eral ▁or ations ▁pra ising ▁Allen ▁were ▁given ▁by ▁William ▁Bur ton ▁and ▁George ▁Bath urst ▁( 1 6 1 0 – 1 6 4 4 ). ▁Bur ton ' s ▁re ta iled ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁how ▁Le ic ester ▁had ▁offered ▁a ▁bishop ric ▁to ▁Allen , ▁who ▁decl ined ▁the ▁offer . ▁Allen ▁in ▁fact ▁was , ▁by ▁choice , ▁not ▁in ▁holy ▁orders . ▁ ▁Works ▁He ▁wrote ▁a ▁Latin ▁comment ary ▁on ▁the ▁second ▁and ▁third ▁books ▁of ▁Claud ius ▁P to le my ▁of ▁Pel us ium , ▁Conc ern ing ▁the ▁Jud gment ▁of ▁the ▁Stars , ▁or , ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁commonly ▁called , ▁Of ▁the ▁Qu ad ri part ite ▁Const ruction , ▁with ▁an ▁Ex position . ▁He ▁also ▁wrote ▁notes ▁on ▁John ▁B ale ' s ▁De ▁S criptor ibus ▁M . ▁Britann iae . ▁ ▁The ▁Allen ▁Library ▁and ▁legacy ▁Allen ▁collected ▁manuscript s ▁rel ating ▁to ▁history , ▁anti qu ity , ▁astronom y ▁and ▁ast ro log y , ▁philosophy , ▁and ▁mathematics . ▁At ▁least ▁ 2 5 0 ▁items ▁from ▁his ▁library ▁can ▁still ▁be ▁trac ed . ▁He ▁also ▁acquired ▁manuscript s ▁from ▁dissol ved ▁monaster ies , ▁such ▁as ▁Reading ▁Ab bey , ▁for ▁which ▁his ▁sources ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁Ger brand ▁H ark es , ▁the ▁Protest ant ▁deal er , ▁and ▁Clement ▁Bur d ett . ▁ ▁A ▁considerable ▁part ▁of ▁Allen ' s ▁collection ▁was ▁presented ▁to ▁the ▁Bod le ian ▁Library