He had recourse to the skill of Physicians; but they could neither open the channels of transpiration; nor throw the weight off his breast. A slow fever being added to these complaints, he took to his bed three days before his death. He suffered much; but he bore it with patience; and he received his friends and domestics with his accustomed sweetness. Turning all his thoughts to another life, he gave numerous edifying testimonies of his zeal and devotion; and preserving to the last breath the use of his reason, he tranquilly closed his eyes on the scenes of earth on the 3o.th day of April, 1736, aged 67 years, 5 months, 5 months, and 19 days; and was solemnly interred in the church of St. Peter, and St. Paul, on the 3.d of May.

He married Margaret Schultz, only daughter of John Schultz, Rector of the School; by whom he had a son, who died at the age of two months; and two daughters, Catherine Dorothy, married to Joachim Dieterich Evers, Doctor of Laws; and Jane Frederica, married to Professor Herm. Sam. Reimari, author of the Life of our Author, under the title of Herm. Sam. Reimari P. P. De Vita et Scriptis Joannis Alberti Fabricii Commentarius, etc. Hamburgi, 1737. 8.o, from whence the Article in Biblioth. Germanique, vol. XL. 148. here abridged, is taken.

ART. LXV. COLLECTIONS OF ORIGINAL CHRONICLES AND HISTORIANS.

ITALY.

1. Rerum Italicarum Scriptores varii in unum collecti corpus, et simul editi a Ludovico Antonio Muratori. Mediolani, 1723 et ann. seqq. 25 tom. in 28 vol. fol.

FRANCE.

2. Historia Francorum Scriptores Coætanei ab ipsius gentis origine ad Philippi IV. tempora, sed annum 1286; quorum plurimi nunc primum ex variis Codicibus MSS. in lucem prodeunt, alii vero auctiores et emendatiores; cum Epistolis Regum, Pontificum, etc. Operá et studio Andrea Du Chesne; et (post patrem) Francisci Du Chesne, Andreæ filii. Parisiis, 1636, et ann. seqq. 5 vol. fol.

3. Historia Normannorum Scriptores antiqui; res ab illis per Galliam, Apuliam, Capua principatum, Siciliam, et Orientem gestas explicantes, ab anno Christi 838 ad annum 1220: insertæ sunt Monasteriorum fundationes variæ, Series Episcoporum ac Abbatum, Genealogiæ Regum, Ducum, et Nobilium; plurima denique alia Vetera, tàm ad profanam quàm ad illorum temporum Historiam pertinentia, ex MSS. Codd. omnia ferè nunc primùm edita studio Andreæ Du Chesne. Lutetiæ Parisiorum, 1619. fol.

This precious Collection is equally useful for the History of England, as of France.

GERMANY.

4. Illustres Veteres Scriptores de Rebus Germanicis ex Bibliotheca Joannis Pistorii. Francofurti, 1607, et 1613. 3 vol. fol.

5. Corpus Historicum Medii Evi, sive Scriptores de rebus in Orbe universo, præcipuè in Germania gestis, à temporibus Caroli Magni ad finem Sæculi XV. collecti et editi à Joann. Georgio Eccardo. Lipsia, 1723. 2 vol. fol.

6. Opus Historicum de Rebus Germanicis, complectens auctores plurimos à Gentis origine ad Maximilianum II. Imper. Anno 1574, ex editione Simonis Schardü. Basilea, 1574. 4 tom. in 3 vol. fol.

7. Germanicarum Rerum Scriptores aliquot insignes de gestis à Carolo M. ad Carolum V. Imperatorem ; collecti per Marquardum Freherum, nunc recogniti et illustrati notis, glossariis, et indicibus, per Burcardum Gotthelfium Struvium. Argentorati, ¡1717. 3 vol. fol.

8. Godefridi Leibnizi (1) Scriptores rerum Brunswicensium. Hanoveræ, 1707. 3 vol. fol.

(1) See also his Origines Guelficæ, etc. ex Schedis G. G. Leibnitz, J. G. Eccardi, et J. D. Gruberi, ex edit. C. L. Scheedii. Hanoveræ, 1751. 4 vol. fol.

9. Scriptores Rerum Lusaticarum antiqui et recentiores, in unum corpus collecti et editi per Christ. Godofr. Hoffmannum. Lipsia, 1719. 4 tom. in 2. vol. fol.

10. Collectio Novissima Scriptorum et rerum Wirceburgensium, operá et studio Ignatii Gropp. Francofurti, 1741. fol.

11. Scriptores Rerum Hungaricarum Veteres et genuini, partim primùm ex tenebris eruti, partim antehac quidem editi, nùnc verò ex MSS. Codd. et rarissimis editionibus Biblioth. Aug. Vindobon. ab innumeris mendis vindicati, et variantibus lectionibus illustrati, etc. cum amplissima Præfatione Matthiæ

Belii; necnon Indice Verborum curd et studio Joann. Georg. Schwandtneri. Vindobonæ, 1746, et ann. seqq. 3 vol. fol. (1)

SPAIN.

12. Hispana illustrata, seu Rerum Urbiumque Hispaniæ, Lusitaniæ, Æthiopia, et Indiæ Scriptores Varii, in unùm collecti et editi per Andræam Schottum. Francofurti, 1603, et ann. seqq. 4 vol. fol.

GREAT BRITAIN.

13. Anglica, Normanica, Hibernica, Cambrica; Anonymus de Vita Gulielmi Conquestoris, etc. ex Biblioth. Gul. Camdeni. Francofurti, 1603. fol.

(1) See also his Notitia Hungariæ Nova Historico-Geographica. 1735, et ann. seqq. 4 vol. fol.

14. Historic Anglicana Scriptores Decem ex vetustis Codd. MSS. nùnc primùm editi et illustrati variis lectionibus cum glossario et indice, per Rogerum Twysden. Londini, 1652. 2 vol. Fol.

15. Rerum Anglicarum Scriptorum Veterum, ToмUS PRIMUS, in quo continentur: Ingulfi Croylandensis Historia; Petri Blesensis continuatio; Chronicon de Mailros; Annales Burtonenses; et Historiæ Croylandensis Continuatio, (hæc omnia in lucem edita curis Johan. Fell, Episcopi Oxoniensis.) Oxoniæ, & Theatro Sheldoniano, 1684. fol.

No other Volume was published.

16. Historia Britannica, Saxonicæ, Anglo-Danica Scriptores XV. necnon Historiæ Anglicanæ Scriptores V. ex vetustis Codd. MSS. editi, et in unum collecti opera et studio Thoma Gale. Oxoniæ è Th. Sheldoniano, 1691, et 1687. 2 vol. fol.

The Second Volume was published first.

ORIENTAL.

17. Jacobi Bongarsii Gesta Dei per Francos, sive Oriental. Expeditionum et Regni Francorum Hierosolymitani Scriptores Varii. Hanoviæ. 2 vol. fol.

18. Byzantini Historiæ Scriptores Vari. 35 vol. fol. (various dates from 1648, to 1777.)