'Sed cæssat ar, otracci elusus, subest.
'Sed cæssat ar, otracci elusus, subest.
'Sir,
'I humbly present my service and best wishes unto you and shall still be
'Yours, in all true affection, to be commanded
Ffrancis Potter.
'Kilmanton,
Decemb. 7º, 1652.'
<The address (on fol. 62v) is:—
'To the right worshipfull, his
'much honoured friend, Mr. John
'Aubrey, at the signe of the
'Rainebowe, a stationer's shop
'In Fleetstreet by Temple
'gate, give these
'Post-payd.'
The letter has been sealed with numerous seals: e.g. (1) a rose; (2) 'on a cross, 5 pheons; impaling, 2 lions rampant combattant'; (3) Aesculapius, with his staff, a vase in front of him; (4) a male head, in profile, with long hair and moustaches; (5) an antique head, with basket-work cap having a circle of spikes round it.>
[731]Anno Domini 166—he was chosen fellowe of the Royall Societie, and was there admitted and recieved with much respect.