Chapter IV: Part 4

8^o. (6-7/8 × 4-1/4). U. 3.

Collation: 2 leaves unsigned, 2 leaves signed A, B-M^8; A-I^8K^2;
A-F^8G^4, each part paged separately. Engraved titlepage with
verses facing printed titlepage. Address 'Au Lecteur'. Same in
English. Eight novels in each part.

LUCANUS, MARCUS ANNÆUS.

Lucans Pharsalia: or the civill Warres of Rome, betweene Pompey the great, and Iulius Cæsar. The whole tenne Bookes, Englished by Thomas May, Esquire. The second Edition, corrected, and the Annotations inlarged by the Author. _London, Printed by Aug. Mathewes, for Thomas Iones, and are to be sold at his shop in St. Dunstanes Church-yard._ 1631.

8^o. (5-5/8 × 3-1/2). Z. 9. 1.

Collation: a^8, with engraved titlepage inserted after a 1,
A-S^8T^2, unpaged. Engraved titlepage, signed Fridericus Hulsius,
with explanatory verses opposite, followed by regular titlepage.
Epistle dedicatory to William, Earl of Devonshire, signed by the
translator. Life of Lucan. Commendatory verses from Ben. Ionson and
I. Vaughan. Annotations at the end of each of the ten books. Books
i-iii appeared in 1626; the complete work, of which the present is
the second edition, in 1627. An earlier translation by Sir Arthur
Gorges had appeared in 1614, and Marlowe's translation of Book i.
as early as 1600.

BM 1026.

LYDGATE, JOHN.

The auncient Historie and onely trewe and syncere Cronicle of the warres betwixte the Grecians and the Troyans, and subsequently of the fyrst euercyon of the auncient and famouse Cytye of Troye vnder Lamedon the king, and of the laste and fynall destruction of the same vnder Pryam, wrytten by Daretus a Troyan and Dictus a Grecian both souldiours and present in all the sayde warres and digested in Latyn by the lerned Guydo de Columpnis and sythes translated in to englyshe verse by Iohn Lydgate Moncke of Burye. _And newly imprinted. An._ M.D.L.V. [Colophon] _Imprinted at London, in Fletestrete at the sygne of the Princes armes, by Thomas Marshe. Anno. do._ M.D.L.V.

=B. L.= F^o. (11-1/8 × 7-3/4). F. 15.

Title within elaborate woodcut border of the genealogies of the
Houses of York and Lancaster (as in E. Halle's 'Union of York and
Lancaster' _q.v._). Collation: A^2B-2C^{6}2D-E^4, unpaged. 'The
pistle to the reader', signed by the editor, Robert Braham. The
signature has been printed 'Quod Robert Braham' and an ornament has
then been stamped over the 'Quod'. Translator's prologue in verse.
Books i-v. Verses to Henry V. 'Lenvoye' and 'Verba translatoris ad
librum suum' in verse. Table of contents. Lydgate's 'Troy-book' is
a verse rendering of the prose 'Historia Destructionis Troiæ'
written in Latin by Guido delle Colonne. This is in its turn based
on the French 'Roman de Troie' by Benoît de Sainte-More, the chief
sources of which are the 'De Excidio Troiæ' the reputed work of
Dares Phrygius, which may have been then extant in a fuller version
than we now possess, and the 'Ephemeris Belli Trojani' which goes
under the name of Dictys Cretensis. An earlier edition of Lydgate's
work had appeared from R. Pynson's press in 1513.

Sinker 307. BM 448.

Here begynneth the boke of Iohan Bochas / discryuing the fall of pr[~i]ces / princesses / and other nobles: Translated in to Englysshe by Iohn Lydgate monke of Bury / begynning at Adam and Eue / and endyng with kyng Iohan of Fraunce / taken prisoner at Poyters by prince Edwarde. [Woodcut.] [Colophon] _Imprinted at London in flete strete by Richarde Pynson / printer vnto the kynges moste noble grace / & fynisshed the_ .xxi. _day of Februarye / the yere of our lorde god_ .M .CCCCC .xxvii.

=B. L.= F^o. (10-1/2 × 7-3/4). G. 2.

Collation: a^6A-X^{6}2A-2O^{6}2P^8, folios numbered. Table of
contents. Translator's prologue in verse. Nine books, with
woodcuts. Verses of the translator at the end. The work is a verse
rendering of Boccaccio's 'De Casibus Virorum Illustrium' (prose).
Pynson published an edition of the work as early as 1494; the
present is the second.

Sinker 32. BM 239.

LYLY, JOHN.

Euphues. The Anatomy of Wyt. Very pleasant for all Gentlemen to reade, and most necessary to remember: wherin are contained the delights that Wyt followeth in his youth by the pleasauntnesse of Loue, and the happynesse he reapeth in age, by the perfectnesse of Wisedome. By Iohn Lylly Master of Arte. Oxon. _Imprinted at London for Gabriell Cawood, dwelling in Paules Church-yarde._

=B. L.= 4^o. (7-1/8 × 4-7/8). R. 17. 1.

Collation: A^4B-E^8F-T^4, folios numbered. Epistle dedicatory to
William West, Lord Delaware, signed I. Lyly. Address to the
readers. At the end is a device of a sable horse (as crest) charged
with a crescent of difference encircled by the motto 'Mieulx vault
mourir [~e] vertu que vivre en honcte'. This is the device of Th.
East. The text of this edition presents peculiarities, which, as
Dr Sinker has shown, prove it to be the first. Having been entered
to Cawood in the S. R. Dec. 2, 1578, it probably appeared about the
close of the year. Two further editions appeared in 1579, _viz._
the second (undated) the only known copy of which is also in the
library (v1^a. 4. 14 (2) imperfect) and that (dated) represented by
the Malone and Morley copies. For particulars see Bond's 'Lyly'
(Oxford, 1902) vol. i. p. 85 etc.

Sinker 547. BM 953.

MALORY, _Sir_ THOMAS.

The most ancient and famous History of the renowned Prince Arthur King of Britaine, Wherein is declared his Life and Death, with all his glorious Battailes against the Saxons, Saracens and Pagans, which (for the honour of his Country) he most worthily atchieued. As also, all the Noble Acts, and Heroicke Deeds of his Valiant Knights of the Round Table. Newly refined, and published for the delight, and profit of the Reader. _London, Printed by William Stansby, for Iacob Bloome,_ 1634.

=B. L.= 4^o. (7 × 5-3/8). S. 1.

Three Parts, each with separate titlepage and signatures distinct.
Collation: Part I, ¶^4§^4A-2I^4; Pt. II, 2 leaves unsigned,
¶^4A-2Q^{4}2R^2; Pt. III, ¶^{4}[2]¶^4A-2P^4; unpaged. Wanting 2R2
in Pt. II (? blank). Each part has the same woodcut of the Round
Table and list of knights facing the titlepage, and a Table of
contents. Part I has also a Preface, and a Prologue, besides
Caxton's address to the reader. The first edition was printed by
Caxton in 1485.

BM 56.

MALESPINI, CELIO.

Ducento Nouelle Del Signor Celio Malespini, nelle quali si raccontano diuersi Auuenimenti così lieti, come mesti & strauaganti. Con tanta copia di sentenze graui, di scherzi, e motti, Che non meno sono profitteuoli nella prattica del viuere humane, che molto grati, e piaceuoli ad vdire. _Con Licenza de' Superiori, & Priuilegio. In Venetia,_ MDCIX. _Al Segno dell'Italia._

4^o. (7-1/2 × 5-1/2). Q. 6-7.

