Chapter XI: Part 11

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Impr. 129: 1633: twelves (16^o): pp. [2] + 238 + [4]: p. 11 beg. _tis
ex templo_, 201 _hoc interpretare_: Long Primer English. Contents:—p.
(1) title, within lines: 1–238 (“235”), the Meditations: (2–3)
“Index”, a list of the 51 meditations.

The first edition was apparently in 1606 with 50 Meditations, and
editions were issued in Latin in 1621, 1627, 1629, Lond. 1672, and
later, and English translations in 1629 (by R. Winterton, printed at
Cambridge), and later, even in 1840 (at Oxford).

Impr. 141: 1633: (fours) sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 277 + [23]: p. 11 beg.
_malefactor, but_, 111 _gainst another_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1)
title, within an arched border: (3–4) Latin dedication to dr. John
Young, signed “Tho. Godwyn”, dated “Abindoniæ 14 Calend. Decemb. ...
1622”: (5) “Benevolo Lectori ...”: (7) “A short table shewing the
Argument of every Booke and Section”: 1–277, the work, in four books:
(1–23) “Index rerum et verborum ...”.

See 1614 G.

Impr. 136: 1633: pp. [48], signn. A-C^8: sign. B1^r beg. _discas
oportet_: Long Primer Roman and English. Contents:—sign. A1^r title,
within line: A2^r-A2^v. introduction in Latin, English and French:
A3^r-C6^v, the work.

Very rare. The book consists of the names of the numbers, the Church
Catechism, and the conjugation of French verbs, all in parallel Latin,
English and French columns: and serves as an introduction to the
English editions by John Anchoran (1631, 1633, 1637, 1639 or 1640,
&c.) of J. A. Comenius’s celebrated ©Janua linguarum©. See 1634 S. The
book is interesting as showing a connexion between William Turner the
Oxford printer (1624–40) and the London printer of the same name
(1623–35). The Stationers’ Register (ed. Arber, iv. 334) records the
transfer of all the London Turner’s rights in this book and the
©Clavis ad portam© (which was certainly printed by the Oxford Turner
in 1634, see 1634 S) to Michael Sparke on 17 Mar. 1634/5. Neither of
these books was registered at Stationers’ Hall, and so probably this
book as well as the ©Clavis© was printed at Oxford, though the
imprint, type and woodcuts are not by themselves decisive. Probably
the two Turners are in fact identical, and the Oxford printing
establishment, though founded a year later than the other (but as a
bookseller’s business not later than 1616/7), was the chief one. It is
curious that under these circumstances Turner was allowed to be a
member of the Stationers’ Company, which was particularly jealous of
provincial presses.

Impr. 82: 1633: sm. 4^o: pp. [6] + 23 + [3]: p. 11 beg. _Iberia: and_:
Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–6) “To the Reader”,
about the Georgians, probably by the translator: 1–23, the letter,
dated “Trapezunt May 16. _Ann._ 1626”.

A rare tract. See Wood’s ©Fasti Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, i. 479. The
incident related belongs to the year 1614, when the King of Persia put
Ketaban to death for refusing to forsake Christianity. Some Jesuits
are said to have dressed up a carcase as Ketaban’s, to have carried it
to her son, and to have enjoyed much honour by the miracles which it
wrought. Ultimately the real body arrived and the Jesuits were
banished. The translator was Thomas Crosfield of Queen’s College,
Oxford: and the Letter was published in Greek and Latin (at London?)
in 1632.

Impr. 142: 1633: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [6] + 173 + [1]: p. 11 beg.
_ripping up_, 111 _as much of_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title,
within double bounding lines: (3–6) “The Contents of the severall
Chapters ...”: 1–173, the work in 31 chapters.

See 1608 H. This is really the 4th ed., not the 2nd.

22. ¬Heylyn¬, Peter. ΜΙΚΡΟ´ΚΟΣΜΟΣ | (&c., precisely as 1631 H, except “sixth” for “fifth”.)

Impr. 140: 1633: (eights) sm. 4^o; pp. [20] + 808 (the last misprinted
807) + [4]: p. 11 beg. _1 First then there_, 701 _dales, or
Vindelici_: Pica Roman. Contents:—exactly as 1631 H, except “Forraine
Coynes”, and the necessary change of reference (only) to the last five
pages.

See 1621 H: this edition is apparently an almost lineatim reprint of
the 5th edition.

Impr. 69: 1633: sm. 4^o: pp. [12] + 189 + [3]: p. 11 beg. _piniones
diversas_: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. 1, title, within arched
border: (3–8) “Præfatio”: (9–11) “Series rerum ...”, a list of
contents: 1–189, two books and an oration: (1) “Errata”.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, iii. 522. These are exercises and speeches
composed by Holyday in about 1617–21, when prælector of Rhetoric and
Philosophy at Christ Church, Oxford, and concern the De Anima, Ethics
and Rhetoric of Aristotle. What is considered to be the barbarous
element in the Philosophy, is not clear.

Impr. 130: 1633: sm. 4^o: pp. [36], signn. A-D^4 E^2: sign. B1^r beg.
_cum omnes_: English Roman. Contents:—sign. A1^r, title: A2^r-2^v,
dedication to sir Kenelm Digby: A3^r-E1^v, the sermon, on Matth. xvi.
18.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 630. Some copies of this book have the
remains of a torn titlepage, apparently a cancel leaf following the
ordinary title.

