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2. ¬Holland¬, Thomas. Πανηγυρὶς | _D. Elizabethæ, Dei Gratiâ Angliæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ Reginæ_. | A | SERMON PREACHED AT PAVLS | in London the 17. of November Ann. Dom. 1599. the | one and fortieth yeare of her Maiesties raigne, and aug-|mented in those places wherein, for the shortnes of the | time, it could not there be then delivered. | _VVherevnto is adioyned an Apologeticall discourse_, | _whereby all such sclanderous Accusations are fully_ | _and faithfully confuted, wherewith the Honour of_ | _this Realme hath beene vncharitably traduced by_ | _some of our adversaries in forraine nations, and at_ | _home, for observing the_ 17. _of November yeerely in_ | _the forme of an Holy-day, and for the ioifull exerci-_|_ses, and Courtly triumphes on that day in the honour_ | _of her Maiestie exhibited._ | By THOMAS HOLLAND, Doctor of Divinity, | & her Highnes Professor thereof in her Vni-|versity of Oxford. | [_woodcuts._]

Impr. 19: 1601: sm. 4^o: pp. [166], signn. _a_-_c_, A-R^4, S^2, and
one folded leaf, see below: sign. B 1^r beg. _Moses, who_, O 1^r
_shall be safe_: Pica Roman. Contents:—sign. _a_ 1^r title: _a_ 1^v
Latin poem on the Queen’s arms: then a folded leaf, see below: _a_
2^r-_c_ 2^v “To al faithful Christians ...”: _c_ 3^r-_c_ 3^v
dedication to Richard Bancroft, bp. of London, dated “Oxoniæ, è
Collegio Exon.” 1 Oct. 1599: _c_ 4^r “Faultes escaped, and certaine
observations”: A 1^r-H 1^r, the sermon, on Matt. xii. 42: H 1^r-S 2^v,
the Apology.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 111, and 1602. H. At sign. L 3^r begins a
long dissertation on St. Hugh of Lincoln, and at sign. N 3^r the
author claims for the University of Oxford the first celebration of
Nov. 17 as the Queen’s Day, in 1569? The Stonor Press and Edm.
Campian’s ©Decem Rationes© are alluded to in sign. B 4. The folding
leaf contains a woodcut of the royal arms between two pillars
connected by a scroll bearing the words VIVAT·RE· On the base of the
columns are “I” “D” (the engraver’s initials?). The woodcut, which is
of a rough character, is 5–7/16 in. × 6–15/16 in. A curious usage has
been pointed out to me: on sign. D 4^v, E 2^v, P 4^v, Q 1^r and
perhaps elsewhere Hebrew words are transliterated, but in _b_ 2^r, O
3^v, O 4^v, P 1^r unpointed Hebrew type is used. In the Laing Sale ii.
3709 (15 Apr. 1880) there is mention of a 1600 edition of this book.

Impr. 19: 1601: (eights) sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 1139 + [13]: p. 11 beg.
_authors, we_, 111 4. _VVhat are_, 1111 _ever of the elect_: English
Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–6) “To the Christian Readers Henry
Parry ...”: (7–8) “To the same Christian Readers Richard Crosse ...”:
1–1139, the catechism: (1–10) “A Table ...”, a short analysis of the
book: (10) “Faults escaped”: pp. (11–12) have not been seen.

See 1587. U. Richard Crosse edited this edition with some slight
additions.

1602.

Impr. 24: 1602: (eights) 16^o: pp. [6] + 25 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _rected
by the_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–5) a preface: 1–17,
19–25, the treatise.

Rare. For author see Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© i. 586: the first edition
with the author’s name is that of 1616. An edition of 1586 (London) is
in the British Museum, but the other four preceding the present one
appear to be unknown. See 1616. B, 1654. B, 1673. B: other editions
were issued, not at Oxford.

Impr. 11: 1602: sm. 4^o: pp. [12] + 84: p. 11 beg. _centis pænè_:
Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–6) Epistola
nuncupatoria to dr. Nicholas Bond president of Magdalen college,
Oxford, signed “Johannes Buddenus”: (7–11) complimentary verses, in
Latin, except one Italian sonnet by Alberico Gentile: 1–84, the work.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 282. Budden was philosophy reader at
Magdalen (afterwards principal of New Inn hall and Broadgates hall),
and this biography was entrusted to him by the college. The running
title is “Waynfleti παλιγγενεσία.” Several original documents are
printed in the work: which was reprinted in [Bates’s] ©Vitæ selectorum
aliquot virorum©, Lond. 1681, p. 49. Rhetoric is more prominent than
historical treatment.