Collation: Part I, *^8A-2L^{8}2M^{10}; Part II, a-2p^{8}2q^4;
folios numbered in each part separately. 2M 10 blank. Part II has a
separate head-title.

MANZOLLI, PIETRO ANGELO.

The Zodiake of Life Written by the Godly and zealous Poet Marcellus Pallingenius stellatus, wherein are conteyned twelue Bookes disclosing the haynous Crymes & wicked vices of our corrupt nature: And plainlye declaring the pleasaunt and perfit pathway vnto eternall lyfe, besides a numbre of digressions both pleasaunt & profitable, Newly translated into Englishe verse by Barnabæ Googe. Probitas laudatur & alget. _Imprinted at London by Henry Denham, for Rafe Newberye dwelling in Fleete streate. Anno._ 1565. _Aprilis._ 18.

=B. L.= 8^o. (5-3/8 × 3-3/4). *. 4. 1.

Collation: *^{8}[dg]^4A-Y^{8}2A-2X^{8}2Y^4, unpaged.
Coat of arms with initials B. G. (_i.e._ Barnabe Googe).
Commendatory verses, from Gilbertus Duke, Christoferus Carlilus,
Iacobus Itzuertus, G. Chatertonus, David Bellus, Richardus
Stephanus, all in Latin except the last, which is in Greek with
Latin translation. Epistle dedicatory to Sir William Cecill, signed
by the translator. Address to the reader. Errata. Palingenius was
the pseudonym under which Manzolli wrote. Books i-iii of the
translation appeared in 1560, books i-vi in 1561; the present is
the first edition of the complete work.

Sinker 331. BM 1189.

MARLOWE, CHRISTOPHER.

Hero And Leander.... 1637. _See_ MUSÆUS.

MARNIX, PHILIP VAN.

¦The Bee Hiue of the Romish Church. A worke of all good Catholikes to be read, and most necessary to bee vnderstood. Wherein the Catholike Religion is substantially confirmed, and the Heretikes finely fetcht ouer the coales. Translated into English by George Gilpin the Elder. 1. Thes. 5. 21. Proue all things, and keepe that which is good. _London. Printed by Iohn Dawson._ 1623.¦

=B. L.= 8^o. (5-1/4 × 3-1/2). *. 11.

Collation: *-2*^8¶-4¶^{8}5¶^2A-2X^{8}2Y^2, folios numbered. Wanting
all before 2¶ and after 2V 1. Epistle dedicatory to Philip Sidney
Esquire, signed John Stell. Address to the reader signed by the
same. 'Interpretation of the Epistle of Master Gentian Haruet,'
signed Isaac Rabbotenu (_i.e._ Philip von Marnix van Sant
Aldgonde.) Epistle dedicatory to Franciscus Sonnius signed Isaac
Rabbotenu of Louen, and dated Jan. 5, 1569. Argument. One leaf
blank (?). Table of authors quoted. Table of doctrines. At the end
of the second Table is the note 'Gathered by Abraham Fleming.' Six
books of the exposition of the 'Epistle of Gentian Haruet' followed
by twelve chapters of additional exposition and a postscript to the
reader headed 'The locke of this Booke' occupying the verso of the
last leaf. The present copy begins in the middle of the first Table
and ends in the 'conclusion' to the sixth book.

BM 1281.

MASSINGER, PHILIP.

The Excellent Comedy, called The Old Law: or A new way to please you. By Phil. Massinger. Tho. Middleton. William Rowley. Acted before the King and Queene at Salisbury House, and at severall other places, with great Applause. Together with an exact and perfect Catalogue of all the Playes, with the Authors Names, and what are Comedies, Tragedies, Histories, Pastoralls, Masks, Interludes, more exactly Printed then ever before. _London, Printed for Edward Archer, at the signe of the Adam and Eve, in Little Britaine._ 1656.

4^o. (7-1/4 × 5-3/8). R. 18. 4.

Collation: A^2B-K^4L^2a-b^4, paged. Personae. At the end the
catalogue of plays, occupying the last two sheets.

MASSUCCIO, _Salernitano_.

Le cinquanta Nouelle di Massuccio Salernitano intitolate il Nouellino nuouamente con somma diligentia reuiste corrette et stampate. Dissimilium infida societas.

8^o. (6-5/8 × 4). U. 4.

Collation: A-V^8X^{10}, paged. Table on last page. The titlepage
bears the cat and mouse device of M. Sessa with his initials.
Otherwise there is no indication of date, place or printer. The
first edition appeared in 1476.

MAY, THOMAS.

Lucans Pharsalia.... 1631. _See_ LUCANUS, Marcus Annæus.

A Continuation of Lucan's Historicall Poem till the death of Iulius Cæsar By T M _London Printed for James Boler at the Signe of the Marigold in Pauls Church-yard,_ 1630.

8^o. (5-5/8 × 3-1/2). Z. 9. 2.

Titlepage engraved by T. Cockson. Collation: A-K^8, unpaged. A 1
and 2 and K 8 blank. Epistle dedicatory to Charles I, signed Tho.
May. Commendatory verses from Iohannes Sulpitius Verulanus. (Lat.)
'The Complaint of Calliope' in verse. Annotation at the end of each
of the seven books. First edition. A later edition bears the date
1567 by misprint for 1657.

BM 1085.

MEAN TO DIE WELL.

[Running title] A Meane to dye wel. [Colophon] _Imprinted at London in Fletestrete at the sygne of the George nexte to saynt Dunstones churche by Wyllyam Myddleton._

=B. L.= 8^o. (5-3/8 × 3-5/8). *. 4. 2.

Collation: A-B^8(?), unpaged. A fragment consisting of B 1 (signed)
and the corresponding leaf, presumably B 8. The text ends on the
recto of the second leaf with the words '[*] By your louer [~i]
almighty god for whome I beseche you to say, Iesu have mercy vp[~o]
my soule. [bu] AMEN.' The verso is occupied by the colophon and the
larger of Middleton's devices. The fragment which is unidentified,
apparently formed part of the binding of the volume, which also
contains a fragment of a musical MS on vellum.

Sinker 1077.

MELA, POMPONIUS.

The worke of Pomponius Mela, The Cosmographer, concerninge the Situation of the world, wherein euery parte, is deuided by it selfe in most perfect manner, as appeareth in the Table at the ende of the booke. A booke right plesant and profitable for all sortes of men: but speciallie for Gentlemen, Marchants, Mariners, and Trauellers, translated out of Latine By Arthur Golding Gentleman. _At London, Printed for Thomas Hacket, and are to be sold at his shop in Lumbert streete, vn-_ [sic] _the signe of the Popes head._ 1585.

=B. L.= 4^o. (7 × 5-1/4). T. 1. 4.

Collation: A^4C-O^4, paged. A 1 blank but for signature. Epistle
dedicatory to William, Lord Burleigh, signed by the translator, and
dated Febr. 6, 1584. Table of contents at end.

Sinker 346. BM 1088.

MERES, FRANCIS.

Palladis Tamia. Wits Treasury Being the Second part of Wits Common wealth. By Francis Meres Maister of Artes of both Vniuersities. Viuitur ingenio, cætera mortis erunt. _At London Printed by P. Short, for Cuthbert Burbie, and are to be solde at his shop at the Royall Exchange._ 1598.

8^o. (5 × 3-1/8). *. 16.