Impr. 113_a_: 1633: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 18 + [10]: p. 11 beg. _ei
periti_: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) dedication
to sir Kenelm Digby, signed “Rich. Iamesius”, the editor: 1–17, the
Letter, dated “Abingdoniæ ... 4^o Kal. Aprilis”: 18, “Nota magistri
Briani Twyne” about the occasion of the letter: (1–7) three Latin
poems and a Latin note by James on Cotton and Allen.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 85, ii. 630. This is a rather uncommon
book, containing a persuasive to the study of Greek, written in 1518,
probably at the king’s instigation. The opponents of the New Learning
called themselves Trojans in opposition to the Grecians. The letter is
reprinted by Hearne in his edition of Roper’s Life of More (Oxf. 1716,
8^o). Sir Robert Cotton died in 1631, and Thomas Allen of Gloucester
hall in Oxford in 1632.

Impr. 131: 1633: sm. 4^o: pp. [72], signn. §, §§^4, §§§^2, A, “BC”,
D-G^4, H^2: sign. BC1^r beg. _Nec morbos_: English Roman.
Contents:—sign. §1^r, title: §2^r-H2^r, the poems: H2^v, device and
impr. 132.

The occasion of these verses seems to have been an illness of the King
late in 1632. Most of the poems are Latin, but four are English and
one Greek. One of the printers (W. Turner) contributes some Latin
verses. An anagram occurs in the title, and a chronogram (1632) on
E1^v. There are curious variations in issues, and marks (see the
register of signatures) of the difficulty of obtaining and marshalling
in order these collections of separate poems. The early issues of
sheet A on A3^r print “R. NEVVLIN _S. T. B._”, the later and common
ones insert _C. C. C._ after the name, as also in A1^v, A3^r (twice):
so “_Nov. C._” is inserted on A4^v, cf. A2^v. An interesting copy is
in the British Museum, being the one specially printed for the King’s
personal acceptance. The differences are that the book is on larger
paper (the size even as bound and cut down being 7⅞ × 6 in.), and the
title entirely reprinted. Every line of the title is in larger type
and spread out laterally, except the anagram itself and imprint: also
ll. 1 and 4 are roman, not italic, and ll. 3, 4, 6, 7 are printed _in
gold_. In l. 6 the two Vs are lower case Us, and in l. 7 Rex appears
as REX. So too the device is altered, and it is amusing to see that
the imprint, for fear of royal vengeance, is altered from the English
“W. T.” (William Turner) to the Latin “G. T.”! This fact shows also
that the _last_ and not the first copy was struck off for the King,
sheet A agreeing with this in being the later issue (see above).

Impr. 53: 1633: sm. 4^o: pp. [100], signn. § A-C, DE, F-M^4 N^2: sign.
B1^r beg. Εἴς ἄλοχον: English Roman. Contents:—sign. §1^r title:
§2^r-N2^r, the poems.

Poems by members of the University congratulating the King on his
return from Scotland in Aug. 1633. The perigee of the sun or a planet
is when it is nearest to the earth. Most of the poems are Latin, but
six are Greek, sixteen at the end English, and one French. Three
chronograms occur. One English poem is by John Lichfield the printer.
There are some signs of an arrangement of the poems, those by great
persons coming first, and the English last. Some copies of a later
issue have an extra sheet after I (ii, four leaves) inserted, with
more poems, which necessitated a rearrangement of sheet K.

Impr. 53: 1633: sm. 4^o: pp. [88], signn. A-L^4, see below: sign. B1^r
beg. _Te pariter_: English Roman. Contents:—sign. A1^r, title:
A2^r-L3^v, the poems.

These poems celebrate the birth of James ii on 15 Oct. 1633, and are
as usual chiefly in Latin, but six in Greek, eighteen in English (an
innovation) and one in French. There is a second issue, perhaps
commoner than the first described above, with the following changes.
In sheet H, sign. H1^v l. 9 has _Conjugis alvus_, not _uxorius alvus_:
H3^r begins with a _Greek_ poem, the rest of sheet H is re-arranged
and a new sheet h of four leaves is inserted. Also in sheet L a new
poem by W. Dutton is inserted. The sheets not specified above are
identical in the two issues.

Impr. 134: 1633: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 40: p. 11 beg. _ever are blessed_:
English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–7) Epistle Dedicatorie to
Peregrine Thistlethwaite and Dorothy his wife: 1–40, the sermon, on
Ruth iv. 11.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 26. This sermon was to have
been delivered at the wedding of Mr. Thistlethwaite, but some accident
interposed, and it is here in an enlarged form.

Impr. 139: 1633: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [12] + 381 + [51]: p. 11 beg.
_maximè_, 301 _justum debitum_: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1)
title within double lines: (3–4) dedication to Mutius Vitellescus,
dated 29 Sept. 1617: (5–12) “Index propositionum”: 1–381, the work:
(1–2) “Epilogus”: (4–51) The four indexes.

The author was an Italian Jesuit, who died in 1637. The first edition
of this work seems to have been issued at Lyons in 1620.

31. ¬Pemble¬, William. ‘©Enchiridion Oratorium.© Ox. 1633 “qu.” &c.’

So in Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, ii. 331. There seems to be some
mistake, since no such treatise was printed among Pemble’s Collected
Works: possibly Butler’s work on Oratory above has been confused by
Wood: but Watt mentions the work under _Pembelo_ as well as _Pemble_,
as if he had been independent of Wood.