Impr. 24: 1602: (eights) 16^o: pp. [24] + 287 + [1]: p. 11 beg.
_saultes of humane_, 111 _belōgs much time_: English Roman.
Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–15) Epistle dedicatorie to a kinsman of the
author lately deceased: (16–21) “To the Christian Reader,” dated from
“Brodegats hall,” Oxford, 2 Sept. 1602: (22–23) “Τοῖς περὶ τῶν λόγων
τουτωνί Ελληνο-Αγγλοικῶν ἐυγνωμώνως ἔχουσιν,” a Greek preface: (24)
“The names of the [seven] Tractes contained in this Booke,” and a
quotation: 1–287, the treatises.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 28. Wood did not know Willoughby as an
author, and Bliss could find no trace of his academical career. But a
John Willoughby certainly matriculated at Exeter College in 1585 (B.A.
1589, M.A. 1593). The treatises are on the Pharisee and the Publican
(Luke xviii), on Ps. xlix. 16, on Ps. xxxix. 6, on the Sick of the
Palsy (John v), on 2 Cor. xii. 9, on the Shepherd and Sheep, &c. (John
xx) and “A Tracte of _Vertue_ and _Vice_.” Unpointed English and Long
Primer Hebrew is used on pp. 1, 26, 67, 107.

Impr. 24: 1602: (eights) 16^o: pp. [4] + 52: p. 11 beg. _to it they_:
English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) preface “To the Christian
Reader,” Winsam, 22 June 1602: 1–51, the treatise: 52, “Faultes
escaped in the printing ... Finis.”

Rare. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© i. 734, and following art.

Impr. 24: 1602: (eights) 16^o: pp. [4] + 51 + [1]: p 11 beg. _it they
must_: Small Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) preface “To the
Christian Reader,” Winsam, 22 June 1602: 1–51, the treatise.

Rare. See preceding art. Like the Powel below this book was certainly
not printed at Oxford, and the imprint is fictitious, the type and
woodcuts being unknown at Oxford. These falsifications can hardly be
unconnected with the fact that John Barnes, the son of Joseph Barnes,
in this year set up business for himself in London. The text is a
reprint of no. 4 above.

Impr. 23: 1602: sm. 4^o: pp. [36], signn. ( )^2 A-D^4: sign. B 1^r
beg. _ship or honor_: English Roman. Contents:—sign. ( ) 1^r title:
( ) 2^r-2^v, dedication to lord Buckhurst, dated from Christ Church,
Oxford, 29 Nov. 1602: A 1^r-D 3^v, the sermon, on Ps. cxviii. 24.

See 1603. H, and Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 518. On a kindred subject
with Holland’s speech printed in 1601: the priority of the University
in celebrating the Queen’s day is again mentioned. Reprinted in
Somers’ ©Tracts©.

Impr. 11: 1602: (eights) 16^o: [2] + 61 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _dij, &
quæ_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: 1–61, the essay.

See 1606. H, and Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 60, 518, iii. 18, where a
bibliography is given of the controversy excited by Dr. Howson’s
Thesis. The actual day of disputation was 10 July 1602. There are two
issues of this book, one in which the title is a separate leaf,
independent of the four sections (A-D^8) which follow, D 8 being
blank: the other where the title is A 1, D 8 being the last leaf of
the _text_.

8. †¬Oxford¬, Trinity College. Decretum de Gratiis Collegio rependendis. | [the text of the decree.]

No imprint, but probably printed at Oxford: (1602?): (one) fol.: pp.
[2]: l. 11 beg. I. _Imprimis_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title
and text of the decree.

A Latin decree passed by the President and Fellows of Trinity college
on 12 Dec. 1602, compelling all who have been or are on the foundation
of the college to show their gratitude by a proportionate gift of
money, and enjoining on all future scholars an oath that they will
fulfil this decree. Signed by the President and Fellows. There is
another issue similar in form but apparently printed in London, which
can readily be distinguished by having a headline of woodcuts, and 43
(instead of 52) lines of print.

9. *†¬Oxford¬, University. [Orders for the Market of the City of Oxford, issued by the Chancellor of the University: beg. “Thomas Baron of Buckurst,” ends “transgressor of this commaundement. God save the Queene.”]

No impr.: [not later than 1602]: (ones) fol.: pp. [4]: English Roman.
Contents:—pp. (1, 3) the orders (probably 30 in number).

The only copy known was rescued from a binding in Brasenose College
Library at Oxford, where it now is. The titles of Lord Buckhurst are
given, and show that the earliest possible date is 15 May 1598 when he
became Lord High Treasurer: the latest being 24 March 1602/3, when the
Queen died. No doubt the sheets were fastened together forming one
long notice. The Brasenose copy has lost a few lines at the end of the
first column (67 lines left), the second is complete (62 lines).

Impr. 22: 1602: (eights) 16^o: pp. [16] + 267 + [5]: p. 11 beg.
_sumption is_, 111 _profit al, wisdom_: English Roman. Contents:—p.
(3) title: (5–12) Epistle dedicatorie to John Whitgift archbp. of
Canterbury and William Morgan bp. of St. Asaph, dated from St. Mary
hall, Oxford, 5 July 1602: (13–15) “To the Christian Reader,” dated
similarly: 1–267, the work: (1) “Faults escaped in the Printing.”

See 1615. P: Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 25. The dedications are due to
his patrons’ favour to his father David as well as to himself.