Collation: A^4B-2V^8, folios numbered. List of authors. At the end,
alphabetical table of headings. In this copy the list of authors,
occupying leaves A 2-4, is misplaced at the end of the volume. The
famous 'comparatiue discourse of our English Poets, with the
Greeke, Latine, and Italian Poets' occurs at sig. 2N 7. First
edition. 'Wits Common wealth' of which the present work purports to
be the continuation, was written by John Bodenham.

Sinker 775. BM 1093.

MERRY DEVIL OF EDMONTON.

The merry Deuill of Edmonton. As it hath beene sundry times Acted, by his Maiesties Seruants, at the Globe, on the banke-side. _London Printed by Henry Ballard for Arthur Johnson, dwelling at the signe of the white-horse in Paules Churchyard, ouer against the great North doore of Paules._ 1608.

4^o. (7-1/4 × 5). R. 23. 5.

Collation: A-F^4, unpaged. Wanting A 1 (? blank). Prologue. First
edition. No other copy recorded.

The Merry Diuel of Edmonton. As it hath beene sundry times Acted, by his Maiesties Seruants, at the Globe on the Banke-side. _At London. Printed by G. Eld, for Arthur Johnson, dwelling at the signe of the white-Horse in Paules Churchyard, ouer against the great North Doore of Paules._ 1617.

4^o. (6-7/8 × 5). T. 8. 1.

Collation: A-F^4, unpaged. Wanting A 1 (? blank). Prologue. Third
edition, the second having appeared in 1612.

BM 517.

The Merry Deuill of Edmonton. As it hath been sundry times Acted, by his Maiesties Seruants, at the Globe on the Banke-side. _London printed by A. M. for Francis Falkner, and are to be sold at his Shoppe neere vnto S. Margarites-hill in Southwarke._ 1626.

4^o. (6-7/8 × 5-1/8). T. 7. 5.

Collation: A-F^4, unpaged. Wanting A 1 (? blank). Prologue. Fourth
edition.

BM 517.

The Merry Deuill of Edmonton. As it hath been sundry times Acted, by his Maiesties Seruants, at the Globe on the Banke-side. _London. Printed by T. P. for Francis Falkner, and are to be sold at his Shoppe neere vnto S. Margarites-hill in Southwarke._ 1631.

4^o. (7 × 5-1/4). S. 30. 2.

Collation: A-F^4, unpaged. Wanting A 1 (? blank). Prologue. Fifth
edition.

BM 517.

The Merry Devil of Edmonton. As it hath been sundry times Acted, by His Majesties Servants at the Globe on Bank side. [Woodcut.] _London, Printed for William Gilbertson, and are to be sold at his Shop, at the Sign of the Bible in Giltspur-street without N¦ewgate._ 1655.¦

4^o. (7 × 4-7/8). S. 35. 5.

Collation: A-F^4, unpaged. Wanting A 1 (? blank). Titlepage folded
in. Prologue. Sixth edition.

MILTON, JOHN.

A Maske presented At Ludlow Castle, 1634: On Michael-masse night, before the Right Honorable, Iohn Earle of Bridgewater, Vicount Brackly, Lord Præsident of Wales, And one of His Maiesties most honorable Privie Counsell.

Eheu quid volui misero mihi! floribus austrum
Perditus--

_London, Printed for Hvmphrey Robinson, at the signe of the Three Pidgeons in Pauls Church-yard._ 1637.

4^o. (7-3/8 × 5-3/4). Q. 14. 3.

Collation: A^2B-E^4F^2, paged. Epistle dedicatory to the young
Viscount Bracly, signed H. Lawes. Personae at end. This, the only
separate edition of 'Comus', was published with Milton's consent by
his friend Lawes, the composer.

BM 1027.

Paradise lost. A Poem Written in ten Books By John Milton. Licensed and Entred according to Order. _London Printed, and are to be sold by Peter Parker under Creed Church neer Aldgate; And by Robert Boulter at the Turks Head in Bishopsgate-street; And Matthias Walker, under St. Dunstons Church in Fleet-street,_ 1667.

4^o. (7 × 5-3/8). S. 10.

Collation: titlepage unsigned, A-2T^{4}2V^2, unpaged. The first
edition, with Lowndes' first titlepage (Bohn). The poem begins on A
1. It was not divided into twelve books till the second edition.
The second titlepage differs in having the author's name in smaller
type.

Paradise lost. A Poem in ten Books. The Author J. M. Licensed and Entred according to Order. _London Printed, and are to be sold by Peter Parker under Creed Church neer Aldgate; And by Robert Boulter at the Turks Head in Bishopsgate-street; And Matthias Walker, under St. Dunstons Church in Fleet-street,_ 1668.

4^o. (7-1/8 × 5-1/4). S. 11.

[Another copy.]

4^o. (7 × 5-1/4). S. 12.

Both copies of the first edition, having Lowndes' third titlepage.
Except for the alterations observable in the transcript, the
titlepage has been printed from the same setting up of the type as
the first, the rules round the title are however new. A fourth
titlepage also bearing the date 1668 was printed by S. Simmons and
has four rows of fleurs-de-lis under the author's name. Of the
fifth and sixth titlepages recorded in Bohn's Lowndes no copies are
known. The second of the above copies has the heraldic bookplate of
Rob. Hodges, Fellow of Pembroke (1703).

Paradise lost. A Poem in ten Books. The Author John Milton. _London, Printed by S. Simmons, and are to be sold by T. Helder at the Angel in Little Brittain._ 1669.

4^o. (7 × 5-1/4). S. 14.

Collation: _A_^4a^4A etc. as before. Titlepage on _A_ 1. Printer's
address to the Reader, signed S. Simmons. (5 lines.) Arguments to
the ten books. Note on the verse. Errata. Text as before. This is
again the first edition with addition of preliminary matter, and
has Lowndes' seventh titlepage.

Paradise lost. A Poem in ten Books. The Author John Milton. _London, Printed by S. Simmons, and are to be sold by T. Helder, at the Angel in Little Brittain,_ 1669.

4^o. (7 × 5-1/8). S. 13.

Collation as above. No printer's address to the reader and
preliminary matter reset. The first edition with Lowndes' eighth
titlepage. This was printed from an entirely new setting of the
type. It may be distinguished from the seventh by the commas after
'Helder' and 'Brittain' and by having 'Angel' in italic in place of
roman type; also by having a reversed 'p' for the 'd' in
'Paradise'. On an inserted leaf at the beginning is the
inscription: 'M^r. Hollis desires the favor of M^r. Payne to
present this Copy, unless it should prove a duplicate, to M^r.
Capel. Pall Mall mar. 18. 1761.'

Paradise Lost. A Poem in twelve Books. The Author John Milton. The Second Edition Revised and Augmented by the same Author. _London, Printed by S. Simmons next door to the Golden Lion in Aldersgate-street,_ 1674.

8^o. (6-1/2 × 4-1/4). W. 4.

Collation: Portrait unsigned, A^4B-Y^8, paged. Y 8 blank. Portrait
engraved by W. Dolle. Commendatory verses, signed: S. B. _M. D._,
A. M. Note on the verse. The arguments are prefixed to the several
books. This is the second edition, in which the poem first appeared
divided into twelve books.

Paradise Regain'd. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes. The Author John Milton. _London, Printed by J. M. for John Starkey at the Mitre in Fleetstreet, near Temple-Bar._ MDCLXXI.

8^o. (7 × 4-1/2). S. 15.

