Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. e Mus. 63 (3652). Paper. 16th Century. [In English Welsh and Latin. Made up of two MSS. written in the 16th century in England. Alchemical treatises and poems, and Welsh pieces.] A (Early 16th century) 1. f1 'Liber T[home] N[orton] qui intitulatur Ordinale secretorum, with a Latin and English preface. beg. 'Liber iste Clericis', 'To the honour of God one, in Persons three': the text beg. 'Maystrye full mervellous and archimaystrye': Norton's Ordinall, with notes, partly by Dr. John Dee. 2. f41 'Here begynithe the Compende of Alkamie made by [George Ripley] a canon of Bridlington', with prologue, preface, twelve chapters, recapitualtion, and 'permonicio autorus', in English verse , with notes as above. Two short pieces follow: a (fol66) 'Verba Secretorum Hermetis', in Latin and English. b. f67 An alchemical poem, beg. 'Of Spayne take the clere light/The redd gume that is so bright'. B. (mid-16th century in several hands. 3. Short alchemical pieces a. f70 'Mr Ryppleys work, The Bost of Mercurye', a poem beginning 'I am Mercury, the mightie flos florum'. b. f71v 'Speculum Alchimiae' in prose, beg. 'Scriptura tale nomen'. c. f72 A poem on the Philosopher's Stone, in Latin verse: beg. 'ergo nota vere lapidem quem cupis habere'. d. f74v 'Conclusiones quorundam philosophorum de lapide Voarhadumico seu Indico'. e. f76v 'Opionio cuiusdam academici Oxoniensis de lapide philosophico', in english verse. beg. 'The deepe conceyte well ahtch'd in Muses brayne'. f. f76v 'Catalogus librorum Jo Gwynn Arnst', Feb.28 1572/3, thirty-four volumes, chiefly alchemical. g. f77 'Documentum cuiusdam spiritus, traditum magistro scoto, de virtute bufonis, seu philosophici Lapidis, sive auis Phoenicis'. h. f77v-78 Two Latin poems, beg. 'Si mirus et novus','Si rerum secreta petis'. i. f80 'de Lapide philosophico', a Latin rythmical poem, beg. 'En philosophantium hac in cantilena', preceded by heraldic crest and arms, coloured, of alchemical significance. 4. f83 'Liber quem composuit magister Arnaldus de Nova Villa de Secretis nature. 5. f88 'Liber Merline de expositione Lapidis philosophici', a commentary on some verses ascribed to Merlin: beg. 'In quodam tractatu qui incipit Omne datum optimum'. 6. f90v 'Liber Virgilii de Lapide benedicto', beg. 'In nomine beatissime'. 7. f93 'Liber Morieni de exposicione Lapidis benedicti'. beg.'Moriene, primum querere libet', followed by medical recipes. [The entry of this MS. in the Benefactors' Register seems to imply that a 'Liber de Arte Necromantica Anglice, cui Tit: Cephar Rariel (sic) MS' was the first item in this volume. A few pages seem to have been torn out before Art.1, and there are now no traces of the treatise.]