Part of a Letter from the Reverend Mr. George Lewis, at Fort St. George; to the ReverendDr. Arthur Charlett, and the Late Dr. Edward Bernard; Concerning Some Indian Manuscripts,Lately Sent to the University of OxfordAuthor(s): George LewisSource: Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 20 (1698), pp. 421-424Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/102568 .

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(4-Xt ) sn the mean time (if at icifure 3 ha1 Ibe pleaSd to give us.

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V Part of a Letter froan the Reveread Mr. George Lewis, at Fort Stv George; to tbe Reverend Dr. Arebur CharZetrX atd the late Dr; Edwarfl Bernard; cogserrtxg t°ave Indiaa MgnxJcriptw) lAtele tt tp tbe Vxer--

rty 0 Qxford Reterexd Sirs}

TN purfutnce to your jolnt Letter, beartng Date the 3d of 8ly, I695 I have procured you fome of the

ManuScripts of thtSe pares, wherein it hath been my Care to get fuch as aere of good Note and E0teal among themSelves.They are in [everal Languages and dif- ferent Charadrers. The Names of the Particular-s I ffnd you ir} a No.e -encloSed. If 11eE eaftwr it lhould be my Fortune to meet wsth any ot their facred Books, as tie Zedxm, Velaftnm, Shaflrgm or Porane; I fl<all rake care to fiend them xsZhen a Convenience offers.

There coimes by the ifiag [YzJliam Tnree \olumes of Chi^fa P*oors, fRannpWd on Woods wizic is their l:>mu-cl] vaun£ed t!tay of Printing. II<ele are Ent to tvfro GilSert Dolbe^w by b js Blotilr her: And Thtee {ent tO 3r. ycha Eva?Xs, by a Friend come Gn the Madr0s Miercan-

@ prenum, - they ll be a1} pfefen d to you r U X]tves ft £yo

Of theSe you may ha5Ze M7tn3at %iantit3r yoU 211 C0's-

!mand: Books DesnD pl*nfu! iSl Cx3gNJ..

(4-Xt ) sn the mean time (if at icifure 3 ha1 Ibe pleaSd to give us.

_ _

V Part of a Letter froan the Reveread Mr. George Lewis, at Fort Stv George; to tbe Reverend Dr. Arebur CharZetrX atd the late Dr; Edwarfl Bernard; cogserrtxg t°ave Indiaa MgnxJcriptw) lAtele tt tp tbe Vxer--

rty 0 Qxford Reterexd Sirs}

TN purfutnce to your jolnt Letter, beartng Date the 3d of 8ly, I695 I have procured you fome of the

ManuScripts of thtSe pares, wherein it hath been my Care to get fuch as aere of good Note and E0teal among themSelves.They are in [everal Languages and dif- ferent Charadrers. The Names of the Particular-s I ffnd you ir} a No.e -encloSed. If 11eE eaftwr it lhould be my Fortune to meet wsth any ot their facred Books, as tie Zedxm, Velaftnm, Shaflrgm or Porane; I fl<all rake care to fiend them xsZhen a Convenience offers.

There coimes by the ifiag [YzJliam Tnree \olumes of Chi^fa P*oors, fRannpWd on Woods wizic is their l:>mu-cl] vaun£ed t!tay of Printing. II<ele are Ent to tvfro GilSert Dolbe^w by b js Blotilr her: And Thtee {ent tO 3r. ycha Eva?Xs, by a Friend come Gn the Madr0s Miercan-

@ prenum, - they ll be a1} pfefen d to you r U X]tves ft £yo

Of theSe you may ha5Ze M7tn3at %iantit3r yoU 211 C0's-

!mand: Books DesnD pl*nfu! iSl Cx3gNJ..

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( 4tX ) >vt. ESibg Edles late Gcvernor of this Place, gOt a

3edl*nCd 5rJ£QE tO tranXa.e out of the Sanfreet into tbe SAixga 1a!7guage lbme of thnir Sacred Boohs. But tlle Bramuxe in lome meaire abus'd him. However, he tranilated the wilole Body esf the Geatt; Lasss in£o tFe Blifioga; as tikewrife tIler .Account of the Creation of the Wotldt taker} out fzf ttze ShaJ?rxm or Pvoanes t arn not certai>n A hich. Tuss Be¢i; is svrit in a fiir CJI-;araw ders and upon good Paperf and upcn his arraval in Fg Leds 1s defign' a PreSent to your lT{ziverXity

A Cataiogae of the Books fest.

A. lthe Ramain or Hi{iory of RAmX in the Saritncreet Language, and tile Grandum CflaraEer, Z e. the Cha rader usd by the Malabar 1Yramines.

A ^ The Ramvixgm in the modern Gentio or Tulinga Language.

B. The Bohar'ttn, or HiRcry of tit.4da Ra-t, arzd otlaer wiKe Priuces in tlle(e Parts. Ars ancient HiRory. TuJirlga.

B 2-. Other parts of tlle BoDar'tam. Tu!inp. B 3* More parts of the Bahat'm. FlYuttngtO C. Parma Beogee Mel;fim, a bsoW treating of Reft-

ous Matters, arld held in great i4.ictm. Tlllinga. D. R0aa Melafam, or the ie3t'y Cf Kifta, in the

4^rwa or Malabar Languagt and Cvlarader. f:. Contains three BooRs in the Tulinga. I. af¢O

Sanzkxm, ̂ . Aiy Rama BaMu. 3. Aipiuua Mev'a Parwgm.