Collation: A^2B-O^8P^4, paged. Licence, dated July 2, 1670, on leaf
preceding titlepage. 'Samson' has a separate titlepage with same
imprint on I 1, and fresh pagination. Note on Tragedy. Argument.
Personae. At the end is an omitted passage and errata. First
edition.

Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions. By Mr. John Milton: Both English and Latin, &c. Composed at several times. With a small Tractate of Education To Mr. Hartlib. _London, Printed for Tho. Dring at the Blew Anchor next Mitre Court over against Fetter Lane in Fleet-street._ 1673.

8^o. (6-1/2 × 4-1/4). W. 3. 1.

Collation: _A_^4A-S^8, paged. Wants S 7 and 8 containing part of
the advertisement of books. Table of English Poems. Table of Latin
Poems. Errata. English Poems. 'Joannis Miltoni Londinensis Poemata.
Quorum pleraque intra Annum ætatis Vigesimum Conscripsit. Nunc
primum Edita. Londini, Excudebat W. R. Anno 1673', _i.e._ the Latin
Poems, with separate titlepage and fresh pagination but signatures
continuous, and preceded by an address to the reader in Latin.
Tractate of Education with pagination continuous with Latin Poems.
Advertisement of books at end. This is the second edition of the
'Poems', of which there were two issues in the same year, the
earlier bearing the White Lion as the sign of the stationer. The
first edition of the poems both English and Latin appeared in 1645.

MINIATORE, BARTOLOMEO.

Formulario ottimo et elegante, ilquale insegna il modo del scriuere lettere messiue & resp[~o]siue, c[~o] tutte le mansioni sue a li gradi de le persone conueneuoli. Et oltra di cio alcune nuoue & breuissime Orationi a diuersi Ambasciatori, de Prencipi attissime & necessarie, & di nuouo corrette. [Colophon] _Stampato in Vinegia per Giouanni Andrea detto Guadagnino, & Florio fratello de Vauassere. Nel anno del nostro Signore._ M D XLIIII.

8^o. (5-1/2 × 3-3/4). Z. 7. 4.

Collation: A-F^8, unpaged. 'Littera d'amore ... ad vna tua
amorosa.' 'Proemio' from 'Bartholomeo miniator' to Hercole Estense
(Ercole d'Este) duke of Ferrara. The first edition of the
collection appeared in 1506, an enlarged one in 1531.

MIRROR FOR MAGISTRATES.

A Mirrour for Magistrates. Wherein maye be seen by example of other, with howe greuous plages vices are punished: and howe frayle and vnstable worldly prosperity is founde, even of those whom Fortune seemeth most highly to fauour. Fælix quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum. _Anno._ 1563. _Imprinted at London in Fletestrete nere to Saynct Dunstans Churche by Thomas Marshe._

=B.L.= 4^o. (7-1/4 × 5-1/4). R. 13.

Title within woodcut border. Collation: [bu]^4A^4B-N^8O-V^4X-Z^8
2A-2B^{8}2C^4, folios numbered. Epistle "To the Nobilitie" etc.,
signed William Baldwin. Prose address to the reader by the same.
Part ii begins, with head-title, at sig. L 2, and another address to
the reader by Baldwin. Table of contents and list of errata at the
end. Part i had appeared in 1559; this second extant edition is the
first containing Part ii. Part i contains nineteen legends; Part ii
eight legends, besides Sackville's 'Induction' to his legend of
Buckingham. The original edition of the 'Mirror' was printed by J.
Wayland probably in 1554 or 1555 at the end of his edition of
Lydgate's 'Falls of Princes'. The publication was stayed and the
title only has survived. The first edition actually published was
that of 1558, which contains Part i only. The contributors to the
collection were William Baldwin (the editor), George Ferrers, Sir
Thomas Chaloner, ---- Caryl, and John Skelton, in Part i; George
Ferrers, Thomas Sackville Earl of Dorset, Thomas Churchyard, Francis
Segars, and John Dolman, in Part ii; while nine legends are
anonymous. For the authorship of the individual legends, see Mr W.
F. Trench's dissertation on the 'Mirror' (1898): the ascriptions
given in the British Museum catalogue are mostly erroneous. In the
later editions initials were frequently placed at the end of the
legends to indicate the authorship, but in many cases they are wrong
and in all want authority.

Sinker 310. BM 91.

A Myrrour for Magistrates, Wherein may be seene by examples passed in this realme, with howe greueous plagues, vyces are punished in great princes and magistrates, and how frayle and vnstable worldly prosperity is founde, where Fortune seemeth moste highly to fauour. Newly corrected and augmented. Anno 1571. Foelix quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum. _Jmprinted at London by Thomas Marshe dwellynge in Fleetstreete, neare vnto S. D[~u]stanes Churche._ [Colophon adds] 1571.

=B.L.= 4^o. (7-1/2 × 5-1/4). R. 3.

Title within woodcut border. Collation: *^4A^4B-V^8X^4, folios
numbered. Epistle 'To al the Nobility' etc., signed W. B. Table of
contents. Baldwin's address to the reader. This is a reprint of the
1563 edition; the order of the legends is altered, and in many
cases the authors' names or initials appended. It is not divided
into parts. In the Table appear legends of Duke Humphrey, and the
Duchess of Gloucester, but they are not found in the book. One
legend on these characters had similarly appeared in the Table in
the 1559 edition. This is the third extant edition of the legends
which originally formed Part i.

Sinker 318. BM 91.

The first parte of the Mirour for Magistrates, containing the falles of the first infortunate Princes of this lande: From the comming of Brute to the incarnation of our sauiour and redemer Iesu Christe. Ad Romanos. 13. 2. Quisquis se opponit potestati, Dei ordinationi resistit. _Imprinted at London by Thomas Marshe. Anno._ 1574. _Cum Priuilegio._

=B.L.= 4^o. (7-3/4 × 5-1/2). Q. 10. 1.

Title within woodcut border. Collation: *^6A-I^8K^2, folios
numbered. Table of contents. Epistle 'To the nobilitie' etc.,
signed by the author, Iohn Higgins. Prose address to the reader by
the same. This is an entirely new work, dealing with the early
history and therefore entitled the 'First Part'. It contains
seventeen legends, one being added at the end which is not among
the sixteen mentioned in the Table. The former 'Mirror' was
reprinted in this year, one legend enlarged, as 'The Last Part'
etc. This 'First Part' was reprinted, slightly enlarged, the
following year; also with 'The Last Part'.

Sinker 322. BM 813.

The Mirour for Magistrates, wherin may bee seene, by examples passed in this Realme, with how greeuous plagues vices are punished in great Princes and Magistrates, and how fraile and vnstable worldly prosperity is found, where Fortune seemeth most highly to fauour: Newly imprinted, and with the addition of diuers Tragedies enlarged. _At London in Fleetestreete, by Henry Marsh, being the assigne of Thomas Marsh._ 1587. _Cum Priuilegio._

=B. L.= 4^o. (7 × 5-1/4). S. 5.

Title within ornamental border. Collation: A-C^4=A=-2=M=^8 (omitting
=Z=), folios numbered. Wanting A 1 (? blank). Higgins' epistle 'To
the Nobility' etc. as in 1574, but here dated, Winceham, December
7, 1586. Higgins' address to the reader, and table of contents.
Commendatory verses by Thomas Newton, dated 1587. 'The Authors
Induction.' Baldwin's address to the reader at sig. =O=4^v. This
edition consists of Higgins' and Baldwin's collections ('First' and
'Last Part') together. It is the first edition in which the two
parts are really incorporated into one whole, with signatures
continuous and a common Table of Contents. It is enlarged from the
edition of 1575 by the addition of twenty-three legends to Higgins'
part, and seven to Baldwin's, making a total of seventy-four,
Sackville's 'Induction' being here for the first time counted as a
separate legend.

