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Brief Lives, Vol. 2

Chapter 356: Transcriber's Notes:
By John Aubrey
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A collection of concise biographical sketches of contemporaries and earlier figures recorded by an antiquarian observer, combining factual entries—births, offices, publications, and inscriptions—with personal anecdotes, hearsay, heraldic and parish-register notes, bibliographic references, and occasional critical judgments. Entries range from terse records to extended reminiscences, often citing documentary sources or witness statements, and reflect an informal, detail-driven approach aimed at preserving lives, reputations, and local traditions for reference and remembrance.

Plate I

(a) THE CASTLE MOUND, OXFORD

(See i. 51)

(b) RIDING AT THE QUINTIN

(See ii. 330)

Plate II

VERULAM HOUSE

(See i. 78)

Plate III

HOROSCOPE AND COTTAGE OF THOMAS HOBBES

(See i. 328, 326)

Plate IV

PLANS OF MALMSBURY AND DISTRICT.

(See i. 326, 325)

Plate V

HOROSCOPE AND ARMS OF SIR WILLIAM PETTY

(See ii. 139)

Plate VI

WOLSEY'S CHAPEL AT CHRIST CHURCH (See ii. 310)

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PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

BY HORACE HART, M.A.

PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY

Transcriber's Notes:

Simple spelling, grammar, and typographical errors were corrected.

Anachronistic and non-standard spellings retained as printed.

Latin capital letter NN ligature is denoted by NN.

Sidenotes with anchors were moved to paragraph footnotes and renumbered with Roman numeral designators, e.g. [XLII.]

Numeric footnotes at chapter ends were redesignated with consecutive alphabetic letters, e.g. [AP], and moved to the ends of the chapters if they weren't already there.

All other footnotes were denoted with Arabic numerals, e.g. [42], and moved to end notes.