6, fol. 116.
[80]MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 5: in the index, as a life to be written.
[80]MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 5: in the index, as a life to be written.
[81]MS. Aubr. 7, fol. 6.
[81]MS. Aubr. 7, fol. 6.
[82]MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 14v.
[82]MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 14v.
[83]MS. Ashmole, 388.
[83]MS. Ashmole, 388.
[84]MS. Aubr. 6, fol. 95v.
[84]MS. Aubr. 6, fol. 95v.
[85]By Robert Parsons, S.J.
[85]By Robert Parsons, S.J.
[86]i.e. Holm Lacy.
[86]i.e. Holm Lacy.
[87]Dupl. with 'forgett.'
[87]Dupl. with 'forgett.'
[88]i.e. tongs.
[88]i.e. tongs.
[89]Subst. for 'to have drowned.'
[89]Subst. for 'to have drowned.'
[90]i.e. fol. 99, of MS. Aubr. 6.
[90]i.e. fol. 99, of MS. Aubr. 6.
[91]Subst. for 'the.'
[91]Subst. for 'the.'
[92]Aubrey in MS. Wood F. 39, fol. 142v: Oct. 27, 1671.
[92]Aubrey in MS. Wood F. 39, fol. 142v: Oct. 27, 1671.
[93]Trinity College.
[93]Trinity College.
[94]MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 42v.
[94]MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 42v.
[95]MS. Aubr. 6, fol. 27.
[95]MS. Aubr. 6, fol. 27.
[96]Elected Fellow in 1576.
[96]Elected Fellow in 1576.
[97]Subst. for 'he followed his advice.'
[97]Subst. for 'he followed his advice.'
[98]'To St. Marie's' subst. for 'to church.'
[98]'To St. Marie's' subst. for 'to church.'
[99]MS. Aubr. 6, fol. 27v.
[99]MS. Aubr. 6, fol. 27v.
[100]In 1618/9.
[100]In 1618/9.
[101]MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 9.
[101]MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 9.
[102]MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 21v.
[102]MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 21v.
[103]Added by Anthony Wood.
[103]Added by Anthony Wood.
[104]He was M.A., Cambridge, 1574.
[104]He was M.A., Cambridge, 1574.
[105]MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 1v.
[105]MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 1v.
[106]Thomas Poynter, rector of Houghton Conquest, Beds., 1676-1700.
[106]Thomas Poynter, rector of Houghton Conquest, Beds., 1676-1700.
[107]MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 14v.
[107]MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 14v.
[108]John Ashindon (or Eastwood): see Brodrick'sMemorials of Merton College(O. H. S.), p. 200.
[108]John Ashindon (or Eastwood): see Brodrick'sMemorials of Merton College(O. H. S.), p. 200.
[109]Aubrey, in MS. Wood, F. 39, fol. 229: Sept. 22, 1673.
[109]Aubrey, in MS. Wood, F. 39, fol. 229: Sept. 22, 1673.
[110]MS. Aubr. 6, fol. 10v.
[110]MS. Aubr. 6, fol. 10v.
[111]In MS. Ballard 14, fol. 19, 20 is an autobiography dictated by Ashmole to Robert Plot, to be sent to Anthony Wood, Dec. 29, 1683.
[111]In MS. Ballard 14, fol. 19, 20 is an autobiography dictated by Ashmole to Robert Plot, to be sent to Anthony Wood, Dec. 29, 1683.
[112]Added later by Aubrey to his note.
[112]Added later by Aubrey to his note.
[113]MS. Aubr. 23, fol. 81v, 82.
[113]MS. Aubr. 23, fol. 81v, 82.
[114]1609/10.
[114]1609/10.
[115]'Nor dare I' followed, scored out.
[115]'Nor dare I' followed, scored out.
[116]Astronomical symbols omitted.
[116]Astronomical symbols omitted.
[117]MS. Aubr. 7, fol. 3.
[117]MS. Aubr. 7, fol. 3.
[118]Aubrey's favourite way of writing his initials.is his favourite monogram.
[118]Aubrey's favourite way of writing his initials.is his favourite monogram.
[119]Dupl. with 'This person's life.'
[119]Dupl. with 'This person's life.'
[120]Subst. for 'being.'
[120]Subst. for 'being.'
[121]i.e. 1625/6.
[121]i.e. 1625/6.
[122]Explained in the margin as being 'the belly-ake: paine in the side.'
[122]Explained in the margin as being 'the belly-ake: paine in the side.'
[123]Subst. for 'a place for solitude like an....'
[123]Subst. for 'a place for solitude like an....'
[124]The notes slide from 1st to 3rd person.
[124]The notes slide from 1st to 3rd person.
[125]Subst. for 'at 9,' scil. years of age.
[125]Subst. for 'at 9,' scil. years of age.
[126]Subst. for 'must re
[126]Subst. for 'must re
[127]Reading doubtful, blurred.
[127]Reading doubtful, blurred.