Sinker 678. BM 814.

A Mirour for Magistrates: being a true chronicle Historie of the vntimely falles of such vnfortunate Princes and men of note, as haue happened since the first entrance of Brute into this Iland, vntill this our latter Age. Newly enlarged with a last part, called A Winter nights Vision, being an addition of such Tragedies, especially famous, as are exempted in the former Historie, with a Poem annexed, called Englands Eliza. _At London Imprinted by Felix Kyngston._ 1610.

4^o (7-1/2 × 5-1/2). R. 1.

Collation: A^8B^2C-3K^{8}3L^6, paged. Higgins' epistle dated 1586.
Address to the reader (by R. Niccols, the editor of this edition).
Table of contents. Commendatory verses by Th. Newton. 'The Authors
Induction'. Errata. At the end of Higgins' portion is added, at
sig. O 5, but without any fresh title or heading, the legends by
Thomas Blenerhasset originally published in 1578 as 'The Second
Part of the Mirror for Magistrates'. These are signed with the
author's name, and stand as legends 41-49 in the Table. The legends
of Guidericus and Alured however have been omitted. The legend of
Edricus is also omitted in the Table but appears in the text.
Baldwin's portion begins at sig. S 6 with a separate titlepage 'The
variable Fortunes and vnhappie Falles of such Princes as hath
happened since the Conquest', bearing the same imprint except for
the date 1609. For Baldwin's address is substituted a note to the
reader signed with the editor's initials, R. N. Sackville's
'Induction' is for the first time placed at the beginning instead
of immediately before the legend of Buckingham. Four legends (James
I, Richard Duke of Gloucester, James IV, and Flodden) are omitted,
while at the end is added Drayton's Legend of Cromwell, which had
already appeared separately in 1607 and 1609. The editor also added
two parts of his own. The first of these begins at sig. 2O 3 with a
separate titlepage, 'A Winter Nights Vision ... By Richard Niccols,
Oxon. Mag. Hall', with the same imprint, dated 1610. This consists
of an 'Induction' and ten legends, with a prose address to the
reader, and is ornamented with woodcuts. The second begins at sig.
3E 2 with a separate title 'Englands Eliza: or the victorious and
triumphant Reigne of that virgin Empresse of sacred memorie,
Elizabeth, Queene of England, France and Ireland', &c., with
woodcut portrait, again bearing the same imprint, dated 1610. This
part contains dedicatory verses to Lady Elizabeth Clere, prose
address to the reader, induction, and the poem itself. This
edition, the only one after 1587, was re-issued with a new
titlepage 'The Falles of Vnfortunate Princes' in 1619 and again in
1620.

BM 814.

MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE.

The Essayes or, morall, politike, and militarie Discourses of Lord Michael De Montaigne, Knight Of the noble Order of Saint Michael, and one of the Gentlemen in Ordinary of the French Kings Chamber. The Third Edition. Whereunto is now newly added an Index of the principall matters and personages mentioned in this Booke. _London, Printed by M. Flesher, for Rich: Royston, in Ivie-lane next the exchequer office._ MDCXXXII.

F^o. (11-1/8 × 7-1/8). F. 12.

Collation: A^6, with engraved titlepage inserted after A 1, B-3G^6
3H^{8}3I^2, paged. Explanatory verses on verso of A 1. Engraved
titlepage signed Martin Dr[oeshout]. Epistle dedicatory to Anne of
Denmark signed by the translator, Iohn Florio (leaf signed A2).
Italian verses to the same signed 'Il Candido' (see Florio, 'World
of Words'). Address to the reader signed by the translator.
Commendatory verses to Florio signed Sam. Daniel. Verses
'Concerning the honour of bookes'. Table of contents. Author's
address to the reader. Titlepage on A 6, _i.e._ the second half of
the sheet containing the verses preceding engraved title. Books ii
and iii have separate titlepages, the former with imprint 'London,
Printed by Miles Flesher, 1631', the latter 'London, Printed in the
yeare MDCXXXI.'. At the end, alphabetical table of contents. In
the present copy sheet A is so arranged that the printed titlepage
immediately follows the engraved, an arrangement which may be
correct, but which necessitates binding the outer and two inner
sheets of the quire separately. The arrangement proposed above is
found in another copy in the Library (T. 11. 34).

BM 1108.

MONTEMAYOR, JORGE DE.

Diana of George of Montemayor: Translated out of Spanish into English by Bartholomew Yong of the Middle Temple Gentleman. _At London, Printed by Edm. Bollifant, Impensis G. B._ 1598.

F^o. (11 × 7-1/4). F. 11.

Title within woodcut border. Collation: a^4A-2R^{6}2S^8, paged.
Epistle dedicatory to Lady Rich, signed by the translator and dated
High Onger in Essex, Nov. 28, 1598. Preface signed B. Y. Author's
epistle dedicatory to Iuan de Castella. Verses to the same.
Commendatory verses to the author from Gaspar Romani and Hieronymo
Sant-Perez. Argument and text of the first seven books. The second
part begins on O 3 with head-title 'The first Booke of the second
Part of Diana of George of Montemayor. Written by Alonso Perez.'
Text of the eight books. The third part begins on 2I 2^v with
head-title 'The first Part of Enamoured Diana made by Gaspar Gil
Polo'. Epistle dedicatory from the author to 'Doña Maria de Austria
y fuentes', dated, Valencia, Feb. 9, 1564. Text of the five books.
At the end is the note 'All these three Partes were finished the
first of May 1583. Boto el amor en Yugo', followed by errata.

Sinker 689. BM 1109.

MORE, CRESACRE.

D. O. M. S. The Life and Death of Sir Thomas Moore Lord high Chancellour of England. Written by M. T. M. and dedicated to the Queens most gracious Maiestie.

4^o. (7-3/4 × 5-7/8). Q. 2.

Collation: [mc]^4A-3H^4, paged. Wanting V 4, supplied in MS. The
epistle dedicatory to Henrietta Maria is signed M. C. M. E. (_i.e._
Magister Cresacre More Eboracensis?). The initials on the titlepage
refer to 'Mr. Thomas More', the great-grandson of Sir Thomas, but it
is more probably the work of his younger brother Cresacre. The book
was probably printed at Louvain in 1631. On the titlepage some
biographical details concerning Thomas More are entered in an old
hand.

BM 1042.

MORE, _Sir_ THOMAS.

The Life and Death of Sir Thomas Moore. _See_ MORE, Cresacre.

The workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, sometyme Lorde Chauncellour of England, wrytten by him in the Englysh tonge. _Printed at London at the costes and charges of Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell. Anno_ 1557. [Colophon] _Imprinted at London in Fletestrete at the sygne of the hande and starre, at the coste and charge of Iohn Cawod, Iohn Walley, and Richarde Tottle. Finished in Apryll, the yere of our Lorde God._ 1557. _Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum._

=B. L.= F^o. (11-1/4 × 7-3/8). F. 3.