Impr. 23: 1602: (eights) 16^o: pp. [16] + 71 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _and
quantitie_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) “A”: (3) title: (5–13)
Epistle dedicatorie to Ralph Hockenhul and Hugh Hurlston, dated from
St. Mary hall, Oxford, 1 Apr. 1602: (14) “The Contents of this
Treatise”: 1–71, the treatise.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 25. In spite of the imprint this book,
like the Higins (No. 5) above, was not printed at Oxford, the type but
especially the woodcuts (with one exception) being entirely unknown at
Oxford. It was printed no doubt in London, and the imprint falsified,
perhaps in order to escape the necessity of registration at the office
of the Stationers’ Company.

12. Rawlinson, John. See under 1612. R.

Impr. 11: 1602: 8^o: pp. [4] + 228 + [4]: p. 11 beg. _Vox singularis_,
111 _victus, habitus_: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title:
(3–4) “Auctoris Præfatio ad iuventutem bonarum artium studiosam”:
1–228, the work: (pp. (3–4) not seen.)

Rare. This John Sanderson of Lancashire, doctor of Theology, canon of
Cambrai, seems to have escaped the notice of biographers. The better
known bp. Robert Sanderson also wrote on Logic, see 1615. S. The
preface throws no light on the life of the author. For the 4th ed.,
see 1609. S. The first edition was printed by Plantin at Antwerp in
1589, the dedication to cardinal Allen being dated from Antwerp 1 Jan.
“1589,” but neither in the dedication nor in the congratulatory poems
which follow in this first edition is there any biographical matter.

Impr. 23: 1602: (eights) 16^o: pp. [16] + 64: p. 11 beg. _him, and
so_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–13) Epistle dedicatorie
to Gervase Babington, bp. of Worcester, dated from C. C. C., Oxford,
Nov. 12. 1602, signed “Robert Burhil” who issued the sermon: (15) “The
chiefe points of matter ... in the sermon ...”: 1–63, the sermon, on
Jer. ix. 23–24.

Rare. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 360. The preface states that the
sermon was issued without the knowledge of the author, he being too
modest to publish his works.

Impr. 23: 1602: sm. 4^o: pp. [38] + 125 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _venemous
drops_, 111 _mande the carefull_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title:
(3–14) Epistle dedicatorie to dr. George Rives, Warden, and all other
students of New College, Oxford: (15–37) “To the Christian Reader”:
(37) a short prayer: 1–125, the work: (1) “Faultes escaped” in parts
one and two.

See 1600. T, Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 410.

1603.

Impr. 11: 1603: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 72: p. 11 beg. _divini vultus_:
Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–8) Latin dedication to the
King, signed “Richardus Brett,” 12 Aug. 1603: 1–72, the work, in ten
essays.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 611. The preface explains ‘Icones
inscripsi prȩsens opusculum, quia sub typis varia fidei & morum
adumbrat documenta. Nam ... est aliquando sub cute literæ, suavis
quædam & interior medulla.”

2. Burhill, Robert. Invitatorius panegyricus: see under _Oxford_ (no. 9, below).

Impr. 11: 1603: sm. 4^o: pp. [6] + 48 + [2]: p. 11 beg. _Numine
tanta_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–5) Latin poetical
dedication to sir Henry Nevill: 1–48, the work.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 423, 425. The pieces are “Ad ...
Elizabetham ... Carmen Panegyricum,” “Ad ... Iacobum ... Carmen
Panegyricum,” “Devoraxeis,” on the earl of Essex, “P. Sidnæi funus,”
all Latin hexameter poems.

Impr. 23: 1603: sm. 4^o: pp. [16] + 254 + [30]: p. 11 beg. _The Day_,
111 _And^e Providence_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within
a border: (3) poetical dedication to king James: (4) Do. to the queen:
(5–8) short poems by Davies: (8–16) complimentary verses to the author
or book: 1–28, “A Preface ...” to the king: (29–38) “Cambria to the
... Prince of Wales,” both poems: 39–232, the work: 233–254, “An
extasie,” a poem: (1–20) short poems by Davies, including two to
Magdalen college, p. (17): (20–29) complimentary verses to the author
or book.

Rare. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 262, and 1605. D. The poem describes
the whole state of man, his condition, qualities and surroundings, in
a discursive manner which allows a short history of England to come in
(at p. 131). The stanzas are 9-line, rhyming ABABBCBCC. The author was
a professional calligrapher in Oxford, not a member of the University.
Davies’s ©Works© were edited by dr. Grosart in 1878. An ed. of 1611 is
perhaps only due to a misprint in a 17th cent. bookseller’s catalogue.

5. †¬Godwin¬, Francis, bp. of Hereford. [_woodcut_] | TO THE PARSON, VICAR | or Cur ate, of | and to everie of them. | [letterpress of the articles.]

No imprint: (1603): (two) sm. 4^o: pp. 4: p. 3 beg. _or M. Doctor
Trevor_: Pica English. Contents:—p. 1, head title, as above: 1–4, the
orders: signed at end “Matherne. Sept. 30. 1603. _Fr. Landaven._,”
i.e. F. Godwin, then bp. of Llandaff.

