Chapter XII: Part 12

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Impr. 126: 1635: sm. 4^o: pp. [16] + 404: p. 11 beg. _the Prince of_,
301 _that it was_: English Roman. Contents:—(p. 1) title: (3–16) “To
the Reader”: 1–15, the treatise on justifying faith: 17–189, “A
defence of the former treatise ... against the answer of N. B.”: 191,
a title:—[two _lines_] | OF | THE FAITH | OF | INFANTS, | AND HOW THEY
ARE | Iustified and Saued. | [_line_] | _By the late Reuerend and
Learned Diuine_ | _Master_ Iohn Downe, _Bachelour of_ | _Diuinity, and
sometimes Fellow_ | _of Emanuell Colledge_ | _in Cambridge._ |
[_woodcut_, then impr. 126]: 193–210, the treatise: 211, a
title:—[_line_] | 211 | [_line_] | NOT CONSENT | OF FATHERS | BVT |
SCRIPTVRE | THE GROVND OF FAITH. | [_line_] | _Written by the occasion
of a conference had_ | _with_ M. Bayly, _by the late Reuerend_ | _and
Learned Diuine, Master_ Iohn | Downe, _Bachelour of Diuinity_, | _and
sometimes Fellow of_ | _Emanuell Colledge_ | _in Cambridge._ |
[_woodcut_, then impr. 126.]: 213–272, the treatise: 263–290, “Of
sitting and kneeling at the Communion”: 291–296, “How S. Paul and S.
Iames are to bee reconciled in the matter of Iustification”: 297–309,
“... of the Creed ...”: 310–315, “A short Catechisme”: 316–320,
“Peccatum formaliter & propriè non esse infinitum, exercitatio
aduersus N.”: 321–325, “Of choice of meats and Abstinence”: 326–355,
“An answer unto certaine reasons for Separation”: 356–365, “Of vowes
and specially that of virginity”: 366–369, “A letter” of consolation:
371–376, “The blessed Virgin Mary is truly Deipara, the Mother of
God”: 377–404, religious poems and translations in verse, including a
translation of Muretus’s Institution for Children.

See Wood’s ©Fasti Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, i. 287, where London is probably
an error for Oxford: and 1633 D. This is a new set of treatises by
Downe. The introduction to the first piece gives an amusing account of
the controversy with Baxter.

5. ¬Downeham¬, George. THE | ¤CHRISTIANS¤ | FREEDOME, | Wherein is fully expressed the | Doctrine of ¤CHRISTIAN | LIBERTIE¤. | _By the R^{t.} Reuerend Father in God_, | ¤GEORGE DOWNEHAM¤, | _Doctor of Diuinity and_ | _L^d. B^p. of Derry_. | [_woodcuts._]

Impr. 154: 1635: (eights) 12^o: pp. [8] + 156 + [4] + 80, and one
folded leaf: pp. 11 begg. _of righteousnesse_, and _In the new_, 101
_euen by_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double lines:
(3–7) “To the ... Reader ...”: 1–156, the work, in 26 sections: 1–23,
7 additional sections: 25–76, “The necessity of handling the question
concerning Christian Libertie”: 76–80, “A Prayer”.

For the author see Wood’s ©Fasti Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, i. 255: see 1636
D. The words underlined in the above title are in red ink, as well as
“Oxford,” and “William Webb.” in the imprint. A folded leaf should
follow the introductory matter containing “The Table” of the 26
sections. The signatures show that pp. 1–24, 25–76 in the second part
are genuine additions, but genuinely part of the book.

6. ——. THE ¤CHRISTIAN¤S FREEDOME | [&c., precisely as the preceding article, except that “THE SECOND EDITION” is added as a new line after “_Derry_.”]

Impr. &c., precisely as the preceding article.

A simple reissue of the sheets of the first edition, room for the
additional words on the title being found by slightly depressing the
woodcuts. Perhaps the folded “table” was not issued with the second
edition. Some copies have the date 1636.

Impr. 150: 1635: sm. 4^o: pp. [6] + 28 + [2]: p. 11 beg. _demand_,
Πρυτανεῖα: English Roman. Contents: p. (1) title: (3–5) Epistle
dedicatory to sir Lewis Watson, dated “Saltry All-Saints ... Iuly 30.
1633”: 1–28, the Sermon, on Luke xviii. 3.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, ii. 611. Sir L. Watson was the
author’s patron.

Impr. 68: 1635: (sixes) folio: pp. [16] + 906 + [2]: p. 11 beg.
_tation of dangerous_, 701 _wrongs of the Court_: Pica Roman.
Contents:—_precisely_ as 1628 F, omitting the Errata on p. (15).

See 1628 F, of which this appears to be a verbatim reprint.

9. ¬Hakewill¬, George. AN | APOLOGIE [&c., precisely as 1630 H, except in l. 11 of this 3rd edition, PER-, not PER=, in l. 12 PETUALL AND UNIVERSALL, in l. 13 SIX, not FOVRE: in l. 1 of the italic type, _preparatives_, and the line ends with _thereunto_: in l. 7 _testimonie_, _use_, and the line ends at _which we_. After l. 8 (_consideration thereof_) follows:—] _The fifth and sixth are spent in answering Objections made since the second impression._ | [_line_] | By GEORGE HAKEWILL Doctour of | Divinitie and Archdeacon of _Surrey_. | [_line_] | _The third Edition revised, and in sundry passages and whole Sections augmented by_ | _the Authour; besides the addition of two entire bookes not formerly published._ | [_motto._] [There is also a London title, see below.]