Title within woodcut border. Collation:[bu]^{10}[2][bu]^8a-f^8 (f2-4
are signed f.g. ii-iiii) h-2z^8A-2C^8, with one leaf signed [ht]
inserted after 2C 5, 2D-2Y^{8}2Z^6, paged. Wanting [bullet]10 and
2Z^6 (? blank). Double columns. Epistle dedicatory by the editor,
'Wyllyam Rastell, seriant at lawe' to Queen Mary. Table of contents.
Alphabetical table collected by Thomas Paynell. The preliminary
quire of eight leaves signed [2][bu] contains More's early poems,
the remainder of the volume his prose works. The inserted leaf in
sig. 2C contains an addition addressed to the reader printed on
recto only.

Sinker 221. BM 1111.

A fruteful / and pleasaunt worke of the beste state of a publyque weale, and of the newe yle called Vtopia: written in Latine by Syr Thomas More knyght, and translated into Englyshe by Raphe Robynson Citizein and Goldsmythe of London, at the procurement, and earnest request of George Tadlowe Citezein & Haberdassher of the same Citie. _Imprinted at London by Abraham Vele, dwelling in Pauls churcheyarde at the sygne of the Lambe. Anno._ 1551.

=B. L.= 8^o. (5-1/2 × 3-5/8). Z. 8.

Collation: +^8A^4B-R^8S^4, unpaged. Epistle dedicatory to William
Cecylle from the translator. Another from Sir Thomas More to Peter
Giles, First edition of Robinson's translation.

Sinker 289. BM 1112.

MUCEDORUS.

A Most pleasant Comedie of Mucedorus the Kings sonne of Valentia, and Amadine the Kings daughter of Aragon. With the merry conceits of Mouse. Amplified with new additions, as it was acted before the Kings Maiestie at White-hall on Shroue-sunday night. By his Highnes Seruantes vsually playing at the Globe. Very delectable, and full of conceited Mirth. _Imprinted at London for William Iones, dwelling neare Holborne Conduit at the signe of the Gunne._ 1610.

4^o. (7 × 5). S. 30. 3.

Collation: A-F^4, unpaged. Wanting F 4 (? blank). Prologue.
Personae. The first edition appeared in 1598 and it was frequently
reprinted. Altogether there are sixteen known editions besides two
doubtful (not included in the numbers given below). The second
appeared in 1606. The present edition was the third and in it the
additions first appeared (unless they were included in the doubtful
edition of 1609).

BM 1121.

[Another edition.]

4^o. (7-1/4 × 5-1/2). R. 23. 7.

Collation: A-F^4, unpaged. Wanting A 1 containing titlepage and F 4
(? blank). Prologue. Personae. This does not agree with any other
accessible edition. The fourth to tenth editions appeared in 1611,
1613, 1615, 1619, 1621, 1626, and 1631 respectively (with a
doubtful edition in 1618). A comparison of the texts shows the
present to be the eleventh edition, having appeared between those
of 1631 and 1634. It is therefore probably that of 1629 mentioned
in the 'Biographia Dramatica'.

A Most pleasant Comedy of Mucedorus the Kings Sonne of Valentia, and Amadine the Kings Daughter of Aragon. With the merry conceits of Mouse. Amplified with new Additions, as it was acted before the Kings Majestie at Whitehall, on Shrove-sunday night By his Highnesse servants usually playing at the Globe. Very delectable and full of conceited mirth. _London, Printed for John Wright, and are to be sold at his shop, at the signe of the Bible in Giltspurre-Street without Newgate._ 1639.

4^o. (6-7/8 × 5). T. 7. 4.

Collation: A-F^4, unpaged. Wanting F 4 (? blank). Prologue.
Personae, Thirteenth edition, the twelfth having appeared in 1634.

A Most pleasant Comedy of Mucedorus the Kings Son of Valentia, and Amadine the Kings Daughter of Aragon. With the merry conceits of Mouse. Amplified with new Additions, as it was acted before the Kings Majestie at Whitehall, on Shrove-sunday night. By his Highness servants usually playing at the Globe. Very delectable and full of conceited mirth. _London, Printed for Francis Coles, and are to be sold at his shop, at the half Bowl in the Old Bayley._

4^o. (6-3/4 × 4-7/8). T. 8. 6.

Collation: A-F^4, unpaged. Wanting F 4 (? blank). Prologue.
Personae. Fourteenth edition, having appeared between those of 1639
and 1663.

A Most pleasant Comedy of Mucedorus The King's Son of Valentia, and Amadine the King's Daughter of Aragon. With the merry Conceits of Mouse. Amplifyed with new Additions, as it was Acted before the King's Majestie at White-hall on Shrove-sunday night. By His Highness's Servants usually playing at the Globe. Very delectable and full of conceited Mirth. _London, Printed by E. O. for Francis Coles, and are to be Sold at his Shop in Wine-street near Hatton-gardens._ 1668.

4^o. (6-3/4 × 5). T. 9. 5.

Collation: A-F^4, unpaged. Prologue. Personae. Advertisement of
books at the end. Sixteenth edition, the fifteenth having appeared
in 1663.

MUSÆUS.

Hero And Leander: Begun by Christopher Marloe, and finished by George Chapman. Vt Nectar, Ingenium. _London: Printed by N. Okes for William Leake, and are to be sold at his shop in Chancery-lane neere the Roules._ 1637.

4^o. (8 × 6). P. 2. 3.

Collation: A-K^4, unpaged. Epistle dedicatory to Sir Thomas
Walsingham signed E. B. (_i.e._ Edward Blount, the bookseller, who
published the first edition in 1598).

BM 1062.

NORTH, _Sir_ THOMAS.

The Dial of Princes.... 1582. _See_ GUEVARA, Antonio de.

The Lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes.... 1579 [and subsequent editions]. _See_ PLUTARCH.

OVERBURY, _Sir_ THOMAS.

A Wife, now a Widowe. _London, Imprinted for Laurence L'isle dwelling at the Tygres head in Pauls Church-yard._ 1614.

8^o. (5-3/4 × 3-5/8) Z. 3. 2.

Collation: A-D^8, unpaged. Ornament at head and foot of each page.
Commendatory verses signed: I. F., D. T., C. R., W: Stra:, I. C.,
X. Z. 'The Authors Epitaph on the finishing of this his wife.' This
is the first edition, and is anonymous.

A Wife. Now the Widdow of Sir Tho: Overburye. Being A most exquisite and singular Poem of the choise of a Wife. Whereunto are added many witty Characters, and conceited Newes, written by himselfe and other learned Gentlemen his friends:

Dignum laude virum musa vetat mori,
Coelo musa beat. Hor: car: lib. 3.

The fourth Impression, enlarged with more Characters, than any of the former Editions. _London Printed by G. Eld, for Lawrence Lisle, and are to be sold in Paules Church-yard, at the Tygers head._ 1614.

4^o. (7 × 5). S. 36. 6.

Collation: A-H^4, unpaged. Printer's address to the reader, dated
May 16, 1614. Commendatory verses signed: I. S. Lincolniensis, G.
R., T. B., X. Z. 'Of the choise of a Wife', verses, unsigned. 'A
Wife' with 'The Authors Epitaph' at the end. 'Characters' in prose,
with 'The Character of a happie life' in verse by H. W. (_i.e_. Sir
Henry Wotton). 'Newes, from any whence' in prose, most of the items
signed with initials: Sr. T. O., Sr. T. R., I. D., A. S., W. S., R.
B., M^{ris}. B., I. C., R. S. No less than five editions of the
work were published in 1614, the present, as stated on the
titlepage, being the fourth. It is doubtful whether the
'Characters', which first appeared in the second edition, are by
Overbury.