Very rare. Orders of the bishop of Llandaff for the reformation of
abuses in his diocese. The woodcuts are sufficient to prove by their
particular imperfections that this is a product of the Oxford press.

6. ¬Howson¬, dr. John. A | SERMON | [&c. precisely as 1602. H, except that a line “The second Impression.” is added after “of Oxforde” before the woodcuts.]

Impr. 23: 1603: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 30 + [2]: sign. B 1^r beg. _ship or
honor_, p. 11 _& hyems erat_: English Roman. Contents:—(exactly as
1602. H.)

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 518. This is a verbatim but not literatim
reprint of 1602. H, except as noted above.

Impr. 13_b_: 1603: (eights) sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 207 + 1: p. 11 beg.
_Virginis atque_: 111 _Votum pro_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title:
(3–4) dedication to the King in Latin, by the university: 1–207, the
poems: (1) “Votum Typographi ad ... Regem,” a poem.

More than 470 Latin poems, with a few in Greek, Italian, and French.
On p. 17 there is a complaint of the lack of Hebrew type. There is an
earlier and less common issue without the “Votum typographi,” the page
being left blank.

Impr. 2: 1603: sm. 4^o: pp. [16] + 32, signn. ¶, ¶¶, A-D^4: sign. ¶¶
1^r beg. _you hartely_, p. 11 beg. _Concerning the_: English Roman.
Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–13) “Epistle dedicatorie” to the archbp. of
Canterbury and the Chancellors of the Universities of Oxford and
Cambridge, beg. “Many and excellent”: 1–5, “The humble petition of the
Ministers ...”: 6–32, “The Answer ...”.

Three other issues are known:—(_a_), title identical except that the
imprint is no. 25: after p. (13) comes (14–16) a letter from the
University of Cambridge to that of Oxford in Latin, 7 Oct. 1603,
introduced by a few sentences “to the reader”: the rest identical:
(_b_) with title identical till the 9th line which runs:—“_opinion, of
all the Deanes and Chapters, and all other_ | _the learned & obedient
Cleargy, in the Church of Eng:_ | And confirmed by the expresse
consent of the | Vniversitie of Cambridge.) | To the humble Petition”
[&c. as before]: with the same imprint as (_a_), but in small roman
type. Four new leaves follow the title, *2^r-*4^r containing a
dedication to the king, and ¶ 1^r the arms of the University with
woodcuts above and below. Then follows “the Præface,” the title only
being re-set, and the headline being no longer “The Epistle |
dedicatorie” but “The Præface | to the LL^s”, while on ¶¶ 4^v a
passage from Gregory Nazianzen is inserted: all the rest is identical
with the other issues: *(_c_) identical with (_b_) throughout except
that the imprint is no. 2 and is without date. Of these four editions
or issues, the first is very rare, being perhaps stopped in the course
of issue: _a_ is common, _b_ less so, _c_ rare.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© i. 3 (where a doubtful 1641 edition is
referred to): 1604. O.

Impr. 13_b_: 1603: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 182 + [2]: p. 11 beg.
_Lugentem_, 111 _Sævit, &_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4)
poetical Latin dedication to the king: 1–182, the poems.

Chiefly Latin poems in memory of queen Elizabeth: a few Greek occur,
one Hebrew (p. 5, cf. 97, 171), one French (p. 64), one Italian (p.
171). The longest poem is one by Robert Burhill entitled “Invitatorius
Panegyricus ... de ... Reginæ posteriore ad Oxoniam adventu,” which
Wood mentions (©Ath. Oxon.© iii. 18) as a separate publication.

Impr. 7: 1603: sm. 4^o: pp. [12?], signn. A^4 B^2 (?): sign. A 3^r
beg. _thirsted for_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–11?) the
work.

Extremely rare. The only known copy, in the Bodleian, has sign. A 4
imperfect, and has lost all after that leaf. The pamphlet was
reprinted with slight changes at London in 1613 with the title “Three
bloodie Murders ...” of which this is the first. “The Life,
confession, and heartie repentance of Francis Cartwright, gentleman;
for his bloudie sinne in killing of one Master Storr, Master of Arts
... written with his owne hand” was published at London in 1621.
Storre was a Fellow of Corpus Christi College at Oxford.

Impr. 2_c_: 1603: sm. 4^o: pp. [2] + 18: p. 11 beg. _or keep_: Pica
English. Contents:—p. (1) title: (2) “The Tenor of the oath ministred
to the Church-wardens, and sworne men”: 1–18, the articles, 37 + 41 in
number.

12. ¬Willoughby¬, John. “©A Treatise for the Preparation of the Lord’s Supper.© Oxon. 1603, ded. to K. James I. at which time the author was living in Oxon.”

So in Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© i. 744: very rare: a copy is mentioned in “A
catalogue of choice English books ... which will be sold by Auction, 6
Aug. 1688” (Lond. 1688, 4^o) Appendix p. 7.

1604.