Impr. 68: 1635: (sixes) la. 8^o: pp. [52] + 606 + [10] + 378 + [42]:
pp. 11 beg. _dan, and Scaliger_ and _dence doth worke_, 501 _of
right_: English Roman. Contents:—(1–11), as 1630 H, except that p. (6)
is blank: (13–22) “the preface”: (23) “An Advertisement to the Reader
occasioned by this third impression”: (24–30) testimonies to the book
and author: (31–45) “The contents ...”: (46–49) about sesterces: (50)
extract from Boethius, with translation: (51) “An index of the tables
added ...”: 1–606, the work, bks. 1–4: (3–6) controversial letters of
bp. G(odfrey) G(oodman) and dr. Hakewill: (7–8) two encouragements to
the author: 1–378, the works, bks. 5–6: (1–24) index to bks. 1–4:
(25–30) index to bks. 5–6: (31–35) authors quoted: (36–42) texts
quoted: (42) “Errata”.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 256, and 1627 H. The engraved
title is identical with that of 1630 H, with the date altered. Books
5–6 appear in this edition for the first time, the former being
chiefly directed against bp. Goodman’s ©Fall of man© (Lond. 1616) as
reasserted at greater length in about 1630 by the author, whose
arguments are printed in the course of this book.

Impr. 82: 1635: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 40 + 34 + [2]: pp. 11 begg.
_condition of_, and _hast given them_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (3)
title, within double lines: 1–34, the first sermon, on Ex. xx. 21:
1–40, the second sermon on 1 Cor. i. 12.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 438. The signatures would
suggest that the Sermon on 1 Cor. i. 12 was the Act-Sermon, but all
copies seem to be bound as above, and the prefixing of the Act Sermon
may have been an after-thought. There is nothing in the sermons
themselves to settle the point!

Impr. 154: 1635: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [24] + 209 + [7]: p. 11 beg.
_shew, as_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (9) title: (11–24) author’s
Epistle dedicatory to his father Henry: 1–208, the observations: 209,
“An aduertisement to the Reader”, not seen.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 927, where other editions are
mentioned, some with extended range of subject. The words underlined
in the above title are printed in red, as well as “Oxford” and
“William Webb.” in the imprint. The signatures of the prefatory matter
are peculiar: as four blank leaves precede the title, these were
neglected and the leaf following the title bears *2 instead of *6, no
others having any printed signature.

Impr. 151: 1635: (fours) la. 8^o: pp. [30] + 393 + [11]: p. 11 beg.
_sponsum est_, 301 _vetus Anna_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title,
within border and double lines: (3) dedication to the memory of James
i: (5–29) “Præfatio”: 1–393, the work, in 11 Apparatuses: (1)
“Errata”, a long list: (2–11) “Index”.

The author, a Cambridge man, though at this time bp. of Chichester
(1628–38), signs the dedication as “R. M. humillimus Ecclesiæ
Cicestrensis Minister”. This work discusses pre-Christian antiquities,
as preparations (apparatus) to the Life of Christ which is the subject
of the same author’s ©Origines Ecclesiasticæ© (tom. i, 2 parts, Lond.
1636, 1640). The underlined words in the above title are printed in
red, as well as “Oxoniæ,” in the imprint. A copy was presented by the
author to Henry Spelman on 4 Sept. 1635.

13. *†¬Oxford¬, University. ... ENCYCLOPÆDIA

{ Seu ORBIS LITERA⸗ RVM provt in florentissimâ iam et omnium
planè celeberrimâ
[_device_]
{ ACADEMIA OXONI⸗ ENSI singulis Terminis publicè in
Scholis auditoribus proponuntur

No imprint, but Oxford (?), 1635 (?): (one) la. 4^o. Contents:—p. (1)
the Encyclopædia.

This is a fine sheet, engraved by “T. Cecill” on metal, 16–3/16 ×
16–1/16 in. In the upper part there is a dedication of “hæc
Encyclopædia et Synopsis Statutorum” to archbp. Laud. A large series
of concentric circular spaces fill the centre, each divided into a
left hand and right hand half:—counting from the centre (a sun), (1)
days of the week, (2) hours of the day, (3) subjects, (4) explanation
of the next circle, (5) List of proper audience and books for each
lecture: (6) explanation of the next circle, (7) lists of fines for
absent professors and absent audience: in the four corners are notes,
one of which supplies another title for the sheet, namely “Cyclus
Prælectorum ... ex Corpore Statutorum depromptus et delineatus ...”.
Some copies (issued in 1638, see below) have a small printed label
“Iovis” pasted over “Martis”, or else the plate itself altered to
“Iovis”, in the note that Easter Term ends on the _Tuesday_ before
Pentecost, and a longer slip pasted at the foot containing a note
about the teaching of Arabic and Medicine.

