Commonplace Book Commonplace book in an unknown hand. Contains notes from the works of Tacitus and Seneca, notes on Aristotle's Nichomachean ethics (1607), notes from Marsilio Ficino's "De religione Christiana" (1576); notes from two emblem books: Cesare Ripa, Iconologia, Rome, 1593, and Geffrey Whitney, A choice of emblemes and other devises, Leyden, 1586; Extracts from "Notes out of a Discourse of the 14 first yeares of K. James"' and "Out of the first 14 years of K. James" (Michael Sparke), The narrative history of King James: for the first fourteen years, 1651. Also short notes on the following: "Thinges of Counsell & conduct more than ordinary in History"; Cardan, "In septem aphorismorum Hippocratis particulas Commentarla" Basle, 1564; Tacitus quotations from Lipsius; Agathias, "De imperio et rebus gestis Iustiniani Imper atoris", Leyden, 1594; Stratagems from Machiavelli and Guicciardini; Saa vedra Fajardo, "Idea Principis Christiano politici", Brussels, 1649; several sets of sententiae, adagia and Italian proverbs. A list of authors at the front of the volume reads: "see Clapm. Tholoz. Contzen. Bodin Symancha Franciscola Patritius. Machiav. Amirato Malvez Petrarch Bentivoglio. Strada. Davila Mariana. Saavedra. Lopez. Botero - Forstner. Piccarto. Loccenius. Lypsius. Giffanius Chochier (?) Cardan Campanella - francisco bottini - Augustino Mascardi. Boeclerus Annibal Scotus. Clavemontius. Nathan Chytraeus". Late 17th century