Impr. 25: 1604: (eights) sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + “438” (really 436 for
384–5 are omitted in the pagination) + [8]: p. 11 beg. _is both_, 111
_G. Abbot_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) large device of the
University arms between woodcuts: (3) title: (5–7) Epistle dedicatorie
to lord Buckhurst, dated from University college Oxford, 4 Jan.
“1604”: 1–438, the work: (1–6) “To the Christian Reader.”

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 562. The book is in answer to dr. Thomas
Hill’s “Quartron of reasons of Catholike Religion,” Antw. 1600: but
contains only ten out of sixteen answers which the author had
prepared.

Impr. 7: 1604: sm. 4^o: pp. [12], signn. A^4-B^2: sign. B 1^r beg.
_your Parish_: Pica English. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A 2^r-B
2^r, the 55 articles: B 2^r “the oath of the Church-wardens and
Sidemen.”

Impr. 25: 1604: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [22] + 2 + 110 + [2]: p. 11 beg.
_vvhich no doubt_, 101 _workes he may_: Pica Roman. Contents: p. (1)
title: (3–6) Epistle dedicatorie to sir Robert Vernon, signed “Ieremy
Corderoy”: (7–21) “To the Christian Reader,” also signed: 1–2, 1–110,
the work, the half title being “A short dialogue between a Gallant, a
Scholler of Oxforde, and a Church-Papist ...”.

Rare. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 47. The first edition may be the one
of _Lond._ 1604 recorded by Watt in the ©Bibliotheca Britannica©.

Impr. 25: 1604: sm. 4^o: pp. [16], signn. A-B^4: sign. B 1^r beg. _I
wil giue_: English Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r title: A 1^v, Latin
dedication to the king: A 2^r-A 4^r, the speech, in Latin: B 1^r-B
4^v, the same in English.

Extremely rare: the only copy at present known is in the Bodleian, but
there was a copy among the Harleian Pamphlets. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©
i. 753. The speech was really delivered on _March_ 12, not February,
1603/4, Hubbocke being Chaplain at the Tower. The speech describes the
Tower as mint, armoury, jewel-house, &c. It is reprinted in Nichols’s
©Progresses of king James I©.

5. ¬Oxford.¬ THE | ANSVVERE | OF THE VICECHAN-|CELOVR ... [&c. exactly as 1603, _Oxford_ Answer, variation _b_.]

Impr. 25: 1604: sm. 4^o: pp. [46], signn. A-E^4 F^2 ( )^1: sign. B 1^r
beg. _But these_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–6) dedication
to the king: (7–15) “The Præface”: (16–17) Letter from Cambridge, 7
Oct. 1603, introduced by a short note: (18) quotation from Gregory
Nazianzen: (19–22) “The humble petition of the Ministers ...”: (23–44)
“The Answere ... to the Petition ...”

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© i. 3, and 1603. O. This is a reprint of
variation _b_.

Impr. 25: 1604: (eights) 12^o: pp. [72], signn. A-D^8 E^4: sign. B 1^r
beg. _adding to_: Pica Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A 2^r-A
3^v, epistle dedicatorie to lady Katherine Wroughton, dated from Broad
Hinton, 25 Mar. “1604”: A 4^r-A 6^v, “To the Christian and Godly
Reader”: A 7^r-E 4^v, the dialogue, between “Romannus the scholler”
and “Tuberius the gentleman.”

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 274.

Impr. 25: 1604: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 58 + [2]: p. 11 beg. _tweene
Death_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–7) “To the Christian
Reader”: 1–58, the work: (1) “A note for the Readers Instruction,”
bibliographical, on the meaning of certain references to books.

See 1613. A. This controversy about the Descent into Hell began with
the manuscript (?) objections referred to in the title: then came this
book (which is anonymous, but confessed by the author in his
©Apologie©, see below), followed by (1) [Andrew Willett’s]
©Limbomastix, that is a Canuise of Limbus Patrum© (published without
the author’s knowledge), with a reply to the ©Brief answere© (Lond.
1604); then (2) by an interminable rejoinder by Richard Parkes (©An
Apologie©, Lond. 1607, of which the first part is a revised issue of
the ©Brief Answer©,) answered by Willett’s ©Loidoromastix: that is a
scourge for a rayler© (Cambr. 1607). The ©Brief Answer© holds the
orthodox opinion of the “local descension of Christ’s soul to Hell.”

Impr. 25: 1604: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 128: p. 11 beg. _Priest: or_, 111
_and was the_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) “To the
Christian Reader,” signed “Oxford, from S^t. Marie Hall. 13. of
Aprill. 1604. ... Gabriel Powel”: 1–125, the work: 126–128, “The
Auctors Teares and humble Petition vnto Almightie God.”

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 25.

Impr. 25: 1604: (eights) 16^o: pp. [8] + 55 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _that
verse of_: Pica English. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–8) Epistle
dedicatorie to the University of Oxford, dated from Magdalen college
13 Mar. 1603/4: 1–55, the discourse, on Ps. xxxviii. 2.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 472. Intended as a sermon, but the author
found himself disabled in speech, and could not deliver it.

