From Thomas Deloney's novel . Contains Collier's corrections on the printed proof.

A "Roxburghe Ballad," which Collier speculated was written some time before 1570 (, London, 1847, p. 3). Contains Collier's corrections on the printed proof.

Transcribed by F. Ouvry. Ballad held in collection of Frederic Ouvry, vol. 1 p. 54 no. 42. Note (Collier's?) reads "No date nor name of printer - white letter."

Note at bottom "Printed by the assignes of Thomas Symcock." This was in 1628 or 1629 (STC 16864a.11).

By Robert Guy. Note at bottom "London Printed for H. Gosson". Ballad held in collection of Frederic Ouvry vol. 1 p. 13 no. 13.

By Thomas Jones. Note at bottom reads "London, Printed for Richard Burton, at the Horshooe in Smithfield." Ballad held in collection of Frederic Ouvry, vol. 1 p. 19-20 no. 16.

By I.T. [John Taylor]. Note at bottom reads "Printed at London for Francis Couls, at the upper end of the Old Baily neere Newgate, 1626."

Excerpt concerning satirical ballads against Maximilian I. From William Roscoe, , vol. ii, 6th ed.

Collier's title: "Ballads in Venice in 1508."

Excerpt concerning William Baldwin's complaint about the lecherous nature of ballads sung by noblemen. From Thomas Frognall Dibdin's edition of Joseph Ames's , vol. iii p. 505.

Collier's title: "Ballads in 1549."

Excerpt of Thomas Lodge's description of the effect of ribald ballads from his , 1579, p. 20.

Collier's title: "Ballads about 1579 or 1580."

Excerpt about the corrupting influence of minstrels from Philip Stubbes's .

Collier's title: "Minstrels i.e. Ballad-singers."

Excerpt about the entertainment of the common people by minstrels from George Puttenham's .

Collier's title: "Popular Ballads, subject of."

Excerpt concerning "the lawne of licentiousnesse" from Thomas Nash's .

Collier's title: "Ballad of Blue Starch +c."

Excerpt concerning gallows poetry from Beaumont and Fletcher's . The specific edition Collier quotes from is Alexander Dyce's , published in 1879.

Collier's title: "Ballads, where to be bought."

Excerpt disdaining minstrels from Richard Brathwaite's .

Collier's title: "A Ballad-monger."

Excerpt discussing village music from Milton's .

Collier's title: "Milton, on ballads + licensing them."

Excerpt about wood-cuts adorning ballads from .

Collier's title: "Ballads + Wood-cuts on them."

Excerpt concerning a hangman hanged for stealing from Henry Morley's .

Collier's title: "Hangman in Henry VIII's time."

Excerpt insulting Thomas Nash from Gabriel Harvey's .

Collier's title: "Bull, the hangman."

Reference to see "Middleton's Works by Dyce III 532." Dyce suggests that the Brandon referred to is Gregory Brandon, who executed Charles I.

Note concerning Gregory Brandon with reference to Ellis's , III, 340.

Excerpt concerning the death of William Low, the common hangman, from .

Note concerning the that "It consists of only 4 leaves or 8 pages."

Collier's title: "Ketch, Jack."

Notes concerning Jack Ketch, the hangman Dun (from ), and Derrick. Written on reverse of British Museum form letter from 1849 announcing meeting of the commissioners.

Collier wonders about the etymology of the work "derrick." References to 2nd Series, xi, 314, and April 17, 1869.

Collier's title: "Hangmen Old."

Reference to what Thomas Babington Macaulay's has to say about Ketch's clumsy beheading of Monmouth.

Collier's title: "Ketch, Jack."

Excerpt mentioning "roundel, balade and virelay" from John Gower's .

Collier's title: "Popular Poetry, Early Names Of."

Excerpt of "God save my mate and me also" from Barnabe Rich's .

Excerpt concerning St. Giles's Cup from Thomas Churchyard's . St. Giles's Cup, more commonly known as St. Giles's Bowl, was the last drink given to culprits on their way to Tyburn.

Excerpt concerning houses with many chimneys but no upcast from , comedy ca. 1620.

Collier's title: "Mock-beggar hall."

Excerpt concerning Henry Maudsley's invention of the self-tightening collar for hydraulic presses from Samuel Smiles's .

Clipping from concerning the three folio volumes of ballads recently purchased by the British Museum.

Clipping from concerning the three folio volumes of ballads recently purchased by the British Museum.

Clipping from of Edward F. Rimbault's criticism of Collier's . Note in Collier's hand appears on the article saying that he wrote an answer in .

Clipping from in which Collier responds to Rimbault's criticism.

Article by W. Pinkerton in , 2nd series XI, about hangmen.

List of wages paid monthly, quarterly, and half yearly by Henry VIII. Collier used the wages of the musicians in his .

Tweedy writes from Padua to tell of the state of Italy.

A list or catalog of sixteenth and seventeenth century English books, mostly quarto, some with physical descriptions and/or prices.

A list or catalog of sixteenth and seventeenth century English books, mostly quarto and octavo, some with physical descriptions.

Copy of the eulogy by William Basse.

Transcription of title page and several jests with commentary.

Collier notes that petition is without date or endorsement.

Transcription of a poem found on a paper with "Kitt Marlowe" on the back. Collier writes in , p. 8, that the hand is later and the poem might be a dialog performed to music. First line of poem is "Seest thou not yon farmers sonn."

Proclamations against treasonable conspiracies against the king and true religion. One concerns the arrival of English forces.

Draft of the same article as in item 48.

Draft of the same article as in item 48.

This draft, seemingly the most final of the three, is in a hand other than Collier's. Article describes Collier's position as "unavoidably painful and cruel." While questioning the evidence upon which Collier was assaulted, author points out Collier's past alleged mistakes such as the parliamentary reports of 1819 and the Coleridge lectures. Wants an impartial commission to review accusations.