Sir Thomas Ouerbury his Wife. With addition of many new Elegies vpon his vntimely and much lamented death. As Also New Newes, and diuers more Characters, (neuer before annexed) written by himselfe and other learned Gentlemen. The ninth impression augmented. _London, Printed by Edward Griffin for Laurence L'isle, and are to be sold at his shop at the Tigers head in Paules Churchyard._ 1616.

8^o. (5-1/4 × 3-3/8). *. 6.

The author's name is within an ornament. Collation: ¶^{8}2¶^8
A-R^8S^4, unpaged. S 4 blank. Wanting ¶ 1 (? blank). Sheet 2¶ is
erroneously placed after sheet A. Address to the reader signed by
the stationer. Commendatory and memorial verses, signed: D. T., C.
B., W. S., W. B. Int: Temp., B. G. medij Temp., Cap: Tho:
Gainsford, Io: Fo:, R. Ca., E. G., F. H., R. C., I. F. (two
copies), D. T. (two copies), X. Z., (one copy unsigned), G. R., W:
Stra:, 'Of the choyce of a Wife' (unsigned), P. B. medij Temp.,
(three copies unsigned), I. M. Elegy on William Howard, Baron
Effingham. Elegy on Lady Rutland (usually ascribed to Francis
Beaumont). 'A Wife' in verse, with ornaments at head and foot of
page; followed by Characters in prose (including 'The Character of
a happy life. By Sir H. W[otton] in verse), 'Certaine Edicts from a
Parliament in Eutopia; Written by the Lady Southwell', 'Newes from
any whence', and more 'Characters'. There were two editions this
year, both styled the ninth on the titlepage.

BM 1172.

OVIDIUS NASO, PUBLIUS.

The Heroycall Epistles of the Learned Poet Publius Ouidius Naso, In English Verse: set out and translated by George Turberuile Gent. with Aulus Sabinus Aunsweres to certaine of the same. _Anno Domini_ 1567. _Imprinted at London, by Henry Denham._

8^o. (5-5/8 × 3-3/4). Z. 6.

Collation: A^8A-V^8X^4, folios numbered. Wanting A 1 and X 4 (?
blank). Epistle dedicatory to Thomas Howard, Viscount Byndon,
signed by the translator. Verses, 'The Translator to his Muse'.
Address to the reader, signed. 'Epistles', each preceded by a verse
Argument. The answers are translated from Angelus, not Aulus,
Sabinus. At the end are verses headed 'The Translator to the
captious sort of Sycophants'. First edition.

Sinker 333. BM 1173.

Ouidius Naso his Remedie of Loue. Translated and Intituled to the Youth of England.

Plautus in Trinummo.
....Mille modis Amor
Ignorandu'st, procul adhibendus est, at[que] abstinendus.
Nam qui in Amore precipitauit, peius perit, quam si saxo saliat.

_London Printed by T. C. for Iohn Browne, and are to be sold at his shop in Fleetstreet, at the signe of the Bible._ 1600.

4^o. (7-3/8 × 5-1/4). Q. 14. 2.

Collation: A-H^4, unpaged. Wanting H 4 (? blank). Epistle
dedicatory to M. I., signed by the translator, F. L. The 'Remedy of
Love' is followed by a translation of Ovid's epistle of Dido to
Æneas and an answer from Æneas to Dido. An earlier edition had,
according to Lowndes, appeared in 1599.

Sinker 658.

PAINTER, WILLIAM.

¦The Palace of Pleasure Beautified, adorned and wel furnished with Pleasaunt Historyes and excellent Nouelles, selected out of diuers good and commendable Authours. By William Painter Clarke of the Ordinaunce and Armarie. 1569. _Imprinted at London in Fletestreate neare to S. Dunstones Church by Thomas Marshe._¦

=B. L.= 4^o. (7-3/8 × 5-1/2). R. 5.

Title within woodcut border. Collation: [bu]^{4}[2][bu]^8A-2K^8,
folios numbered. Wanting all before B 2 and after 2I 6. This is the
second edition of the first volume, the first having appeared in
1566.

Sinker 316.

The second Tome of the Palace of Pleasure contayning store of goodlye Histories, Tragical matters, & other Morall argumentes, very requisite for delight and profyte. Chos[~e] and selected out of diuers good and commendable Authors, and now once agayn corrected and encreased. By Wiliam Painter, Clerke of the Ordinance and Armarie _Imprinted at London In Fleatstrete by Thomas. Marshe._

=B. L.= 4^o. (6-7/8 × 5-1/2). U. 2.

Title within woodcut border. Collation: A^8=A=-2=D=^{8}2=Z=^{4},
folios numbered. Wanting A 1 (? blank), =E= 2-7, =T= 1 and 8.
Epistle dedicatory to Sir George Howard, signed and dated 'From my
pore house besides the Towre of London', Nov. 4, 1567. Address to
the reader. List of sources. Table of contents at end. This is the
second edition of the second volume, and was printed about 1580, the
first having appeared in 1567.

Sinker 323. BM 1188.

PARABOSCO, GIROLAMO.

Del¦le Lettere¦ Amoros¦e di M. Giro¦lamo Pa¦rabosco¦ Libro se¦condo con¦ alcune ¦sue nouel¦le e¦t rime.¦ Con priu¦i¦legio. _In Vinegia per Pauolo Gherardo_ M. D. XLVIII. [Colophon] _In Vinegia per Comin da Trino di Monferrato._ M. D. XLVII I.

8^o. (5-1/2 × 3-3/4). Z. 7. 2.

Collation: A^4 B-G^8, folios numbered. Epistle dedicatory to
Gianpaulo Rizzo, signed Girolamo Parabosco, and dated 'Di Vinegia
alli XXII de Agosto del XXXVIII.'. This is the first edition of the
second book. The original 'Lettere Amorose' appeared in 1545.
Altogether four books appeared, which were first printed together
in 1558.

PASQUIL, _pseud_.

Pasquils Iests: with the Merriments of Mother Bunch. Wittie, pleasant, and delightfull. _London: Printed by M. F. and are to be sold by Andrew Kembe, dwelling at Saint Margarets hill in Southwarke._ 1635.

=B. L.= 4^o. (7-3/4 × 5-7/8) Q. 8. 1.

Collation: A-H^4, unpaged. Wanting H 4 (? blank). On verso of
titlepage is the note 'Read the Epistle, or reade nothing' within
small woodcut titlepage border. Address to the reader. Verses. The
first edition appeared in 1604, the present being apparently the
fifth.

PEELE, GEORGE.

The Araygnement of Paris A Pastorall. Presented before the Queenes Maiestie, by the Children of her Chappell. _Imprinted at London by Henrie Marsh. Anno._ 1584.

4^o. (6-7/8 × 5-1/8). T. 7. 3.

Collation: A-E^4, unpaged. Prologue. Epilogue at end. The play is
ascribed to Peele in Nash's preface to R. Green's 'Menaphon' of
1589.

BM 1194. Sinker 677.

Merrie Conceited Iests, of George Peel Gentleman, sometimes student in Oxford. Wherein is shewed the course of his life, how he lived: a man very well known in the City of London, and elsewhere.

Buy, read, and judge,
The price do not grudge:
It will do thee more pleasure,
Then twice so much treasnre [_sic_].

_London, Printed for Wiliiam_ [sic] _Gilbertson, at the Bible in Giltspur-street without New-gate._ 1657.