Impr. 11: 1604: sm. 4^o: pp. [40 + inserted leaf], signn. A-E^4, and
one leaf after D 1: sign. B 1^r beg. _ta aliaq;_: Long Primer Roman.
Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A 2^r-A 3^v, Latin dedication to dr.
Bond president of Magdalen college Oxford, signed “I. Sanfordus”: A
4^r-B 1^v “Ad Gallicæ Linguæ Studiosum Lectorem”: B 2^r-E 4^r, the
work.

Rare. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 472. This is a French grammar and
syntax written in Latin. After sign. D 1 is a folio folded leaf,
printed on one side only, a “Tabula coniugationum.” See 1605. S.

1605.

Impr. 27: 1605: &c. as 1603. D. Contents:—exactly as 1603. D.

Very rare. See 1603. D, of which this is a reissue, with no alteration
whatever except a new titlepage.

Impr. 25_a_: 1605: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 139 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _tions
were_, 111 _swaded to set_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title:
(3–7) Epistle dedicatory to the archbp. of Canterbury, signed “Leon.
Hutten”: 1–139, the answer.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 533. The book to which this is a reply is
[William Bradshaw’s] ©Short treatise of the crosse in Baptisme©, _n.
p._ 1604, in which the unlawfulness of the use of the cross was
insisted on.

Impr. 25_a_: 1605: sm. 4^o: pp. 200: p. 11 beg. _are, wherein_, 111
_times haue thought_: English Roman. Contents:—p. 1 title: 3–6,
Epistle dedicatorie to the bp. of Exeter: 7–10, “To my fellow brethren
the ministers of Devon and Cornwall ...”: 10–17, “To the Christian
Reader”: 18–34, the Reasons: 35–200, the Answer to the Reasons.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 646. A “Second and last part of Reasons
for Refusall ...” was published in London in 1606, and “The Remoouall
of certaine imputations laid vpon the Ministers of Deuon: and Cornwall
by one M. T. H. ...,” printed abroad in 1606: and other books on the
controversy later.

Impr. 18: 1605: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + “655” (really 651) + [67]: p. 11
beg. _A._ 11. 1. _Chron._, 111 _P._ 1. 1. _Philon._, p. 501 _V_ ¶
_Hug. de_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (2) “Observanda in
hoc catalogo”: (3–4) Epistola dedicatoria to Henry Frederick prince of
Wales: (5–8) “Præfatio ad Benevolum Lectorem,” dated “E Bibliotheca
publica Oxoniæ Iunij 27. Anno. 1605.”: 1–162, catalogue of “Libri
Theologici”: 163–179, “Catalogus Expositorum S. Scripturæ iuxta
ordinem Voluminum vtriusque Testamenti dispositus”: 180, “Ad
Lectorem”: 181–218, “Libri Medici”: 219–274, “Libri Iuris”: 275–415,
“Libri Artium”: 417–425, “Interpretes librorum Aristotelis”: 427–640,
“Appendix” to each of the four faculties: 641–646, “Appendix ad
Expositores S Scripturæ”: 646–648, “Appendix ad Interpretes Lib.
Arist.”: 648–651, “Interpretes Juris Civilis”: 651–652, “Interpretes
Juris Canonici”: 652–653, “In omnia vel pleraque Scripta Hippocrat.”:
653–655, “Scriptores in Cl. Galenum”: 655, “Scriptores in
Dioscoridem”: (2–67) “Index Auctorum in hoc volumine”: (68) “Nomina
Hebraica quæ corruptè imprimuntur: & quia defuerunt characteres
Hebraici, Latinè hîc omnia exprimimus”: (68) “Errata in Latinis
nominibus.”

Rare. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii 466. and 1620. J. The catalogue
includes also the MSS. then in the Library. In the dedication the
“Bibliotheca Bodleiana” is stated to be not yet four years old, having
been formally opened on 8 Nov. 1602. The preface gives an interesting
account of the early history of the Library. In the pagination a leaf
is omitted after p. 426, but “457” follows “450”: the total number of
pages is no doubt 726 (signn. ¶ A-Y^4 Z^2, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Zzz, Aaaa-Xxxx^4
( )^1), so that Upcott (©English Topography©, iii. p. 1122, Lond.
1818) is wrong. Other editions of the complete catalogue of Bodleian
printed books were issued at Oxford in 1620, 1674, 1738 and 1843, and
one of the MSS. in 1697.

Impr. 7_a_: 1605: sm. 4^o: pp. [8 + ?]: signn. A^4 + ?: sign. A 4^r
beg. _Visiting of_: Pica English. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A
2^r-?, the articles.

Very rare. The only recorded copy, in the Bodleian, contains only
sign. A. For the issuer see Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 294.