The chart is usually found folded and pasted in the 1638 edition of
the abridged Statutes: but a copy in the University Archives is pasted
_between_ the two columns of the 1635 ©Synopsis Statutorum©, which in
combination with the dedication quoted above suggests that it was
first issued in 1635, a natural year for it, when the interest in the
new Code of Statutes was fresh. There is nothing to suggest that it
was printed away from Oxford. The device in the title is a well-made
representation of the University arms with the motto “Sapientiæ et
felicitatis”.

Thomas Crossfield of Queen’s certainly edited the 1638 ©Statuta
selecta©, and may have issued the ©Synopsis© (which is in his style),
and possibly therefore the ©Encyclopædia©. At any rate he took the
plate of the ©Encyclopædia© and used it in 1638. It is in his own copy
of the ©Statuta selecta© that the altered plate is found (see above);
and the note about Arabic and Medicine is there in his own handwriting
preceded by a ☛, just as in the printed slip.

14. ——. _SYNOPSIS SEV EPITOME STATVTORVM_, | _Eorum præsertim, quæ Iuventuti Academ._ Oxon: _maximè_ | _expedit pro Doctrinâ & Moribus habere cognita._ |

Impr. 153: 1635: (one) folio: pp [2]: 2nd col. beg. _Tempus ad
Gradus_: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) the Synopsis, in two
columns.

These are extracts from the newly printed Corpus Statutorum, for the
use of junior members of the University, but the fuller edition in
book form first issued in 1638 (which see,) was taken as the model for
all succeeding issues. The title heads the first column, and the
colophon ends the 2nd. See the preceding article, for possible
authorship.

Persius. The statement by Wood (©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 523) that there is a 1635 _Oxford_ edition of Barten Holyday’s translation of Persius, which deceived Brüggemann, is erroneous: the edition referred to was printed at London.

Impr. 152 _a_: 1635: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 18 + [2]: p. 11 beg.
_Parishioners in_: Pica English. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3) the oath:
(4) the charge: 1–18, the 77 articles: 18, a direction: (1–2) not
seen.

Impr. 73: 1635: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 208: p. 11 beg. _App. Appianus
Alexand._: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4)
“Bibliothecarius lectori”: 1–208, the work.

See 1620 J. This is Rouse’s new edition of the little Appendix to the
1620 edition of the Catalogue. The MSS. are still mixed with the
printed books. The preface shows that Verneuil’s book, see below in
this year, could be regarded as a part of this work, though formally
distinct. Rouse’s name does not occur, but is necessarily inferred
from the preface.

Impr. 73: 1635: sm. 4^o: pp. 55 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _Rab. Maurus_: Long
Primer Roman. Contents:—p. 3, title: 4, a preface: 5–55, the work.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 222. This is an anonymous and
much enlarged edition of pp. 163–179 of James’s Bodleian Catalogue
(Oxf. 1605): made by John Verneuil sublibrarian. The preface mentions
a pirated edition of this book, made without the knowledge of the
authorities of the Library, but no copy seems to be known. See
_Rouse_, above in this year.

See 1607 W. This appears to be a reprint of the 4th edition.

1636.

Impr. 151: 1636: sm. 4^o: pp. 24 + 23 + [1]: pp. 11 begg. _De
prædestinatione_, and _gendis sacris_: English Roman. Contents:—p. 1,
title: 3–24, the Articles: 24, “Confirmatio Articulorum”: 1,
half-title: 2, list of Canons: 3–23, the Canons: (1) “¶ Forma
sententiæ excommunicationis.”

Impr. 153: 1636: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [14] + 100 + [2]: p. 11 beg.
_Fregit, & Auroræ_: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within
double lines: (3–6) dedication to prince (afterwards king) Charles,
from the 1615 ed.: (7–12) a Latin poem in Charles’s honour, _beg._
“Fama per attonitas”: 1–33, the poems, bk. 1: 34, “Ad benevolum
Lectorem”: 35, a title:—“IOANNIS | BARCLAII | POEMATVM | LIBER II. |
[_two lines_, then _woodcut_, then _two lines_]”, with impr. 87_a_:
37–66, the poems, bk. 2: 67–97 “Tumulus ... Gustavi Adolphi ...” a
poem, by C. B.: 98–100, five short Latin poems, signed at end “H. G.”

This appears to be a reprint of the 1615 (London) edition, with the
addition of the poem on pp. 64–100. The signatures indicate that pp.
67-end are an addition to the original book, but a catchword on p. 66
shows that the two parts are not independent. Only these two
(separate) editions of Barclay’s Poems were published: the author died
in 1621.

Impr. 152: 1636: sm. 4^o: pp. [12], signn. A^4, B^2: sign. B1^2 beg.
_And returne_: Pica Roman. Contents:—sign. A1^r, title, within double
lines and woodcuts: A2^r-B2^r, the speeches and songs.

Rare. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 1010, where will be
found an interesting account of Bushell’s discovery of a peculiar rock
at Enstone near Oxford, and of the ceremonies with which it was
presented to the Queen. The speeches and songs, presented by a hermit,
the author himself, Echo, &c., were set to music by Simon Ive (see
sign. B2^r).