F. A Gentio Book writ at the RequeR of an 8.nglifh Chief in thofe parts. - Corltaining 1 . The Tulinga Al- phabet, and their way of compou;ding and making Syllables.

a. An

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( 4^ 3 ) w. An erroneous and imperfcEt Accolant of t}sX

Coafi of CÆJ OMS7¢dell and of the King5 of Go;'codaS 3. Someof theirancXent Stories or Fabless aIi in

a fair Charader.

In the (sentio BookX uZrit on Paper, are enclored feve- ral looSe Papers, as

X AarasBg 2ebe's Pi&urea with t:e -rat of she He. gira he was born in.

w. A Lion in Arabick Charad;ters, svith the p3asn Reading.

3. An Arabick Writing, faid to be found in Alexa;¢* ier's Clofer.

4. Several Specimells of the beR Hands heres in tllt Perlian Language.

S Certain Charaders upon a Seal, utzderRood by no body ill tllefe parts.

6 Several Hynrns or Sacred Songs in the Perfian and Hindo{lan Language, hung in Honour of Hxren and Ha. ran, Suns of Aice, by thv Eranee Motlametan, on the firR ten Days of the Menth Meharxtx, when they com memorate the Martyrdeim of thofe two Saints.

7. A Letter in the SkekaJ?eh or {hort Writing, the urual EXand PerlEan ISetters are writ sn, *6vhich tor the Excellency of the C;haraditer, I thought ht to fend among the re.

the aNare-mef¢tioted Beverend Dr. ArtIlur Chariett, MaJ?er of Unlzerfity"College, Oxio4rd, -Paving ffas ox "ny otter OccaJotJ ) fvaared the Royal Society uvith a Sight of tbefe carious M4nfcripts, it apteared Zy a SMO ple or 5pecimen of t32e Leaves and Arait of tJge Am pans Hvrt. IVa/. fom. r. p. I3. Fig. I0 or PaIm.a zN/jX labarica, flOkulis Itellatls, fru&u Songx [quafnmat> l;t iletY. ib. Or Palma Cjoccifera Co1io phlcatlli fllabell*

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( 4^4 ) Mrms rna3or. Ampans W.-M. Raii HJ2. p. v366. «owg to the Soriete Zy Mrt James Pettxver) ote of their Memo bers, tXat tbe fieveral Leaves f all of thfe Boaks mere maGe oJU the Leates of tbis Pal m wrote on -b a StiZe.

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V1. AX AG{O##t sf what bappened to d C-bild ovx rzraZZowing two Copper Fartbie7gs. Cownica° ted -by Drw Edward Bay-nard, Fellow af the CslEege 0f PhSJitians.

T Living then in Worce/Zer, my Son Willxam tP>sderhill, t ag,ed about Three Yearss twallowed by accident twvo Copper Farthings, bult half a Year one after the otherX Upon the fxrS Farthing, he cat nothing for ten Days, -and complaxned of a great Patn at his Stort3ach, and dri velid as if he had been falivated; and often faid he had-ta nauteous venomous Tafte in hIs Mouth, the tarthing not coming from him in half a Year. After the fwallow. ing of the fecond Farthing he begaQ by Degrees to lofe his Limbs, his BreaI} growing narrow arld the Child ConSumptive;who was after per4eEtly cured by the Bath, and -llis BreaR dilated and grew broad as before. This -happenzng about Ten Years fince, theSe ar: mf30 of the Parciculars l can remember. Witnefs my Harld,

rSer. tsJerhi*

( 4^4 ) Mrms rna3or. Ampans W.-M. Raii HJ2. p. v366. «owg to the Soriete Zy Mrt James Pettxver) ote of their Memo bers, tXat tbe fieveral Leaves f all of thfe Boaks mere maGe oJU the Leates of tbis Pal m wrote on -b a StiZe.

.4. .

V1. AX AG{O##t sf what bappened to d C-bild ovx rzraZZowing two Copper Fartbie7gs. Cownica° ted -by Drw Edward Bay-nard, Fellow af the CslEege 0f PhSJitians.

T Living then in Worce/Zer, my Son Willxam tP>sderhill, t ag,ed about Three Yearss twallowed by accident twvo Copper Farthings, bult half a Year one after the otherX Upon the fxrS Farthing, he cat nothing for ten Days, -and complaxned of a great Patn at his Stort3ach, and dri velid as if he had been falivated; and often faid he had-ta nauteous venomous Tafte in hIs Mouth, the tarthing not coming from him in half a Year. After the fwallow. ing of the fecond Farthing he begaQ by Degrees to lofe his Limbs, his BreaI} growing narrow arld the Child ConSumptive;who was after per4eEtly cured by the Bath, and -llis BreaR dilated and grew broad as before. This -happenzng about Ten Years fince, theSe ar: mf30 of the Parciculars l can remember. Witnefs my Harld,

rSer. tsJerhi*

vir. vir.

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