Impr. 26: 1605: sm. 4^o: pp. [56] + 130 + [2] + 65 + [3]: p. 11 be.
_resipiscentiam_, 111 _mitto cætera_, 2nd p. 11 beg. _suluerunt, vos_:
English and (2nd part) Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–47)
dedication to the king: (49–56) “Ad Lectorem”: 1–130, the treatise:
(1) a title:—“[_woodcut_] | TRACTATVS | DE SCANDALO | EODEM AVCTORE. |
[_device._]” Impr. 11, 1605: 1–65, the second treatise.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© i. 758. These two treatises on the moral state
of England are printed without list of contents, index or even
division into paragraphs. No one but the author and compositor can
have ever read them, and the former had been insane, though according
to Wood he recovered his powers.

Impr. 18: 1605: sm. 4^o: pp. [48], signn. A-F^4: English Roman.
Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A 2^r-F 4^r, the poems.

Christ Church poems to commemorate the visit of the King, Queen, and
Prince Henry to Oxford and Christ Church, 27–30 Aug. 1605. All but one
(Greek) are in Latin.

Impr. 18: 1605: sm. 4^o: pp. [32], signn. A-E^4: sign. B 1^r beg.
_Magne Deus_: English Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A 2^r-A
2^v, dedication to Will. lord Knollys de Grays, unsigned: A 3^r-E 3^v,
poems to the memory of Warcop, the first signed “W. Kingesmillus,” the
editor of the volume, “Oxonij e Coll. Novo die 25. Octob.”

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© i. 754, ©Fasti Oxon.© i. 366. The poems, which
are all except one (Greek) in Latin, are by New College men and edited
by William Kingsmill of New College, a nephew of Warcop, who was
himself at Ch. Ch. The device on the titlepage bears the arms of New
College, between W. W. (William of Wykeham).

Impr. 25: 1605: sm. 4^o: pp. [16], signn. A-B^4: sign. B 1^r beg. _L
in the middest_: Pica Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A 2^r-A
3^v, dedication to William Grey son of Arthur lord Grey of Wilton,
signed “John Sanford”: A 4^r-B 4^v, the extracts.

Rare. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 472. The word “Latin” on the title
seems to be a mistake for “French,” see 1604. S, to which this is a
sort of appendix.

Impr. 25: 1605: sm. 4^o: pp [8] + 44 + [4?]: p. 11 beg. _as i
Soldati_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (2) motto from Dante:
(3–6) dedication to Magdalen college, Oxford, signed “Joannes
Sanford”: (7) “To the reader”: (8) poem “Sur l’Autheur” in French, by
Jean More: 1–44, the grammar: perhaps two blank leaves follow.

Impr. 25_a_: [1605?]: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 80: p. 11 beg. _Therefore the
wise_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–6) dedication to king
James: 1–80, the treatise.

The preface alludes to “my two bookes,” the other being “A discourse
plainely proving the euident vtilitie and vrgent necessitie of the ...
Vnion of ... England and Scotland ...” (Lond., 1604, sm. 4^o), which
latter was the subject of a remonstrance of the House of Commons to
the House of Lords, 26 May 1604, ending in an apology on the part of
the author. There is nothing but Wood’s express statement (©Ath.
Oxon.© iii. 5) to settle whether this book was published at the close
of 1604 or in 1605: so that statement has been accepted. Otherwise it
would seem that the two books were not long separated in point of
time. Both were reprinted at London in 1641.

Impr. 25_a_: 1605: (eights) 16^o: pp. 92 + [4]: p. 11 beg. _ple but
serued_: English Roman. Contents:—p. 1, title: 2, “Points handled in
this Sermon”: 3–92, the sermon, on Acts ii. 46.

Impr. 25_a_: 1605: (eights) 16^o: pp. [2] + 68 + [2]: p. 11 beg. _halt
goe_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: 1–68, the sermon, on 2
Chron. ix. 8.

1606.

Impr. 11: 1606: sm. 4^o: pp. [12] + 206 + [20]: p. 11 beg. _non
licuisse_, 111 _polluatur? Ita_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title:
(2) “Auctoris protestatio de calumniâ”: (3) “Admonitiones ad
Lectorem”: (4) 17 lines of errata, not found in all copies, &
sometimes pasted on: (5–6) Latin poem to Rich. Bancroft archbp. of
Canterbury: (7–11) “Dispositio totius operis”: 1–176, the work in six
parts: 177–206, the Elenchus: (1) “Ad Lectorem,” a preface to what
follows: (2–10) “To Master Doctor Pye,” a letter in English from dr.
“John Rainolds,” dated 27 Feb. [1603/4?]: (13) “Ad Lectorem,”
introductory: (15–20) Latin letter from Albericus Gentilis to dr.
Howson, dated from London, 12 Aug. 1603.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© iii. 18, also ii. 15 and 60. Thomas Pye’s work
against Howson’s Thesis is entitled “Epistola ad ... D. Johannem
Housonum, quâ Dogma ejus ... refutatur ...” Lond. 1603. The signatures
show that this work (which is strictly anonymous) is part of the art.
©Howson© below, and was indeed printed before it, and written before
there was any intention of reprinting the ©Thesis©.