4. ¬Carpenter¬, Nathanael. PHILOSOPHIA | LIBERA, | [&c., exactly as 1622 C, omitting a comma in ll. 5, 7, and with “nova”, “Carpentario”, “Collegii”, and “| Editio tertia, correctior |”]

Impr. 159: 1636: [&c., precisely as 1622 C, except that the first leaf
and the last two leaves have not been seen, p. 111 beg. _substantiali.
At nullam_, and the title is within a line.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, ii. 421, and 1622 C, of which this
is an almost exact reprint. Some copies bear the date 1637.

Downeham, George. See 1635 D.

5. ¬Felix¬, Marcus Minucius. M. MINVCII | FELICIS | OCTAVIVS. | [_device._]

Impr. 69: 1636: (twelves) 24^o: pp. [8] + 129 + [7]: p. 11 beg. _bere,
quàm_, 111 _dicimus, non_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title within
two bounding lines, [&c. precisely as 1631 F.]

See 1627 F: this seems to be a reprint of 1631 F.

Impr. 155: 1636: twelves 24^o: pp. [8] + 165 + [19]: p. 11 beg. _to
heare both_, 111 _reputed Gods_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title:
(3–6) epistle dedicatory to lady Cotton: (7–8) “To the Reader”: 1–165,
the work: (2–12) three religious poems, “A Good Friday thought”, “A
Christmasse Caroll” (_beg._ “Since now the jolly season’s by”), “A
Hymn on Christs ascension”.

Scarce. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, ii. 630.

Extracted for the most { Sacred Scriptures, }
part out of the { Ancient Fathers, } And some moderne
{ Christian Poets. }

Impr. 156: 1636: (eights) 12^o: pp. [8] + 80: p. 11 beg. _If he in
time_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, (3–5) “To the Devote
Author ...” a poem signed “Hen. Beesely _A.M. A.A._”: (7)
Complimentary poem to the author by Steph. Haxby of Cambridge: 1–47,
the Blessed Birthday, a poem: 48 “Votum Authoris ad Iesum ...”: 49–80,
the Transportations, 16 poems.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, ii. 607. This is a reprint of the
first edition, see 1634 F, with some additions and the omission of the
poem before the second part. It is this second issue which Dr. Grosart
reprinted in 1881 in Fitz-Geffrey’s ©Poems©.

Impr. 161: 1636: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [26] + 336: p. 11 beg. _wore,
being_, 301 _more luckie_: Pica Roman. Contents:—(1–2) not seen: (3)
engraved title, inserted: (5–10) Epistle dedicatory to George marquis
of Buckingham, signed “Philanactophil”: (11–19), “To the Reader”:
(20–24) “The preface of Lucius Florus”: (25–26) not seen: 1–336, the
Histories: 336 “The end of the foure Bookes of the Roman Histories ...
translated into English by E.M.B. Soli Deo gloria”.

The translator of this work, which first appeared in English at London
in 1618, was Edmund (Maria) Bolton. The present edition was printed in
London but published at Oxford, and the title is the engraved one of
1618, by Simon Pass, displaying in the upper centre a Roman, in the
lower centre the title, an eagle at top, and symbols and letterpress
about, and altered in the imprint only. The collation assumes that a
sheet of ten leaves could not be printed and that a blank leaf is
needed before and after the prefatory matter: the title is on an
inserted leaf. This edition was issued after the translator’s death,
and seems not to be entered in the London Stationers Company’s
Registers.

Impr. 153: 1636: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [12] + 256 + [40] + 136: pp. 11
begg _Cruciatus_, and _hæc nostra_, 111 _Cap. vi_, and _tur. Paulus_:
Pica and (2nd part) Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–10)
“Veritatis evangelicæ studiosis ...”, dated “_Lug. Batav._ in Collegio
Theolog. Ill. DD. Ord. _Holl_ & _Westf._ 8. _Kal. Sept._ An. Chri. CIↃ
IↃ cxviı. Ger. Ioannides Vossius, _Coll. Regens_”: (11–12) “Lectori”
by the unnamed editor: 1–219, the Defensio: 220–256 Testimonia
veterum: (1–16) an index in order of contents: (17) a bastard title to
the second part, with impr. 87 _a_, and date: (19–35) “Præfatio”,
signed “Ger. Ioannides Vossiun ...”: (37–40) “Lectori” by the editor:
1–136, the Responsio.

The two previous editions of Grotius’s work were issued at Leyden in
1617, while Vossius’s ©Responsio© was published at the same place in
1618. Words underlined in the above title are in red ink, as are also
“Oxoniæ,” and “MDCXXXVI” in the imprint. N is omitted in the series of
signatures.

Impr. 158: 1636: (eights) sm. 4^o: pp. [20] + 808 + [4]: p. 11 beg.
1. _First then_, 701 _dates, or Vindelici_: Pica Roman.
Contents:—(precisely as 1633 H, except that the title is within
double lines, instead of an arched border, and that every leaf has
been seen.)

See 1621 H. This is a reprint, almost line for line, of 1633 H. The
copy seen had a folded table of climes as in the 1625 edition, after
p. 228.

