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See 1609 D, and for the author Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 142. The poem
on p. 38 explains that the work was written “some time agoe” “for
priuate vse.” The Bodleian Catalogue (perhaps following Draudius’s
©Bibliotheca Exotica©, Frankf. 1625, p. 293) ascribes this book to
John Dunster, but Wood did not know the author.

Impr. 11: 1607: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 18 + [2]: p. 11 beg. 930.
_Hieron._; English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (2) motto: (3)
“Lectori pio doctoque ...”, dated 30 July 1607: (4) List of
Commentators on the Song of Solomon: 1–18, the work, a catena of
references to printed expositions of the Song: 1–2, bibliographical
list of editions cited.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 467. One of the Bodleian copies (4^o A.
64 Th.) has a MS. list by James of 26 presentation copies, out of 78
copies “receaued of Mr. Joseph [Barnes?] ... 30 Jul”, and some private
opinions and suggestions about the book. The preface explains that if
this instalment was well received, the author intended to proceed to
similar publications for the rest of the Bible.

6. ¬King¬, bp. John. “John King’s Five Sermons preached before the King. Oxf. 1607.”

So in “Catalogi variorum ... librorum Richardi Davis ... Pars Tertia”
(1688), p. 83, cf. “... Pars secunda” (1686), p. 125. Rare. See next
art.

Impr. 2: 1607: sm. 4^o: pp. [2] + 49 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _stration of
the_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within lines: 3–49, the
sermon, on Cant. viii. 11.

A reprint of 1606 K. This is perhaps part of the preceding article.

Impr. 7: 1607: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 35 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _causes and_:
English Roman. Contents:—(3) title, within lines: 1–35 the sermon, on
Ps. xlvi. 7–11.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 295.

Impr. 11: 1607: sm. 4^o: pp. [34], signn. A-D^4, ( )^1: sign. B 1^r
beg. _profero clarâ_: English Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r title: A
2^r-A 2^v, dedication to dr. Tho. Holland, signed “Jo. Prideaux”: A
3^r-B 3^v “In Isocratis Busiridem de Græcæ linguæ studio, Præfatio”: B
4^r-D 4^v “Grammatices Græcæ. Σχεδάρια.”, the work in six sections:
( ) 1^r “Conclusio ad Lectorem,” and short epigram.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, iii. 267 where the date 1608 may be an error
for 1607: and 1629 P, 1639 P, both of which edd. supply the date of
the dedication as “1 Jan. 1607 = 1607/8,” but are otherwise apparently
simply reprints. The dedication declares that the work was due to the
suggestion of dr. Holland, and done in the last Whitsuntide holidays
(1606).

Impr. 11: 1607: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 140 + [4]: p. 11 beg. _cademiæ_,
111 _Romanas_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title; (5–8) dedication
to Henry prince of Wales, dated “Oxoniæ, e Collegio Mertonensi”, 19
June (1607): 1–140, the work, with the running title “Rex Platonicus,
Sive Musæ Regnantes”: (1–2) Latin letter from the Chancellor of the
University to the Vice-Chancellor, about the royal visit, with a
preface by Wake.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 540. For other edd., which are only
slightly altered, but add a funeral oration, see next art., and 1615
W, 1627 W, 1635 W, 1663 W. The visit of the King was from 27 to 30
Aug. 1605. The author says he wrote the account at the actual time of
the visit. The oration was also printed at Oxford in 1608, and in
English in Fuller’s ©Abel Redivivus©.

Rare: see preceding art.: for edd. of the Oration, see also preceding
art.

1608.

Impr. 11: 1608: (eights) 16^o: pp. [4] + 40 + [4]: p. 11 beg. _vt
vobis_: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) “Methodus,
brevisque summa totius concionis”: 1–40, the sermon, on Acts xx. 24:
(1) “Ad Lectores ... amicos.”

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 641.