32. ¬Potter¬, Christopher. WANT OF | CHARITIE, | Iustly charged, | ON ALL SVCH _ROMA-_|_nists_, as dare (without truth or | modesty affirme, that _Prote-_|_stancie destroyeth Salvation_. | In Answer to a late Po-|pish Pamphlet intituled | _Charity Mistaken &c._ | _By_ CHRISTOPHER POTTER D.D. | Chaplaine to his Ma^{ty} in Ordina-|rie, and Provost of _Queenes_ | _Colledge_ in Oxford. |

Impr. 133: 1633: (eights) 12^o: pp. [24] + 128 + 120: pp. 11 beg.
_forbids to_ and _struct her children_: English Roman. Contents:—p.
(1) title, within double lines: (3–6) “The Epistle Dedicatory”: (7–8)
to the reader: (9–24) analysis of _Charity mistaken_ and the answer,
as a list of contents: 1–128, 1–120, “Answer to Charity mistaken”, the
work.

The work against which this was directed was written by a Jesuit named
Matthias Wilson, who also employed the names of Nicholas Smith and, as
in this case, Edward Knott, and was published in 1630. By Oct. 1634
this first edition was nearly sold out, and the author submitted a
copy to archbp. Laud for his approval or correction, with a view to a
second edition. Laud suggested the alteration of a few passages, and
this was made part of the accusations against him at his trial (see
Prynne’s ©Canterburies Doom©, Lond. 1646, p. 251). The second edition
thus altered was printed at London in 1634.

Impr. 137: 1633: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [12] + 173 + [37] + 209 + [39] +
198 + [34]: pp. 11 beg. _Quod exemplo_ and _honestam rem_ and _Nam &
secundum_: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–8) preface to
Maximilian grand duke of Austria, dated 1 Oct. 1587: (9–11) poems on
the work: 1–173 the Classis Prima: (1–23) indexes: (24) a
title:—NICOLAI REuSNERI LEORINI | _Silesii_, | SYMBOLORVM |
IMPERATORIORuM | Classis Secunda. | _QVA CONTINENTVR SYMBOLA_ | _Impp.
Cæsarúmque Romanorum-Græco-_|_rum, à Fl. Constantino Magno, usque_ |
_ad Carolum Magnum, pri-_|_mum Cæsarem Germanicum._ | OPuS AuREuM ET
VERE | Politicum, ac Regium. | [_device_, then impr. 137]: (26–33)
preface to Ernest grand duke of Austria, dated 7 Oct. 1587: (33–36)
poems on the work: 1–209, the Classis secunda: (1–24) indexes: (26) a
title:—NICOLAI REuSNERI LEORINI | IC. Comitis Palat. Cæs. | SYMBOLORVM
| IMPERATORIORuM | Classis Tertia. | _QVA SYMBOLA CONTINENTVR_ |
_Impp. Cæsarúmque Romanorum-Ger-_|_manicorum: à Carolo Magno,
pri-_|_mo Cæs. Germanico, usque ad_ | _Ferdinandum II. Cæs._ |
_Austriacum_ | OPuS JuCuNDISSIMÆ | Et utilissimæ lectionis. |
[_device_: then impr. 137]: (28–32) preface to Matthias grand duke of
Austria, dated 15 Oct. 1587: (33–39) poems on the work: 1–224 (224
misprinted 198), the Classis Tertia: (1–28) indexes: (29–34) not seen.

See 1638 R. This is a curious example of three parts of a volume being
entirely independent of each other, there being no general titlepage,
but yet being indissolubly welded together by the signatures, so that
no part could be issued separately. The first edition seems to have
been issued in 1587, the 4th at London in 1619. The plan of the work
is to assign a motto to every emperor, and then to discuss the motto
and character of the person together: so that in effect the book is
largely a discussion of proverbs of the nature of Erasmus’s ©Adagia©.

Impr. 129 _b_: 1633: 12mo: pp. [16] + 512: p. 11 beg. _consulari_, 401
_tamen quæ_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title within line, double at
top and bottom: (5–6) Extract from Joh. Trithemius: (7–13) “Index
rerum et verborum ...”: (14–15) “Index locorum Scripturæ ...”: 1–297,
De gubernatione Dei: 298–324, Epistolæ: 325–488, Ad ecclesiam
catholicam: 489–512, “Annotationes aliquot ... autore Ioanne Alexandro
Brassicano”.

See 1629 S, of which this is an almost exact reprint in larger type.

Impr. 69: 1633: sm. 4^o: pp. [12] + 260: p. 11 beg. _testimonio_, 201
_operam nostram_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within a
line: (2–7) Epistola dedicatoria to dr. Edw. Kellett and mr. George
Goade, signed “Gulielmus Sclater”: (9–10) “Lectori ...”: (11)
“Sphalmata ...”: 1–2, title repeated, see below: 3–154, the
explanation of 1 Cor.: 155–260, do. of 2 Cor.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, iii. 228, but this author is not to be
confused, as Wood points out, with William Slatyer the writer of
©Palæ-Albion©. The dedication gives some autobiographical notes about
the editor, whose tutor at Cambridge was mr. Goade. Strictly, it
appears that there should be two titles as above (to be distinguished
by the first title having _ANALYTICA._ and ἂρτιος, the second
_ANALYTICA_; and ἄρτιος): the second was printed as pp. 1–2, when no
dedication or preface was intended; and when the usual prefatory
matter with the first title was printed, no doubt the second would be
generally removed by the binder.

