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THE

RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW,

AND

Historical and Antiquarian
MAGAZINE.

EDITED BY

HENRY SOUTHERN, ESQ. M. A.

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE,

AND

NICHOLAS HARRIS NICOLAS, ESQ.

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER AT LAW.

SECOND SERIES.

VOL. II.

LONDON: BALDWIN AND CRADOCK.

SOLD BY W. F. WAKEMAN, DUBLIN; JOHN THOMPSON, EDINBURGH; AND
CAREY AND LEA, PHILADELPHIA.

1828.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY THOMAS DAVISON, WHITEFRIARS.

CONTENTS

OF

VOL. II.

Summer's last Will and Testament.-The Countrie Girle

Cabala, sive Scrinia Sacra

The Life and Adventures of Matthew Bishop

Shadwell's Dramatic Works

Letters of Johan Ashwell

John Gower, the Poet

The Peerage Bill in 1719

Original Letters

Baronies by Writ

Expenses of two Brothers at Eton College in 1560

Badges, Crests, and Supporters

Society of Antiquaries

Adversaria

Critical Notices

Creations of Honours, &c.

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