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two jentlewomen, who helped her of therwith, and alfo her Frofe pafte and neckecher, geving to her a fayre handkercher to knytte about her eyes. Then the hangman kneled downe, and afked her forgevenes, whorae fhe forgave moft willingly. Then he willed her to ftand upon the ftrawe, which, doing {he fa we the blocke. Then fhe fayd I pray the difpatche. me quickly. Than fhe kneeled downe faying, Wil you take it of before I lay me downe ? And the hang- man anfwered her, No, madame. She tyed the kercher about her eyes. Than feeling for the. blocke, faide, What ihal I do, where is it ? One of tlie Glanders by guyding her therunto, Ihe layde her head downe -upon the block, and ftretched forth her body, and fayd, Lorde, into thy handes I commende my fpirite. And fo fhe ended.'* Note for page 25. On comparing the drawing of Mr. Noble's Coin with a filver three-pence of the York Mint, they appeared totally fo exactly with each other in fize as well as in every other refpedl, that it cannot reafonably be doubted but the former was (truck in gold from the dye of the ftlver three-pence. S. L. Jan. io, 1799. The Rev. Thomas Coxe, F. A. S. exhibited to the Society an an- cient ./Egyptian engraved copper-plate, from which the im- preffions on the oppofite page are taken. Extratf of a Later from tlie Rev. Thomas Coxe, F.A.S. to the Rev. John Brand, Secretary. " The Plate hath been compared with the two antique engravings formerly in the poffeflion of Dr. Mead, afterwards of Mr. Duane, and