Impr. 135: 1633: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [8] + 122 + [2]: p. 11 beg.
_Keepe letters_, 101 _dissimulatiõ_: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p.
(1) title, within a line double except at bottom: (3–7) “The Printer
to the Reader”, with postscript: 1–122, the work: (1) “Errata”.

The sheets of this were reissued with a new titlepage at Oxford in
1644, and republished with other treatises in 1772, and perhaps
oftener. The head-line throughout is “Instructions for young
Noblemen”: every page has double lines on the upper and outer margins.

37. ¬Smith¬, Samuel. Aditus ad Logicam.

Wood in his ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss (ii. 283) mentions an edition of
this year, which would be the 7th: see 1617 S.

Impr. 134: 1633: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 71 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _and
everlasting_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title: (5–7) “To the
Christian Reader”, signed “VV. T.”: (8) “The Contents ...”: 1–71, the
work, in two books: 71, a prayer, and errata “in some copies”.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, iii. 244. There was another (anonymous)
edition Lond. 1646: the author was known after this book was issued as
“Eternity Tipping”.

Impr. 85 _a_: 1633: (eights) 12^o: pp. [12] + 80 + [4]: p. 11 beg.
_And these_: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–11)
Epistle dedicatory to sir Walter Pye, kt.: 1–80, the sermon, on 2 Cor.
v. 17.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, iii. 274. Sir Walter Pye jun. had been
Tozer’s pupil when at Exeter college.

1634.

Impr. 126: 1634 [on title, 1624!]: sm. 4to: pp. [10] + 56 + [2]: p. 11
beg. _verse, with all_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–7)
The Epistle to the Reader, signed “J. A.”: (8–10) “The principall
contents”: 1–56, the work: (1) “Mantissa”, a quotation from Salvianus,
about anonymity: (2) a colophon, consisting of a motto, large device
of the Arms of the University, and impr. 73 _b_.

This is a rare book, arguing against exclusive privileges of
primogeniture, and for the right and in some cases duty of parents to
disinherit the eldest son. Other editions were issued at Oxford in
1641 and 1671, but I do not find information about John Allen, nor the
ground for ascribing the book to one of that name. On the page
preceding the colophon is this figure:—

* I * M *
* F *
* A * M *

There is an account of the book in Oldys’s ©British Librarian© (1737),
p. 210.

2. ¬Barclay¬, John. EVPHORMIONIS | LVSININI, | _Sive_, | IOANNIS | BARCLAII | _Partes quinq;_. | Satyricon bipartitum. L. 1 & 2. | Apologia pro se. L. 3 | Icon Animo_{r}um. L. 4. | Veritatis Lachrymæ. L. 5. | _Cum Clavi præfixa._ | [_line._] | _Accessit_ | Conspiratio Anglicana. | [_line_, then _woodcuts_.]

Impr. 143: 1634: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [10] + 782 + [2]: p. 11 beg.
_tibus allatus_, 501 _Illis autem_: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p.
(1) title: (3–5) dedication by “Euphormio” to James i: (6–10) “Clavis,
nomina ignota ... exponens”: 1–156, part 1, as above: 157–310, part 2,
dedicated to lord Salisbury: 311–357, part 3, dedicated to Charles
Emmanuel I duke of Savoy, dated London, 1 Sept. 1610: 358–553, part 4,
dedicated to Louis xiii: 554–767, part 5, “Alitophili Veritatis
Lachrymæ, sive Euphormionis Lusinini Continuatio”, dedicated to Henry
of Bourbon the Dauphin: 769–782, “Series patefacti divinitus
parricidii, ... in ... Regem regnumque Britanniæ cogitati ... Nonis
ixbribus MDCV. Illo ipso Novembri scripta, nunc demum edita,” the
head-line is “Conspiratio Anglicana”.

For John Barclay (_d._ 1621) see the Dict. of National Biography, and
for the bibliography of this work Jules Dukas’s book. Part 1 was first
issued in 1603, part 2 in 1607, part 3 in 1611, part 4 in 1614, part 5
in 1625. The author is satirical on Jesuits and Puritans alike, as
well as on individuals.

Impr. 144: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [30] + 705 + [9]: p. 11 beg. _sæva
consilia_, 601 _sedente, regiam_: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1)
title: (3–8) Epistola dedicatoria to Louis xiii, dated Rome 1 July
1621: (9) a sentence: (10–29) “Discursus de autore Scripti, & judicium
de nominibus Argenidæis”, head line “Discursus in Argenidem”: 1–676,
the work in five books: 677–705, “Discursus ... [headline “Clavis”] in
Argenidem ...”: (1–2) “Tabula nominum fictorum ...”: (3–9) “Index
...”.

See last item. The Argenis, which like the Satyricon is a political
satire, was written and first published in 1621. The first discursus
must have been rather out of date in this edition, for it suggests
that the satire was written by William Barclay, father of the author.
Argenis is a female character in the book, apparently representing the
hope of the house of Valois.

Impr. 148: 1634: sm. 4^o: pp. [20] + 84: p. 11 beg. _Chap._ 3. _The
Testimony_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (2) “The Illustration” a poem on
the frontispiece: (3) “The English Vsurer”, the frontispiece, a
picture with title and motto: (7) title: (9–12) “To the Reader”: (13)
“A Table of the Contents”: (14) a list of authorities: (15–17)
complimentary English poems by Josua Sylvester, Francis Quarles and
(in Latin) John Garbrand of Oxford: (18–19) “To the Vsurer”: 1–82, the
work: 83–84, poem by George Withers.

