"Records and Treaty's (sic), with other papers, etc., from Anno 1547 to Anno 1709,...

"Records and Treaty's (sic), with other papers, etc., from Anno 1547 to Anno 1709, referrable (sic) to Books A, B, C and Appendix". With table of contents prefixed.

They include (inter alia):- (1) Notes from Public Records of transactions with foreign countries, 1484-1549 (p.1);- (2) List of ambassadors, etc., abroad, 1521-1653 (p.38);- (3) "A brief enquiry into Leagues and Alliances", etc. (p.45);- (4) Treaty of alliance between England and Sweden, 1 Mar., 1665, signed by the Swedish plenipotentiaries (p.72);- (5) "Order of Councill, about giving the hand to envoyés by ambassadors in their owne houses", 26 Aug., 1668 (p.104);- (6) Full-powers, etc., for treating with France as to naval affairs, 1672 (pp.106-112);- (7) Letter of Lord Arlington to Colbert as to ambassadors yielding the pas to Princes of the Blood, etc, 19 Sept., 1672 (p.113);- (8) Ratification by Charles II. of the treaty between France and Brunswick, 8 Mar., 1673 (p.115);- (9) Memoir on the receptions of Dutch ambassadors at the French court, 1609-1678 (f.119);- (10) Copies of treaties of peace, alliance, etc., 1648-1703 (pp.127-254);- (11) The Commissioners of Trade to Lord Sunderland, 18 Oct., 1709, enclosing a project for a commercial treaty with France (pp.257-297);- (12) Full-powers, articles, ratifications, etc., relating to the Treaty of Partition, 1698-1701, with lists of papers received and delivered by M. Prior, 1700-1, partly in his own hand (pp.303-354).