The	DT	O
lists	NNS	O
of	IN	O
books	NNS	O
compiled	VBN	O
by	IN	O
the	DT	O
English	JJ	O
antiquary	NN	O
John	NP	O
Leland	NP	O
(	(	O
ca.	NP	O
1503-1552	CD	O
)	)	O
from	IN	O
monastery	NN	O
libraries	NNS	O
testify	VB	O
both	CC	O
to	TO	O
lost	VBN	O
exemplars	NNS	O
of	IN	O
known	VBN	O
texts	NNS	O
and	CC	O
to	TO	O
otherwise	RB	O
unattested	JJ	O
writings	NNS	O
from	IN	O
the	DT	O
pre-conquest	JJ	O
period	NN	O
.	SENT	O

In	IN	O
his	PP$	O
«	)	O
Commentarii	NP	O
de	NP	O
scriptoribus	NP	O
Britannicis	NP	O
»	(	O
(	(	O
ed.	VBN	O
A.	NP	O
Hall	NP	O
,	,	O
Oxford	NP	O
,	,	O
1709	CD	O
,	,	O
p.	NN	O
100-101	CD	O
)	)	O
,	,	O
Leland	NP	O
claimed	VBD	O
to	TO	O
have	VB	O
seen	VBN	O
a	DT	O
copy	NN	O
of	IN	O
Tertullian	NP	B-AAUTHOR
's	POS	I-AAUTHOR
book	NN	O
«	)	B-AWORK
On	IN	I-AWORK
the	DT	I-AWORK
spectacles	NN	I-AWORK
»	(	I-AWORK
and	CC	O
«	)	B-AWORK
On	IN	I-AWORK
fasting	VBG	I-AWORK
»	(	I-AWORK
in	IN	O
Malmesbury	NP	O
.	SENT	O

A	DT	O
recently	RB	O
discovered	VBN	O
letter	NN	O
(	(	O
Sélestat	NP	O
,	,	O
Bibl.	NP	O
humaniste	NP	O
,	,	O
Corr.	NP	O
B.	NP	O
Rh.	NP	O
223	CD	O
)	)	O
written	VBN	O
by	IN	O
Leland	NP	O
to	TO	O
Beatus	NP	O
Rhenanus	NP	O
(	(	O
1485-1547	CD	O
)	)	O
concerns	VBZ	O
this	DT	O
manuscript	NN	O
of	IN	O
Tertullian	NP	B-AAUTHOR
and	CC	O
sheds	VBZ	O
further	JJR	O
light	NN	O
on	IN	O
Leland	NP	O
's	POS	O
activities	NNS	O
at	IN	O
Malmesbury	NP	O
Abbey	NP	O
in	IN	O
1533	CD	O
.	SENT	O