Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 01: Preface and Life by Samuel Pepys
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brought to a determination in twelve months after my decease, and
that special regard be had therein to the following particulars which I declare to be my present thoughts and prevailing inclinations in this matter, viz.: "1. That after the death of my said nephew, my said library be placed and for ever settled in one of our universities, and rather in that of Cambridge than Oxford. "2. And rather in a private college there, than in the public library. "3. And in the colleges of Trinity or Magdalen preferably to all others. "4. And of these too, 'caeteris paribus', rather in the latter, for the sake of my own and my nephew's education therein. "5. That in which soever of the two it is, a fair roome be provided therein. "6. And if in Trinity, that the said roome be contiguous to, and have communication with, the new library there. "7. And if in Magdalen, that it be in the new building there, and any part thereof at my nephew's election. "8. That my said library be continued in its present form and no other books mixed therein, save what my nephew may add to theirs of his own collecting, in distinct presses. |
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