Impr. 68 _d_: 1636: (eights) 12^o: pp. [74] + 130 + [36]: p. 11 beg.
_comprehenderunt_, 111 _Sic Ovid_: Long Primer Roman and English.
Contents:—p. (1), title: (2) royal arms, with “C.R.”: (3–8) “¶ To the
Reader, &c.”: (9) about letters: (10) two prayers: (11–70) a Latin
grammar in English: (71–2) Latin poem by Will. Lily: (73) a title
within a line and border:—“Brevissima | institutio, | _Seu_ | Ratio
Grammatices | cognoscendæ, ad omni-|um puerorum utilita-|tem
præscripta: _Quam solam Regia Majestas_ | _in omnibus Scholis
do-_|_cendam præcipit_. | [_line, woodcut, line_]”, with impr. 72 _c_:
(74) arms of the University, &c.: 1–130, a Latin grammar, syntax and
prosody, in Latin: (1–30) “Omnium nominum ... ac verborum
interpretatio ...”: (31–3) four Latin poems, including graces: (34)
woodcut picture of the tree of knowledge, and students gathering the
fruit.

This is the first Latin grammar printed at Oxford since 1518, and is
issued “Cum Privilegio.” The grammar itself was already, in its Latin
form, more than a hundred years old, and many editions of it had been
printed. Other Oxford editions were issued at least in 1651, 1672–3,
1675, 1679, 1687, 1692, 1699, 1709, 1714, 1733. For William Lily see
Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, i. 32. The signatures connect the two
parts of the book.

The importance of this issue is considerable. In consequence of
disputes between John Lichfield and Turner, archbp. Laud’s attention
had been called to the state of printing at Oxford, and the absence of
any such printing privileges as were possessed by Cambridge. A charter
of privileges was accordingly obtained, dated 12 Nov. 1632, confirmed
and amplified by another dated 13 March 1632/3. These allowed the
University to print Bibles, Prayerbooks, Grammars, Almanacs, &c.,
which had till then been the monopolies of the London Stationers’
Company and the University Press at Cambridge. No Bibles or
Prayerbooks were issued at Oxford till 1675, but this Grammar and
three Almanacs (see 1637 B, C, and W.) raised the standard of revolt
against monopoly. On 20 March 1636/7 the Stationers’ Company agreed to
pay the University £200 a year, if it would agree not to issue the
classes of books in question, and no further difficulties arose till
after the Restoration.

Impr. 112_a_: 1636: (eights) 12^o: pp. [42] + 176 + [2] + 117 + [1]
and one folded plate: pp. 11 beg. ἐκ τοῦ φοβεροῦ, and _qui Geometriæ_:
Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (3) engraved title, see below: (5–10)
“Iuventuti Academicæ”, signed “Gerardus Langbaine”, the editor:
(11–24) complimentary Latin pieces by Gabriel de Petra, the author of
the Latin translation and notes, 1610, and others: (24–42) three Latin
prefatory pieces, about Longinus: a folded oblong 16mo sheet bearing a
Diagramma or synopsis of the subject: 1, extract from Suidas about
Longinus: 2–161, the treatise in Greek and (on the verso of each leaf)
Latin, with marginal notes: 162–176, (1–2) Συνόψεις, further notes:
1–117, (1) “Notarum auctarium” with a critical preface, and (on p. 20)
an engraving: ending with a Latin poem on the death of Thomas
“Wethereld” (Wetherell) of Queen’s college Oxford.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 446, and 1638 L. The first
part of this volume to the end of the Συνόψεις except Langbaine’s
preface, is a reprint of the 1612 (Geneva) edition by Gabriel de
Petra: the notes are Langbaine’s first published work. The engraved
title by William Marshall is from a metal plate, displaying Hermes, an
eagle, Phaethon, &c., round the title: and is an inserted leaf.
Signatures O and P are run into one. The date on the title appears to
be that of the engraving, but as it was altered in the 2nd edition,
though the plate is practically identical, it may be taken as the date
of the book also.

Impr. 152: 1636: sm. 4^o: pp. 31 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _Tom. Vellow_:
Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. 1, title, within a border of woodcuts
between lines: 3, dedication to the queen: 5–30, the masque.

Rare. The introduction explains that the Masque was almost impromptu
as concerns the speaking, the dances in which Prince Charles took a
share being the important part. They were composed by Simon Hopper and
the music by Charles Coleman. Most of the written part is in the
Wiltshire dialect “because most of the interlocutors were _Wilshire_
men.”

Impr. 151 _a_: 1636: sm. 4^o: pp. [92], signn. a, aa^4, aaa^2, aaaa,
a-d^4, e^2, A-C^4, D^2, and a folded leaf: sign. b1^r beg. _Diva
paris_, B1^r _From the wombs_: English Roman. Contents:—sign. a1^r,
title: a2^r-e2^v, Latin poems: A1^r-D1^v, English poems to the queen:
D2^r “The Printers vote”, an English poem by Leonard Lichfield.

Poems by members of the University of Oxford on the birth of Princess
Elizabeth, 28 Dec. 1635: in number about 142, of which 31 are English,
8 Greek, 2 Hebrew and 1 French. The number of English, and their
separation from the rest is a mark of change. Most copies want the
folded sheet (about 11 × 6 in.), which contains an engraved picture of
a crown on a board supported at the four corners by a prince, two
princesses and an infant in a cradle, all upon a large pedestal.
Beneath are six Latin verses, beginning “Quam stabilis Quadrata,” and
then “Ita augustissimo Domino suo vovet humillima ancilla Acad. Oxon.”
Curiously the engraving cannot possibly be correct, since the place of
prince James is taken by a female figure! Perhaps for this reason the
plate was soon suppressed: it is certainly now very rarely found.