Impr. 28: 1606: sm. 4^o: pp. [2] + 36 + [2]: p. 11 beg. _tis impetum_:
English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (2) “Ad Lectorem,” a note that
the pages of the 1602 edition are noted in the margin, because the
“Defensio” refers to them: 1–36, the thesis.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.© ii. 518, and 1602. H, of which this is a
verbatim reprint. The entry above under _Burhill_ is really part of
this work, but treated separately for convenience.

Impr. 2: 1606: sm. 4^o: pp. [2] + 49 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _stration of
the_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within lines: 1–49, the
sermon, on Cant. viii. 11: 49, “Faults escaped in the printing ...”

Impr. 11: 1606: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 42: p. 11 beg. _Perpetuos_: English
Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) dedication to lady Joanna Sybil
Grey, dowager lady Grey, mother of William Grey, signed “Rob. Barnes,”
dated Magd. coll. Oxford, 11 March (1605/6): 1–42, the poems.

Poems by members of Magdalen college, Oxford, in memory of William
Grey, who matriculated at Magdalen, 18 May 1604 and died 18 Feb.
1605/6. The editor of the volume was a son of the printer of the book
and a Fellow of Magdalen. The poems are Latin except four Greek, one
Spanish (?) and one Italian.

5. *†¬Oxford¬, University. [Orders for the Market of the City of Oxford, issued by the Chancellor of the University: beg. “Thomas Earle of Dorset,” ends “transgressor of this commaudement. God saue the King.”]

No impr.: [1606]: (one) obl. fol.: pp. [2]: English Roman.
Contents:—p. (1) the orders (31 in number).

“Proclaimed July 2^o, 1606. Dr. Abbotts Vice-Chancellor,” according to
a MS. note on the copy in the Oxford University Archives.

Impr. 25_a_: 1606: (eights) 16^o: pp. [10] + 82 + [4]: p. 11 beg. _and
commeth_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–9) “To the
Reader,” dated from St. John’s College in Oxon, 10 Jan [1605/6]: 1–82
the sermon, on Cant. vi. 13: [(3–4) have not been seen.]

Impr. 11: 1606: (eights?) 12^o?.

Only known at present from a titlepage in the Bagford collections at
the British Museum, but no doubt other copies exist. Probably a
reprint of the first edition, Lugd. Bat. 1604, 4^o.

Impr. 25_a_: 1606: (eights) 16^o: pp. [8] + 102 + [2]: p. 11 beg. _to
send his_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–5) “To the
Christian Reader,” dated from “Balioll Colledg in Oxford October. 10.
1603.”: (7) “Ionah. 3. 4. 5. The Analysis of the Text.”: 1–102, the
sermon, on Jonah iii. 4–5.

Rare. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 471. No copy of the first
impression, which may have been printed at Oxford in 1603 or 1604, has
yet been seen. There is no allusion to this being a second edition, in
the preface.

1607.

Impr. 2: 1607: (eights) 12^o: pp. [16] + 159 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _who
would_, 111 _receiue some_: English Roman. Contents:—pp. (1–2) [not
seen]: (3) title: (5–15) “To all Popish Recusants ...”: 1–159, the
work.

Impr. 7: 1607: sm. 4^o: pp. [16] + “271” (really 269, for 249–50 are
omitted in the pagination) + [3]: p. 11 beg. _the first booke_, 111
_fained voice_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within lines:
(3–4) dedication to prince Charles: (5–8) “To the Noble Reader”: (9)
“The Subiect and Order of these six Bookes”: (15) some errata, with
introductory note: (16) dedication of the preface and book 1 to lord
Hay: 1–10 the preface: 11–271, the work in six books each with a
dedication, see below.

See 1612 C, which is simply a reissue with new titlepage. The author
recommends a nobleman to go to no University, but to Prince Henry’s
Court or Academy at Nonsuch. The 2nd book is dedicated to Thomas
Mourray, tutor to prince Charles: the 3rd to George earl of Essex, son
of the marquess of Huntly: the 4th to sir John Harington, son of lord
Harington: the 5th to mr. Francis Stewart Master of Mourray, and to
mr. John Stewart son of the duke of Lennox: the 6th to Robert earl of
Essex. The author was not an Oxford man, nor, apparently, connected
with the place in any way.

Impr. 11: 1607: sm. 4^o: pp. [24] + 124: p. 11 beg. _Num laqueus_, 111
_mus Deum_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3) dedication to
the king and parliament: (4–7) “Præfatio ad Lectorem ...,” signed
“Thomas Cooper”: (8–23) “Præludia ad Nonas,” short poems by Cooper:
(23) “Errata ...”: 1–124, the work.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 612, ©Fasti© i. 285, but the identity of
the author appears to be still quite uncertain. The work is a
rhetorical commentary, almost a sermon, on the Gunpowder Plot of 5
Nov. 1605: but seems to afford no clue to the connexion of the author
with Oxford.

Impr. 2: 1607: eights, 12^o: pp. [2] + 38: p. 11 beg. _of his
transgression_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: 1–38, the
treatise, signed on last page “I. D.”, followed by a short poem “To
the reader” signed “Roger Knight.”

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