[128]i.e. at 12 years of age.
[128]i.e. at 12 years of age.
[129]Supra, p.29.
[129]Supra, p.29.
[130]Dupl. with 'our.'
[130]Dupl. with 'our.'
[131]Thomas Stephens: seesub nomine.
[131]Thomas Stephens: seesub nomine.
[132]Dupl. with 'meanes.'
[132]Dupl. with 'meanes.'
[133]Dupl. with 'clearnesse.'
[133]Dupl. with 'clearnesse.'
[134]'At 8 y
[134]'At 8 y
[135]Isaac Lyte.
[135]Isaac Lyte.
[136]Dupl. with 'being only my owne instructor.'
[136]Dupl. with 'being only my owne instructor.'
[137]Dupl. with '
[137]Dupl. with '
[138]i.e. to Saturn, patron of antiquities.
[138]i.e. to Saturn, patron of antiquities.
[139]Margin frayed.
[139]Margin frayed.
[140]MS. Aubr. 7, fol. 3v.
[140]MS. Aubr. 7, fol. 3v.
[141]In the margin Aubrey writes 'Tacitus and Juvenal,' perhaps meaning that he read these authors now, before going up to Oxford.
[141]In the margin Aubrey writes 'Tacitus and Juvenal,' perhaps meaning that he read these authors now, before going up to Oxford.
[142]The sentence stood at first:—'Phansie like a pure christall mirrour.'
[142]The sentence stood at first:—'Phansie like a pure christall mirrour.'
[143]Scil. 'disorder my phansy.'
[143]Scil. 'disorder my phansy.'
[144]MS. Aubr. 23, fol. 2.
[144]MS. Aubr. 23, fol. 2.
[145]i.e. Monday, April 15.
[145]i.e. Monday, April 15.
[146]MS. Aubr. 7, fol. 3v.
[146]MS. Aubr. 7, fol. 3v.
[147]Aubrey intended to write a fine sentence, parallel to what follows, describing the quiet of Oxford before the outbreak of the great war.
[147]Aubrey intended to write a fine sentence, parallel to what follows, describing the quiet of Oxford before the outbreak of the great war.
[148]Sir Kenelm Digby's 'Observations onReligio Medici,' publ. in 1643.
[148]Sir Kenelm Digby's 'Observations onReligio Medici,' publ. in 1643.
[149]Dupl. with 'now did Bellona....'
[149]Dupl. with 'now did Bellona....'
[150]Dupl. with 'black.'
[150]Dupl. with 'black.'
[151]Dupl. with 'one.'
[151]Dupl. with 'one.'
[152]Dupl. begun, but scored through 'J.' i.e. July.
[152]Dupl. begun, but scored through 'J.' i.e. July.
[153]Dupl. with 'importunity.'
[153]Dupl. with 'importunity.'
[154]Trinity Sunday, 1643, was June 4.
[154]Trinity Sunday, 1643, was June 4.
[155]Subst. for 'was faine'
[155]Subst. for 'was faine'
[156]Dupl. with 'renewed'
[156]Dupl. with 'renewed'
[157]i.e. though my friends were not debauchees, yet their conversation was not improving. For the low tone which grew up among Oxford scholars from contact with the garrison, see Clark's Wood'sLife and Times, i. 129.
[157]i.e. though my friends were not debauchees, yet their conversation was not improving. For the low tone which grew up among Oxford scholars from contact with the garrison, see Clark's Wood'sLife and Times, i. 129.
[158]Subst for 'like.'
[158]Subst for 'like.'
[159]'Dew' is subst. for 'and sp
[159]'Dew' is subst. for 'and sp
[160]i.e. my character throughout my life was that I discharged the function of a whetstone.
[160]i.e. my character throughout my life was that I discharged the function of a whetstone.
[161]Perhaps scil. 'others.' He set other people to work to record matters and so rescued them from oblivion.
[161]Perhaps scil. 'others.' He set other people to work to record matters and so rescued them from oblivion.
[162]The people he set to work.
[162]The people he set to work.
[163]i.e. her portion was to be more than £2000, and her husband was to be guardian of her brother's estate (during minority?) which was worth £1000 a year.
[163]i.e. her portion was to be more than £2000, and her husband was to be guardian of her brother's estate (during minority?) which was worth £1000 a year.
[164]Subst. for 'my.'
[164]Subst. for 'my.'
[165]Dupl. with 'was procatractique
cause'
[165]Dupl. with 'was procatractique
cause'
[166]MS. Aubr. 7, fol. 4.
[166]MS. Aubr. 7, fol. 4.
[167]MS. Aubr. 7, fol. 5v.
[167]MS. Aubr. 7, fol. 5v.
[168]MS. Aubr. 7, fol. 4.
[168]MS. Aubr. 7, fol. 4.
[169]Joan Sumner.
[169]Joan Sumner.
[170]Gen. xxii. 14.
[170]Gen. xxii. 14.