This book was printed in London by John Norton jun. (1633–39) for
Francis Bowman in Oxford, and does not appear to have been entered in
the Stationers’ Hall Register. The frontispiece contains a woodcut
representing a Usurer seated at his table, a small fiend behind his
head, and on a label “I say I will haue all | both Vse & principall.”
On the reader’s right are two pigs, one alive, one dead, with suitable
labels. The size of the woodcut is 4–5/16 × 5¼ in. See next entry.

Impr. 148: 1634: sm. 4^o: pp. [16] + 80: p. 11 beg. _vaine, if it_;
Pica Roman. Contents (see above):—p. (2) frontispiece: (3) “The
Illustration”: (5) title: (7–10) “To the Reader”: (11) Table: (12)
authorities: (13–14) three poems, as above: (15–16) “To the usurer”:
1–78, the work: 79–80, Withers’ poem.

See last entry.

Impr. 146: 1634: sm. 4^o: pp. 53 + [3]: p. 11 beg. _Edward the Sixt_:
Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. 1, title: 3–53, the sermon, on Ps.
cxxx. 4: 53, impr. 85 _d_.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 1003. The Bidding Prayer, in
an informal style, is intercalated at pp. 9–14, between the
introductory part and the body of the sermon. See 1633 B: the British
Museum “1633” copy is absolutely identical with the above issue except
that instead of Impr. 146 with the date in Roman numerals, it has
Impr. 82 _b_ and “Anno 1634”, the woodcut having been slightly shifted
downwards in this issue.

Impr. 125: 1634: sm. 4^o: pp. [12] + 63 + [29]: p. 11 beg. _larg‘,
sarg‘_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double lines: (3–4)
dedication to prince Charles: (5–11) “To the Reader”, dated “Wotton
Sept. 1. An. D. 1633. C. B. M.”: (12) “Ad Authorem” a Latin poem by S.
W.: 1–63, the grammar: (2–29) the Index: (29) The Printer to the
Reader.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 210, and 1633 B. The body of
the work is a reissue of the sheets of the 1633 edition, but the title
is reset, and the prefatory matter enlarged.

Impr. 126: 1634: sm. 4^o: pp. [16] + 182: p. 11 beg. _her, animamque_:
Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (2) engraving of a hive, with
verses: (3–4) dedication to the queen: (5–8) The preface, dated
“Wotton. Mai 11. 1623”: (8) The Printer to the leader, referring to
Butler’s English Grammar for the phonetic spelling used: (9–11)
commendatory verses by George Wither (Latin and English), and others:
(12–16) The contents of the book: 1–182, the work in 10 chapters.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 209, and 1609 B, of which
this is an enlarged edition: the preface is that of the 1623 edition.
The peculiar spelling and type are part of Butler’s system as
elaborated in his English Grammar (see 1633 B). There are a few
woodcuts, and music at pp. 78–81.

Impr. 73: 1634: (twos) obl. 8^o: pp. [64], signn. ( )^2, ( )^2, A-O^2:
sign. B1^r beg. _TAB. I. B_: Pica Roman. Contents:—sign. ( )1^r,
title: ( )2^r-2^v, Epistola dedicatoria to king James by “Tho.
Crompton”: ( )1^r “Ad Lectorum Monitorium”: ( )1^r-1^v “Capita
tabularum”: ( )2, not seen: A1^r-O2^r, the tabulae.

For the editor (_d._ 1608) see Wood’s ©Fasti Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, i.
249. The author, a lawyer educated at Cambridge, died in 1597. The
first edition, of which this is a reprint slightly different in
arrangement, was published at London in 1604, fol.: the 3rd at the
Hague in 1661: the 4th at Oxford in 1684, fol. These tables exhibit
the whole status and administration of the Church of England in a
synoptic form. The words underlined in the above title are in red ink,
as well as _Oxoniæ_, and _anno salutis M.DC.XXIV._ in the imprint. The
book is peculiar in form. The 1604 and 1684 editions may be called
ordinary folios in shape: this one is made up of folio sheets (each
containing two folio leaves) folded once and bound oblong, the
intention being that the binder should cut through the line of folding
at foot and bind the book as if of quarto size, each oblong leaf thus
bound being again awkwardly folded once so as to lie within an
ordinary quarto binding. In the present edition the original 16 tables
are arranged to form 28, and are printed on one side of the leaf only.

Impr. 147: 1634: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 112: p. 11 beg. _into factions_:
Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double lines: (3)
dedication to lord Salisbury, signed “Calybute Downinge”: 1–112, the
work, the digression occupying pp. 31–44: 112, “Errata”.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 107, and 1633 D.

11. ¬Du Moulin¬, Pierre, _d._ 1658.

See _Smith_, Richard, below.

Impr. 84 _b_: 1634: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 55 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _For such
a_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4), 35–6, Complimentary
poems by Henry Beesley: 1–34, the Blessed Birthday: 37–55, the
Raptures.

Rare. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, ii. 607, and 1636 F.
Grosart’s edition of Fitz-Geffrey’s poems reprints the 2nd edition
(1636) with the passages different from it which occur in this 1st
edition, and mentions a faulty 3rd edition of 1654.

