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My dear Miss Sewell,
My copies of Giles and Stanley are not bound, nor likely come to harm, and I had rather pack them and leave them at Miss Yard’s for you. If you will tell me what other books you want besides Fabyan, I will write a note desiring them to be sent to me to your care at Bonchurch (I did not see this ghastly shape of paper till I had committed myself to ... continue reading
My dear Arthur Authorities for the wars of the Roses are very scarce and bad. I believe Sharon Turner is the modern who has done them up best, and his notes guide to the places where he gets his authorities. I believe the best, next to the Paston letters are Polydore Vergil, and a certain Abbot /(I think) Welthamstead of St Albans who was a great Lancastrian till Queen Margaret let her wild Borderers ... continue reading