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- c. 1594-1606. (Creation)
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Vol. 1 Extent: 218 pp., pp. 3-213 have original foliation 1-106. Vol. 2 Extent: 256 pp., pp. 5-233 have original foliation 1-116, f. 82 wanting. Vol. 1 :Original limp vellum cover, lettered on spine 'Taylors Cussion prima pars'. Vol. 2 :Boards, now loose, 1840 or later (watermark of flyleaves).
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On vol. 1, inside cover, the signature of George Owen Harry, on p. 1, John Saunders and Samuell Yorke, and on p. 218, Edward James, Valentinian Morgan and Bartholomew Pritchard, all XVI/XVII cent. Owned by Richard Gough, 1784 (i, p. 3, ii, p. 1). Lot 1636 in the Heber sale (ii, pp. 1 and 3). A note by Richard Fenton on vol. 1, p. 107.
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George Owen's book of 'divers thinges' published in facsimile by Emily M Pritchard, 'The Taylors Cussion' (London, 1906). Mostly the work of George Owen's scribes with corrections and additions in autograph. Vol. 1 was compiled c. 1594 and vol. 2 c. 1699-1606. There are additions in other hands to 1623.
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Formerly Phillipps 8380.
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Preferred citation: Cardiff MS 4.8.