Richard Napier Williā Palmer bereaved of his sences sometimes {t}alketh well & discreetely sometimes very f vainly & foolishly: vseth to lie a bed for the space of a moneth of 26 yeres of Grounden. h {sic} a batchelor this 2 yeres. he gave his word for xxli & Driven to pay it some suppose this to have crased his minde. Ap. 2i. die ♄ h. 4. 20. mi p m. 1599.
Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 228, f. 132r (bottom left part of page)