Note 91 — THE NORTHUMBERLAND MANUSCRIPT

See Spedding’s Introduction, p. xix. It is, I believe, contended by some that the word here is not “Philipp,” but as Mr. Spedding so read it when the manuscript was very much clearer than it is now, we may, I think, be content to accept his evidence, more especially as close to it, a little to the left, stands the word “Phillipp” still plain for all to read. Mr. Burgoyne, therefore, includes this letter of Sir Philip Sydney among the subjects mentioned in the supposed list of contents.