, ▁where ▁most ▁of ▁it ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁destroyed ▁in ▁an ▁ 1 8 5 8 ▁fire . ▁The ▁White ▁Book ▁of ▁Her gest , ▁however , ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁already ▁been ▁lost ▁in ▁an ▁earlier ▁fire ▁after ▁it ▁was ▁sent ▁( al ong ▁with ▁several ▁other ▁manuscript s ) ▁to ▁Mack in ley ' s ▁book b inder ▁in ▁Cov ent ▁Garden ▁for ▁reb inding . ▁Vari ous ▁dates ▁for ▁this ▁event ▁( such ▁as ▁ 1 8 1 0 , ▁ 1 8 0 8 ▁or ▁ 1 8 0 0 ) ▁are ▁found ▁in ▁different ▁sources , ▁though ▁Y ▁C ym m rod or , ▁the ▁journal ▁of ▁the ▁Hon ou rable ▁Society ▁of ▁C ym m rod or ion , ▁vol ▁ 1 ▁( 1 8 2 2 ), ▁records ▁it ▁as ▁recent . ▁Ang har ad ▁L l w yd ▁stated ▁that ▁it ▁occurred ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁dis astr ous ▁fire ▁at ▁the ▁Cov ent ▁Garden ▁Theatre , ▁which ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 8 ; ▁a ▁record ▁notes ▁that ▁the ▁prem ises ▁of ▁John ▁Mack in ley ▁at ▁ 8 ▁Bow ▁Street ▁burn ed ▁down ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁theatre . ▁ ▁Cont ents ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁several ▁po ems ▁by ▁Lew ys ▁G lyn ▁C oth i ▁and ▁a ▁number ▁by ▁other ▁po ets , ▁the ▁manuscript ▁was ▁known ▁to ▁contain ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁works ▁by ▁D af y dd ▁ap ▁G w il ym , ▁although ▁all ▁of ▁these ▁seem