=B. L.= 4^o. (7-1/8 × 5-1/8). S. 29. 2.

Collation: A-C^4, paged. The first edition of these probably
apocryphal jests appeared in 1607: the present appears to be the
fourth.

PERCYVALL, RICHARD.

A Dictionarie in Spanish and English, first published into the English tongue by Ric. Perciuale Gent. Now enlarged and amplified With many thousand words, ... All done by Iohn Minsheu Professor of Languages in London. Hereunto for the further profile and pleasure of the learner or delighted in this tongue, is annexed an ample English Dictionarie, Alphabetically set downe with the Spanish words thereunto adioyned, ... _Imprinted at London, by Edm. Bollifant._ 1599.

F^o. (11 × 7-1/4). F. 10. 1.

Collation: A^6, with one sheet signed on first leaf A 2 inserted
after A 1, B-2K^6, paged. (This, and not A^2A^6, is the correct
description of the preliminary matter.) Three columns on a page.
Title on A1. The inserted sheet contains, epistle dedicatory to Sir
John Scot, Sir Henry Bromley, Sir Edward Grevel, and Master William
Fortescue, signed Iohn Minsheu, and an address to the reader,
signed by the same. On the original A 2 begins 'Directions for the
understanding the vse of this Dictionary', signed Iohn Minshew. The
Spanish-English part begins on A 3, the English-Spanish on Y 1 each
with head-title. Percyvall's original work 'Bibliotheca Hispanica.
Containing a Grammar with a Dictionarie in Spanish, English and
Latine' appeared in 1591. The present work and the grammar that
follows no doubt formed one publication, though they are
bibliographically distinct. They are the first edition of Minsheu's
revision.

Sinker 691. BM 1216.

A Spanish Grammar, first collected and published by Richard Perciuale Gent. Now augmented and increased with the declining of all the Irregular and hard verbes in that toong.... Done by Iohn Minsheu Professor of Languages in London. Hereunto for the yoong beginners learning and ease, are annexed Speeches, Phrases, and Prouerbes, expounded out of diuers Authors, ... Virescit vulnere Virtus. _Imprinted at London, by Edm. Bollifant._ 1599.

F^o. (11 × 7-1/4). F. 10. 2.

Collation: a^4b-h^6i^2k-o^6p^2, paged, (a 2 is misprinted i 2, and
the quire is otherwise unsigned. Sheet i is also unsigned.) Epistle
dedicatory to the students of Gray's Inn, signed Iohn Minsheu.
Address to the reader signed by the same. Latin commendatory verses
to Minsheu by Iohannes Keperus. 'Soneto de un capitan Español del
Autór'. Proeme. The 'Pleasant and Delightfull Dialogues in Spanish
and English' begin with special titlepage (with same imprint) and
fresh pagination at sig. i 1. Epistle dedicatory in Spanish to 'Don
Eduardo Hobby', signed Iohn Minsheu. Enlarged by Minsheu from the
original work by Percyvall, as preceding entry.

Sinker 692. BM 1216.

PHAER, THOMAS.

The .xiii. Bookes of Æneidos ... 1584. _See_ VERGILIUS MARO, Publius.

PLUTARCH.

The Lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes, compared together by that graue learned Philosopher and Historiographer, Plutarke of Chæronea: Translated out of Greeke into French by Iames Amyot, Abbot of Bellozane, Bishop of Auxerre, one of the Kings priuy counsel, and great Amner of Fraunce, and out of French into Englishe, by Thomas North. _Imprinted at London by Thomas Vautroullier dwelling in the Blacke Friers by Ludgate._ 1579.

F^o. (12-3/8 × 8-1/4). B. 9.

Collation: *^8A-5F^6, paged. Wanting * 1 (? blank). (Sigs. * 3-5
are misprinted * ij-iiij.) Epistle dedicatory to Queen Elizabeth,
signed Thomas North, and dated Jan. 16, 1579. Address to the
reader, signed by the same and dated Jan. 24, 1579. Amyot's
address to the reader. Table of contents. B 2^v and B 5^r have been
left blank in the printing. First edition. Some copies have the
imprint, 'Imprinted at London by Thomas Vautroullier and Iohn
Wight'.

Sinker 481. BM 1243 (Wight).

The Lives of the noble Grecians and Romaines, compared together by that graue learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarke of Chæronea: Translated out of Greeke into French by Iames Amiot Abbot of Bellozane, Bishop of Auxerre, one of the Kings priuie Counsell, and great Almner of France: With the liues of Hannibal and Scipio African: translated out of Latine into French by Charles de l'Escluse, and out of French into English, By Sir Thomas North Knight. Hereunto are also added the liues of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the elder, tyrant of Sicilia, of Augustus Cæsar, of Plutarke, and of Seneca: with the liues of nine other excellent Chieftaines of warre: collected out of Æmylius Probus, by S. G. S. and Englished by the aforesaid Translator. _London, Printed by Richard Field._ 1612.

F^o. (12-3/4 × 8-3/8). B. 5.

Collation: A^8B-5O^{6}5P^8, paged. Wanting A 1 (? blank). Epistle
dedicatory to Queen Elizabeth, signed Thomas North. Address to the
reader signed by the same. Amyot's address to the reader. Table of
Lives. There is a medallion portrait to each life. The additional
lives have a separate titlepage, dated 1610, at sig. 5B 1, followed
by Epistle dedicatory to Queen Elizabeth, signed Thomas North.
Alphabetical table at end. The additional lives first appeared in
the third edition, in 1603. They were translated into French, not
from Probus but from C. Nepos. The initials S. G. S. stand for
Simon Goulart Senlisien. Fourth edition.

BM 1244.

The Philosophie, commonlie called, the Morals written by the learned Philosopher Plutarch of Chæronea. Translated out of Greeke into English, and conferred with the Latine translations and the French, by Philemon Holland of Coventrie, Doctor in Physicke. Whereunto are annexed the Summaries necessary to be read before every Treatise. _At London Printed by Arnold Hatfield._ 1603.

F^o. (12-5/8 × 8-3/8). B. 6.

Collation: ¶^4A-5Z^{6}6A-6E^{4}6F^6, paged. Epistle dedicatory to
King James, signed Philémon Holland. Table of contents. At the end
glossary of obscure terms, alphabetical index and list of errata.
First edition.

BM 1243.

PORTO, LUIGI DA.

Historia nuouamente ritrouata, di due nolibi amanti, Con la loro pietosa morte: Interuenuta già nella Città di Verona. Nel tempo del Signor Bartolomeo della Scala. Nuouamente stampata. _In Venetia Per Giouan. Griffio._ [Colophon adds date:] M. D. LIII.

8^o. (6 × 4). X. 4. 1.

Collation: A-E^4, folios numbered. Epistle dedicatory to Lucina
Savorgana. Introduction. 'Narratione della Historia.' The last leaf
is blank except for the printer's device on the verso. Da Porta's
'historia' is supposed to have been the source of Bandello's
'novella' of Romeo and Juliet. It may in its turn have been founded
on a tale of Massuccio. The earliest edition is undated, and there
was another in 1536 before the present one.

PUTTENHAM, GEORGE.

The Arte of English Poesie. Contriued into three Bookes: The first of Poets and Poesie, the second of Proportion, the third of Ornament. _At London Printed by Richard Field, dwelling in the black-Friers, neere Ludgate._ 1589.

4^o. (7-1/4 × 5-1/8). R. 14.