Impr. 151_b_: 1636: sm. 4^o: pp. [100], see below: p. (11) beg. _Non
habeo_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within a border of
woodcuts: (3–100) the poems.

These are poems by members of the University of Oxford to celebrate
the birth of the princess Anne, born 17 Mar. 1636/7 (died Dec. 1640).
About two-thirds of the verses are to the king, chiefly in Latin (nine
in Greek, one in Hebrew), the rest to the queen in English (two in
French): there is one chronogram. The make-up of ordinary copies of
the volume is extraordinary: there are no pages or signatures, but if
A-O represent the sections the collation would be as follows, the
figures in brackets indicating the mark affixed to the first page of
some sections in the place where the pagination would naturally have
been printed:—A^1, B^4, C^4 (1), D^4 (2), E^4 (3), F^4 (4), G^4 (6),
H^4 (66: on 2nd leaf, 8). I^4 (5), K^1, L^4 (2), M^4, N^4 (1), O^4
(3)! The last page contains a poem by the printer, Leonard Lichfield.
I have seen a copy in which a leaf following the title bore a printed
Latin poem beginning “Quæ Te Mascula” referring to an emblem in
diamond form displaying three lilies and two small and one large lion;
which emblem occurs in a pen-and-ink drawing in the above copy on an
inserted leaf preceding the title.

Impr. 154: 1636: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 39 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _there is a_:
English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) dedication to sir Francis
Pile, “From Ludgershall. Dec. 17. 1635”: 1–39, the sermon, on Is.
lvii. 1–2.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 26. The dedication to the son
shows that Parsons had known the father for 20 years.

Impr. 160: 1636: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [16] + 54 + 127 + [1] + 62 + [4]:
pp. 11 beg. _lat._ 3. 13, and _shrewd grudgings_, and _vnto you what_:
Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (14) title: 3–11 Epistle dedicatory to lord
Digby, dated “Shirburn. Iul. 7. 1630”, by the editor William Lyford:
(12–16) “To the reader” by W. Lyford: 1–54, sermon on 1 Cor. xvi. 22:
1–66, 67–127, two sermons on Eph. vi. 24: (1), 1–62, (1), sermon on
Luke xiv. 26.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, ii. 475, and 1630 P.

18. ¬Prideaux¬, John. “©Twenty Sermons.© Oxon 1636 qu.” [Bodl. 4to. P. 50. Th.]

So in Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 268. There may have been a
collected edition with some such title issued in 1636: but probably
Wood refers to a collection without a general title, as contained in
40^o P. 50 Th. (a reference added however to Wood’s ©Athenæ© by dr.
Bliss). For a real titlepage to the collection of twenty sermons and
for details of the separate sermons, all of which are dated 1636, see
1637 P.

Impr. 153_a_: 1636: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [24] + 156 + [24]: p. 11 beg.
_interpositionem_, 111 _riosos interemit_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p.
(1) title, within double lines: (3–12) dedication to Hieronymus
Voeglerus, dated “Ex arce Gottorpiana V. Kal. Augusti CIↃ IↃ CX. T.
Ioan. VVouwerus”: (13–23) “... Prolegomena”: 24 “Errata”: 1–124, the
work in 28 chapters: 124–154, Dousa’s Declamatio: 154–156, Dousa’s “In
eandem rem Carmen”: (1–4) “Index auctorum”: (5–22) “Rerum memorabilium
Index.”

This appears to be a reprint of the first (1610) edition omitting the
Elenchus Capitum and adding Dousa’s Essay. The work is a fanciful
treatment of the subject of shadow.

Impr. 157: 1636: sm. 4^o: pp. [12] + 145 + [7] + 51 + [7] + 60 + [2]:
pp. 11 beg. _pars secunda, pars secunda_, and _riæ ex fructibus_: Pica
Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double lines separated by
woodcuts: (3–4) dedication to archbp. Laud, signed “Ric. Zouchæus”:
(5–7) “Iuventuti iurisprudentiæ studiosæ”, dated “ex Aulâ Alban.
Pridie Calend. Aug. 1636”: (9–12) list of parts and sections of the
book: 1–145 the work: (2) a title, within lines:—“DESCRIPTIO | IVRIS &
IVDICII | TEMPORALIS | SECVNDVM CON-|SVETUDINES FEV-|_DALES ET_ |
_Normannicas_”. | [_line_, _device_, _line_, and impr. 157]: (4–6)
list of parts &c.: 1–51, the work: (2) a title, within
lines:—DESCRIPTIO | _JVRIS_ & _JVDICII_ | ECCLESIASTICI | SECVNDVM
CANONES | _& CONSTITUTIONES_ | _Anglicanas_. [_line_, _device_,
_line_, and impr. 157]: (4–7) list of parts, &c.: 1–60, the work: (1)
note of parts still wanting to the complete treatise, and “Errata”.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 511. This is a reissue and
enlargement of 1629 Z and 1634 Z, carrying the scheme further: it was
completed in 1640 and 1650, and several parts have been reprinted. The
signatures weld the three parts of the present volume into one.

