Harl. MS., Brit. Mus., No. 5353, fo. 111
G. F. TUPPER, LITHOG: LONDON. 1868.
Gentlemen,
When you did me the honour to appoint me Presidentof your most useful Society as the successor ofthe Marquess Camden, I felt anxious to express my senseof that honour by some appropriate acknowledgment.
I at first thought of printing a MS. from my ownlibrary, but, not finding one that seemed exactly suitable,in my difficulty I applied to my old and valued friendMr. Bruce, and he pointed out to me Manningham'sDiary in the British Museum as possessing a variedinterest in t