Impr. 119: 1634: sm. 4^o: pp. [16] + 196 + [2]: p. 11 beg. _Menippus.
Thus_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double lines: (3–4)
dedication to dr. Brian Duppa signed “Th. Hickes”: (5–6) “To the
honest and judicious reader” by ‘T. H.’: (7) Lucian’s epigram on his
own book, with English translation by ‘T. H.’: (9–15) Life of Lucian:
1–196, the work.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, ii. 491, 584. Francis Hickes died
in 1630/1, and the Dialogues are edited by his son. They are Lucian’s
Περὶ τοῦ Ἐνυπνίου ἤτοι βίος Λουκιανοῦ, Ἰκαρομένιππος, Μένιππος,
Ὄνειρος, Κατάπλους, Χάρων, Ἀληθὴς Ἱστορία, Τίμων, Συμπόσιον.

Impr. 85 _c_: 1634: sm. 4^o: pp. [6] + 72 + [2]: p. 11 beg. _remooued:
for_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–6) Epistle dedicatory to
Richard archbp. of Canterbury, from the first edition: 1–72, the work,
on 1 Cor. xiv. 40.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, ii. 306. The first edition was
issued at London in 1607, being then enlarged from a sermon at Norwich
delivered in 1605. The present edition was reprinted in 1705.

15. Mercurius Davidicus. “Mercurius Davidicus, or a patterne of Loyall Devotion” bears the date of 1634, but is clearly of 1643.

16. ¬Oxford¬, University. [_device_] | A PROCLAMATION, | ¶ For the well ordering of the Market in the Cittie of OXFORD, and for the | redresse of Abuses, in Weights and Measures, within the Precincts | of the VNIVERSITIE of _OXFORD_. |

Impr. (as colophon) 85_e_: 1634: la. 4^o: pp. [6]: p. (3) beg. _Said
Victualls for_: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—pp. (1, 3, 5), the
proclamation.

Rare. This is a proclamation by the Chancellor of the University
(archbp. Laud), see O. Ogle’s History of the Oxford Market in the
Oxford Historical Society’s ©Collectanea©, vol. 2. The three leaves
are separate, and printed on one side only.

Impr. 60_a_: 1634: fol: pp. [264], signn. ( ), §, ¶, ¶¶, ¶¶¶, A-Z,
Aa-Kk, a-z, aa-ee^2: sign. B1^r beg. § 4. _De officio_, b1^r _eisdem
terminis_: Double (Small) Pica Roman. Contents:—sign. ( )2^r, title:
§1^r-2^r “Præfatio ad Lectorem”: §2^v “Admonitio ad Lectorem de veteri
Calendario omisso”: §2^v, “Errata ...”: ¶1^r-¶¶¶2^v, “Elenchus
Titulorum ...”: A1^r-p1^v, the Corpus, in 21 Tituli: p2^r-aa2^v,
“Appendix Statutorum ...”: bb1^r-ee2^v, “Statuta Aularia”.

This is the early form of the Laudian Statutes. Its history may be
read in Wood’s History of the University or in Griffith’s and
Shadwell’s edition of the later (1636) form, published in 1888.
Briefly, certain Delegates, especially dr. Zouch and Bryan Twyne (who
wrote the preface), completed their work, and the University sent up
the Corpus to the Chancellor, archbp. Laud. in Aug. 1633. He altered
it and had it printed, and in July 1634 declared that the Corpus thus
printed (the present work) should be the statutes under which the
University should be governed for a year, Mich. 1634–Mich. 1635.
Finally in June 1636 the full and authentic code was formally
approved, and additions from it were entered in the copies of the 1634
edition, the code not being printed as a whole or precisely until
1888. In 1768 a new edition was printed with certain changes and
additions, and the 1768 edition is still in progress, the successive
statutes being still connected by paging with that issue.

A large part of the edition is on parchment, being presented in that
form to the King, the chancellor of the University, each College, the
Halls, and the Proctors. Blank spaces are left in many places for
additions. Large paper copies are also found. For Synopsises of the
statutes, see 1635 O, 1638 O.

Impr. 97_a_: 1634: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [16] + 51 + [1] + 60 + 56 + 66
[“2” misprinted “46”!]: pp. 11 beg. _whosoever he_, and _separated
from_, and _head and eares_, and _those reasons I_: Pica Roman.
Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–11) Epistle dedicatory to lord George
Digby, signed “William Lyford”, the editor, “Shirburn. Iul. 7. 1630.”:
(12–16) “To the Reader”: 1–51, The discourse part 1, on 1 Cor. xvi.
22: (1), 1–60, part 2 on Eph. vi. 24 (beg. “Not to mispend”): 1–56,
part 3 on the same text (beg. “I will not discourage”): 1–66, part 4,
on Luke xiv. 26.

For the author see Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, ii. 475, and 1630
P, where a reference to this, the 2nd ed., is accidentally omitted.
This issue has four sermons and a slightly altered title.

Impr. 121_a_: 1634: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [14] + 190: p. 11 beg.
_accepto signo_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double
lines: (3–9) Præfatio, to Christophorus Ettenius: (11–14) Latin poem
by Daniel Heinsius on the book: 1–185, the work: 186–190, Latin elegy
by Nic. Burgundus addressed to Puteanus.

A satire on the gluttony and other luxurious vices of the age, in the
guise of a dream of what takes place among the utopian Cimmerii. The
first edition was issued at Louvain in 1611: this may be the second in
Latin. Puteanus died in 1646, having lived during most of his life at
Louvain.