⁂ The Almanacs by Booker and Wyberd, which bear 1637 on the titlepage, and are treated under that year, may have been issued late in 1636.

1637.

Impr. 119: 1637: sm. 4^o: pp. [2] + 16 + [2]: p. 11 beg. _To the sad_:
Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (2) Τοῦ Παλλαδᾶ εἰς Θάνατον, a
four-line Greek epigram, beg. Σῶμα πάθος ψυχῆς: 1–16, English poems,
five by T. Barlow, seven by relations and friends.

Rare. Barlow’s second poem describes his dream of his father’s death
at the very time of its occurrence, though he did not know of the
illness. The impression was strong enough to wake him.

Impr. 98: 1637: (eights) 12^o: pp. [8] + 72: p. 11 beg.
_quibuscumque_: Pica Roman. Contents:—pp. (1–2) not seen: (3) title:
(5–8) dedication to the University of Oxford: 1–72, the work.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, ii. 624. This is not a formal grammar, but rather a discussion of the resemblances and differences of the languages treated in points of grammar and syntax.

Impr. 171: 1637: (eights) 16^o: pp. (48), signn. A-C^8: sign. B1^r
beg. _Saturne doth_: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—sign. A1^r title,
within border: A1^v-A4^r, preliminary notes: A4^v-B8^r, the Almanac:
B8^v-C8^v, astrological notes and prognostications, with a chronogram.

John Booker was a prolific Almanac maker: his ©Almanac and
Prognostication© was issued from 1631 to 1649: his ©Celestial
Observations© from 1651 to 1662, and the ©Telescopium© from 1659 to
1676, but the dates may be capable of extension, and as Booker died in
1667, the ©Telescopium© must have been carried on by a successor under
his name. Only this one issue was printed at Oxford, since the
Stationers’ Company bought out the University’s right of printing this
and certain other kinds of book in March 1636/7, see 1636 L, and
_Booker_, _Wyberd_ below. The underlined words in the title are
printed in red, as well as much of the woodcut border (which bears the
signs of the zodiac, the royal arms, and an open book), the words
“Oxford,” “to the famous Universitie. 1637.” in the imprint, and many
words in the text. The same astrological woodcut occurs as in the
Wyberd, but in a more injured state, showing that Wyberd had
precedence in point of date. Booker’s Almanac for 1636 was printed at
Cambridge.

Impr. 162: 1637: (eights) 12^o: pp. [32] + folded sheet + 431 + [5] +
105 + [3] + 26: pp. 11 begg. _Sol. Prædicabilia_, and _Sect._ 11. _In
qua_ and 2. _In quo devehuntur_: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—[exactly
as 1631 B to p. 431, except “ê” for “e”, “Cal.” for “Calend.”: then:—]
p. (2) a title:—“TRACTATVS DVO, | _Quorum primus est_ | DE METEORIS. |
_Secundus_, DE OCVLO. | Quos scripsit olim eximius ille philosophus |
EDVARDuS BREREWOODuS: | _Restituit tandem, ab erroribus mendisque_ |
_vindicavit, & publici juris fecit_ | T.S. | Art. Mag. & Colleg.
_Ænea=Nasensis_ | Socius | [_woodcut_] |” with impr. 109, but no name
of place: (4) dedication as 1631 B: 1–83, De Meteoris: 84–105, De
Mari: (1–2) woodcut diagrams of the eye: (3) Index: 1–26, De Oculo.

See 1628 B, 1631 B (of which this is a reprint), Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©,
ed. Bliss, ii. 140. The signatures connect the two divisions of this
work.

Impr. 121: 1637: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [4] + 332 + [6] + 101 + [1]: pp.
11 beg. _strictiore quâdam_ and 2. _Natura est_, 211 _rem quærunt_:
Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) “Index Capitum & titulorum
...” to the Idea Phil. Mor.: 1–332, the Idea Philosophiae Moralis: (1)
title:—“FRANCONIS BuRGERSDICI | IDEA | PHILOSOPHIÆ | NATVRALIS: | SIVE
| Methodus definitionum & con[/]|troversiarum Physicarum. | _Editio
postrema._” [_woodcut_, then Impr. 121]: (3–4) “Philosophiæ
Studiosis”, signed “Franco Burgersdicius”: (5–6) “Tituli et Ordo
disputationum”: 1–101, the Idea Philosophiae Naturalis.

See 1631 B, of which this is almost a reprint, the order of the two
parts being reversed.

Impr. 168: 1637: (eights) sm. 4^o: pp. [12] + 889 + [1]: p. 13 beg.
_ad ea quæ_, 701 _alii prodesse_: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1)
title, within double lines: (3–11) “Index quæstionum”: (12)
“Typographus ad Lectores” and “Errata”: 1–889, the work in four books:
889, impr. 151.

This is perhaps the last separate edition of this work. Buridan, who
lived in the fourteenth century, was a disciple of the English
philosopher Occam.

