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Show THE 8MALLE3T ON RECORD. Entire Printed Bible Could Bs Plscsd In Walnut Shall. I'rohahly onn uf the tiniest MHS. ever rernrilcd was the little lllhlo In a walnut shell the alio of a small hen's eng. an account of whlrh baa been preserved among tha llarlolan manuscripts by I'etcr Hales, an Englishman Eng-lishman and a clerk nf the chancery. It contain 'd aa many lesvos as a large lllhlo, and aa much reading matter on each page. Wllh a powerful glasa It could be -read easily, Tho author of this tlnlent book on record llvei In ths time of (Jueen Elizabeth, and, In 1 C7C. presented her nmjejly with tha Lord's I'rayor, tha Creed, Ton Com-mantlmenta, Com-mantlmenta, two short l.atln prayors, hit own name and motto, and the data, all written on a bit of papor the slxa of a finger nail, and act In a ring of gold, covered with a crystal. In this cata also a magnifying glass made the wrlUug qullo legible. |