Impr. 69: 1634: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [28] + 192 + [32]: p 11 beg.
_dinis venirent_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double
lines: (3) dedication to Philip prince of Orange: (4–19) preface to
the same, dated “Lovanii, in Arce, viii Kal. Septem. M.DC.XIV”:
(20–23) “Animaduersio”, including some errata: (24–27) complimentary
pieces: (28) a quotation: 1–143, the work, consisting of a
“Præfatiuncula” and 6 books: 144, explanation introducing the
following piece: 145–150, “Irruptio Cimbrorum in Italiam, descripta a
Floro lib. iii.”: 151, note introducing the following piece: 152–170,
“Additiuncula ex And. Alciati De formula R. Imperii libello”: 171–2,
dedication of the Chronology to Floritius: 173–192, “Chronologia
Insubrica”: (1–31) “Index rerum”.

This work describes the irruptions of the Barbarians into Italy till
the year 973: the Insubrians lived in the district round Milan. The
history seems to have been first issued in 1614, but Puteanus was
Professor at Milan only from 1601 to 1606.

Impr. 68_c_: 1634: sm. 4^o: pp. [12] + 277 + [27]: p. 11 beg. _also
mad persons_, 201 _wrought by_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title,
within double lines: (3–6) “To the Reader”, signed “I. G.”: (7–10)
Epistle dedicatory to King James, signed by the author: (11–12) “To
the Reader” by the author: 1–277, the work: (2–25) “an index of the
principall Matters and Words ...”: (25) “Errata”.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, iii. 205, for the editor and book. The first
edition was issued at London in 1607: the present one was edited by
dr. John Gregory, who has added many notes and the index, the author
having died in 1628/9 or 1629/30. The title in the copies seen (one on
large paper given by the author) has been sewn or pasted in
separately, an original titlepage having been torn out. Perhaps this
was in order to secure proper printing in red ink, for the words
underlined in the title above are in red ink, as are also in the
imprint the words _Oxford, University: 1634._, and _Cum Privilegio_.
The next editions were issued at Oxford in 1662 and 1675 or 1676. This
is the first Oxford book in which I have noticed Anglo-Saxon type
(Pica, pp. 184, 193, in the notes).

Impr. 119: 1634: (eights) 12^o: pp. [96], signn. A-F^8: sign B2^r beg.
_annals_: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—sign. A3^r, title: A4^r-5^r,
dedication to the schoolmasters of Great Britain, signed “Wye
Saltonstall”: A6^r-6^v, “Discipulis ... de usu huius Clavis ...
præfatiuncula”: A7^r-8^v, five Latin and one English poem about the
work, by Saltonstall: B1^r-F7^v, the work.

Rare. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, ii. 676. This is an
alphabetical index of English words and phrases occurring in the 1058
sections found in Comenius’s ©Gate of Tongues©, as edited for the
second time in Latin, English and French, by John Anchoran in 1633
(London). Earlier editions of Comenius’s celebrated work were
published at Leutschau in 1631 (first edition), then at Leipzig (2nd
edition) in 1632 (both as ©Janua linguarum©), and (as ©Porta linguarum
trilinguis©) Anchoran’s editions, Lond. 1631, and 1632: the 3rd and
4th London Anchoran editions 1637 and 1639 or 1640 reprint
Saltonstall’s index, but it is noticeable that Saltonstall’s five
short Latin introductory poems contain at least 18 false quantities,
and that he was a commoner of Queen’s college without ever
matriculating or taking his degree. See 1633 G.

Impr. 145: 1634: (eights) sm. 4^o: pp. [16] + 761 + [35]: p. 11 beg.
_Dico igitur_, 501 _lis, posterior_: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p.
(1) title: (3–6) epistle dedicatory to Thomas Zamoyscius, dated
“Calissii [Kalisch] ... 15 Augusti 1616”: (6) an imprimatur dated 24
June 1616: (7–16) “Index disputationum et quæstionum ...”: 1–761, the
work in two parts (the second part has a bastard title, with no
imprint, but date only): (2–35) “Index rerum præcipuarum ...”.

Reissued at Oxford in 1658. The first edition appeared in two volumes
at Ingolstadt in 1618, the year of the death of the author, who was a
Pole by birth. The subject is treated in scholastic style by
_quaestiones_.

Impr. 142: 1634: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [20] + 194 + [14] + 93 + [3]: pp.
11 beg. _kind^e. A third_, and _unto fresh Rivers_: Pica Roman.
Contents:—p. (1) title, within double lines: (3–14) Epistle dedicatory
to lady Elizabeth Basset, dated “Barstable ... 1609. Januarie 1 ...”,
signed “Ricard Smyth”: (15–16) “The Contents ...”: (17–20) “The
sinners counsell to his Soule”, a poem: 1–194, the work: (3) a title,
within double lines:—“HERACLITVS: | OR | MEDITATIONS | _Vpon the
vanitie and mi_⸗|_serie of humane life_; | First written in French by
| that excellent Scholler and | admirable divine _Peter Du_ | _Moulin_
Minister of the sa-|cred Word in the reformed | Church of Paris_:_ |
_And translated into English_ | _by_ R. S. _Gentleman_ | [two
_lines_]”, impr. 142: (5–8) Epistle dedicatory by the translator to
his father “S. F. S.”: (9–14) “The author’s Epistle dedicatory to the
Lady Anne of Rohan, ...”, signed “Peter Du Moulin”: 1–93, the work.