Impr. 98_a_: 1637: la. 4^o, see below: pp. [6], see below: col. 1 beg.
1 _Verba vel Nomina_: English Roman. Contents, see below.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 675. These are three rare
sheets printed on the recto only and intended to be pasted together,
the two lower about 14 in. high by 18½ in. wide, the upper one about 7
× 18½ in. The two lower ones contain in five columns a Hebrew grammar
in nine divisions, the upper one “Chaldaismi & Syriacismi,” between
which is the title, and below them the preface “Lectori benevolo.” The
colophon is at the end of the last column. The underlined words in the
above title are in red, as well as a few other words, including a
chronogram.

8. ¬Carpenter¬, Nathanael. PHILOSOPHIA | LIBERA, | [&c.]: see 1636 C.

Clement of Rome. References to a supposed edition of Clemens Romanus in 1637, a reprint of the edition of 1633, are due to a confusion: the 1633 edition alone exists.

9. ¬Comenius¬, Johannes Amos (Komensky). CONATVVM | COMENIANORVM | PRAELVDIA | EX BIBLIOTHECA _S. H._ | [_device._]

Impr. 72: 1637: sm. 4^o: pp. [6] + 52 + [6]: p. 11 beg. _Tertiò,
portento_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) “Ad lectorem”,
signed “Samuel Hartlibius”: (5) title:—“PORTA SAPIENTIAE | RESERATA_:_
| SIVE | PANSOPHIÆ CHRISTIANÆ | SEMINARIVM. | Hoc est, | Nova,
compendiosa, & solida omnes Sci-|entias & Artes, & quicquid manifesti
vel occulti | est, quod ingenio humano penetrare, solertiæ imitari, |
linguae eloqui datur, breviùs, veriùs, meliùs, quàm | hactenus,
addiscendi Methodus. | [_line_] | _Auctore_ | Reverendo Clarissimóque
Viro | Domino _Iohanne Amoso Comenio_. | [_line_, 2 _mottos_,
_woodcut._]”, with impr. 72_d_: (6) a motto: 1–52, the work: (1–6)
“Præcipua Capita Didacticæ Magnæ, à Domino Comenio elaboratæ ...”

This is a kind of prospectus of the encyclopædic work on education
which Comenius was at the time contemplating, and although issued by
Hartlib without the permission of the author, partly in order to
gather the opinions of scholars on the scheme, it was not displeasing
to Comenius, especially since some of his critics suggested a
_Collegium Pansophicum_ to work out the details. This we learn from an
appendix by Comenius to the reprint of this Oxford edition in vol. i.
of his ©Opera didactica omnia© (Amst. 1657), vol i. col. 403, cf. 454.

Impr. 68_d_: 12^o: Pica Roman: title within a border of lines and
woodcuts.

Very rare. Only known from a titlepage in Brit. Mus. MS. Harl. 5937,
no. 140. See note under _Booker_ above. The underlined words in the
title above are printed in red ink, as well as “Oxford,” and “the
famous Universitie. 1637” in the imprint, and some words in the
“Vulgar Notes” on the back of the title.

Impr. 166: 1637: 12^o: [16] + 247 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _Tale tamen_, 201
_De Virgilio_: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title: (5–8)
dedication to dr. Will. Haywood, the editor’s tutor: (9–11) “Lectori”:
(13–15) “Catalogus Auctorum”: 1–247, the epigrams: 247, Errata.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iv. 276. Wright took his M.A.
degree on April 22, 1637. Unfortunately there is no indication of the
source of each epigram, and almost all the authors are continental
poets.

Impr. 160 _a_: 1637: sm. 4^o: pp. [12] + 50 + [10]: p. 11 beg.
_heaven, but_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–5) dedication to
John Cause mayor of Plymouth, &c.: (7–12) “To the compassionate, that
is, to the truly Christian Reader”: 1–19, 21–35, 37–50, the three
sermons: (1–4) the Cyprian: (5–7) the Ambrose.

Impr. 156 _a_: 1637: sm. 4^o: pp. [24] + 297 + [3]: p. 11 beg. _may
see_, 201 _speaks, were_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title,
within a line: (3–12) Epistle dedicatory to archbp. Laud: (13–18) “To
the Reader”: (19–23) “The severall Chapters with their Contents”:
1–297, the work, in 31 chapters: (2) Note and “Errata.”

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 939. The note before the
Errata shows that the author saw no proofs of his book for “the
Authors coppy being not so legible as we could have wished, we were
forc’d to transcribe it in his absence, and by this means these
grosser escapes hapned.”

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, ii. 668. The signatures connect
all the parts of this volume together. Every printed page is
surrounded by double lines on the upper and outer margin, and a single
line elsewhere.

Impr. 169: 1637: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 31 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _deny, but
he_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–7) Epistle dedicatory to
Sir William Doddington “from the Rectory of _Ludgershall_, in the
county of _Wiltes_, June 7, 1637.”: 1–31, the sermon, on Deut. xxxiii.
11.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ed. Bliss, iii. 26. In the copy seen the
title is an inserted leaf, the first leaf having been torn out:
perhaps this is accounted for by the title given by Wood “History of
Tithes: or Tithes vindicated ...”, and the running head line, which is
still “The history of Tithes.” Early copies may have this older title.

16. ——. “Sermon on Ephes. 6. 12, 13. Oxon. 1637. qu.”

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