For the first work see 1612 S, of which this is a simple reprint.
Twenty-seven Richard Smiths took their degree at Oxford between 1550
and 1609, and the author of this book has not yet been identified
among them.

The second work, which is necessarily linked to the first by the
signatures, though not covered by the titlepage, is a reprint of 1609
D. No doubt the reprinter of these works thought the two R. S.s
identical, but they are in all probability not, the translator of
Molinaeus being Robert Stafford.

Impr. 72_a_: 1634: (eights) 12^o: pp. [8] + 67 + [5]: p. 11 beg. _1.
Excommunicationem_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double
lines: (3–7) Epistola dedicatoria to Charles and Philip sons of the
earl of Pembroke: 1–67, the work: (1) “Errata”.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 274. The matter is arranged
in a kind of logical order and disposed in divisions and subdivisions.
Both the dedicatees matriculated at Exeter College in 1632.

Impr. 95_a_: 1634: eights 16^o: pp. [8] + 79 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _bes
vel habebis_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3) dedication to
archbp. Laud: (5–6) “Iuventuti academicæ Iurisprudentiæ studiosæ”,
“Dat. ex Aulâ Alban. Pridie Cal. Iunij 1634.”: (7–8) list of divisions
of the work: 1–79, the work: (1) note of a natural continuation of the
book, in Latin.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, iii. 511: the author was principal of St.
Alban hall and, as the title indicates, Juris Civilis Professor
Regius. Wood’s reference to a 1636 8^o edition of this book may be due
to a confusion between it and the ©Elementa Jurisprudentiae© by the
same author.

1635.

Impr. 152: 1635: sm. 4^o: pp. [16], signn. A-B^4: sign. B1^r beg. 15
_Whether hath_: Pica English. Contents:—sign. A1^r, title: A2^r, the
oath: A2^v, the charge: A3^r, directions: A3^v-B3^r, the articles, in
three divisions: B3^v, directions about Recusants, &c.

Impr. 149: 1635: (eights) sm. 4^o: pp. [16] + 272 + [16] + 286 + [2] +
4 folded leaves, see below: pp. 11 beg. _Eearth & Water_, and
_teration next_, 111 2. _The position_, and _monstrated in_: Pica
Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–5) dedication, as in 1625: (6–13)
“... Contents of each Chapter of the first Booke ...”: (15–16) “To my
Booke”, a poem: 1–272, the first book: (1–2) not seen: (3) a
title:—GEOGRAPHIE | THE SECOND | BOOKE. | CONTAINING | the generall
Topicall | part thereof, | By NATHANAEL CARPENTER, Fellow of | Exceter
Colledge in Oxford. | [_line_, then _motto_, then woodcut, and Impr.
149]”: (5–7) dedication, as in 1625: (9–16) “A table of the ...
Contents of the second Booke ...”: 1–286, the second book: (1–2) not
seen. There should be four tables as in the 1625 edition, and there
are numerous woodcut diagrams in the text.

See Wood’s ©Ath Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, ii. 422, and 1625 C. The signatures
of the two parts are in a certain sense independent, but indicate
essential connexion.

Impr. 95 _a_: 1635: sm. 4^o: pp. [28] + 105 + [8] + 160 [“159”] + [1]:
p. 11 beg. 13. _Great rumor_, and 15. _With that they_: English Roman
italic and Pica English. Contents:—p. (1) title, within arched border:
(3–6) dedication to Patricius Junius (Patrick Young) the King’s
librarian, by sir Francis Kinaston: (7–8) not seen, probably blank:
(9–12) “Candido Lectori Franciscus Kinaston ...”, dated “Ex Aulâ Albâ
Regiâ [Whitehall] xiii Calendarum Decembris, ... CIↃ D cxxxiiii”:
(13–28) complimentary Latin and English poems: 2–105, the first book,
Latin on the verso of each leaf, English on the recto: (2–7)
dedication to John Rouse, Bodley’s librarian, by Kinaston: 1–159 (“21”
repeated after “24”), the second book.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, iii. 38. The Latin translation is in a
singular rhythmical rhyming metre, essentially decasyllabic iambics,
but with an extra unaccented syllable at end, and with certain
licences in revolving a long syllable into two short. The rhymes are
_ababbcc_. The first two lines for example are “Dolorem Troili
duplicem narrare | Qui Priami Regis Trojæ fuit gnatus.” This appears
to be by far the earliest translation of any part of Chaucer into
another language. Part of a commentary on the piece by sir F. Kinaston
was printed in 1796. The English part is in black-letter, the Latin in
italic Roman. One of the complimentary poems is in would-be Chaucerian
style. The collation of this book is difficult: but probably it is
this:—signn. A, †, *^4, **^2, ( )^1, B-Z, Aa-Nn^4: †1-**^2 is matter
foisted in, which prevented the true fourth leaf of sign. A from
forming, as it should, the first leaf of the Latin translation (pp.
1–2 of the 1st book). Accordingly one of two plans was adopted: either
the 4th leaf of sign. A was torn off, and a new 4th leaf inserted
where the translation begins (which seems to have been usually done,
and which gives the collation above, assuming the existence at one
time of an A4): or the torn-off fourth leaf was itself awkwardly
pasted on to sign. 2**.

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