Impr. 11: 1608: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 49 + [3]: p. 11 beg.
_intelligitur?_: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3)
dedication to Tho. Bilson bp. of Winchester: 1–49, the three theses
and their determination.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 95. The theses were for the degree of
D.C.L., chosen by the candidate himself.

Impr. 7: 1608: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [6] + 161 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _and by
consequence_, 111 _gers may not_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title:
(3–6) “The Contents ...”: pp. 1–161, the work, in 31 chapters.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, iii. 255: and next art., 1615 H, 1633 H. The
treatise contains all that can be said on physical and moral grounds
against the Eye.

4. ——. [exactly as above, except that after “_Oxford_.” is added] “| _The second Edition augmented by the_ | _Authour._ |”

Impr. 7: 1608: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [6] + 170 + [4]: p. 11 beg. _and by
consequence_, 111 _maker; I_: Pica Roman. Contents:—(1–6) as 1st ed.:
1–170, the work, in 31 chapters.

See preceding art., of which this is a reprint with additions, except
that the titlepage is not reprinted but only re-set.

Impr. 2: 1608: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 75 + [5]: p. 11 beg. _providence,
which_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–7) dedication to sir
Edw. Cooke, lord chief justice of the Common Pleas, dated “From the
Library in Oxford _Feb._ 10. 1608”: (8) “Faults escaped in the
printing ...”: 1–3, “the Preface vnto all true Catholicks, and
Christian Readers”: 5–75, the Apology: 2–5, “Iohn VVickliffs life
collected out of diuerse Auctors.”

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 467. This is closely connected with the
Wycliff art., below: and on p. 60 marg. the other is said to be
“printed with this Apologie”: the form of the signatures also
indicates connexion. The Bodleian MSS. quoted seem to be MSS. Bodl.
288 and 647, perhaps with others.

Impr. 2: 1608: sm. 4^o: pp. [2] + 40 + [2]: p. 11 beg. _Seldome shal_:
English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within lines: 1–40, the sermon,
on Ps. xi. 2–4, within lines.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 295.

Impr. 7: 1608: sm. 4^o: pp. [2] + 30: p. 11 beg. _dome, hee_: English
Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within lines: 1–30, the sermon, on 1
Chron. xxix. 26–28, within lines.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 295.

8. ¬Panke¬, John. THE FAL OF BABEL. | _By the confusion of tongues, directly proving against the_ | Papists of this, and former ages; that a view of their wri-|_tings, and bookes being taken, it cannot be discerned by any man_ | _living, what they would say, or how be vnderstoode, in the_ | _question of the sacrifice of the Masse, the Reall pre-_|_sence or transubstantiation; but in explaning_ | _their mindes, they fall vpon such termes_, | _as the Protestants vse and allow_. | FVRTHER | In the question of the Popes supremacy is shewed, how they | abuse an authority of the auncient father S^t. Cyprian, A Canon of | the 1. Niceene counsell, And the Ecclesiasticall historie of Socra-|tes, and Sozomen. And lastly is set downe a briefe of the suc-|cession of Popes in the sea of Rome for these 1600. yeeres | _togither; what diversity there is in their accompt, what here-_|_sies, schismes, and intrusions there hath bin in that sea_, | _deliuered in opposition against their tables, where-_|_with now adaies they are very busie; and o-_|_ther things discovered against them_. | _By_ | IOHN PANKE. | [_motto_, then _woodcuts_.]

Impr. 7_a_: 1608: sm. 4^o: pp. [34] + 147 + [3]: p. 11 beg. _fence &
proofe_, 111 _shop of Rome_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–7)
general Epistle dedicatorie to Protestants at Oxford, Cambridge and
elsewhere, dated “From Tydworth the 1. of Nouember. 1607”: (9–29) “To
al ... Recusants ...”, dated as before: (31–2) “The names of the
Popish Writers, out of which this booke hath beene gathered.”: 1–147,
the work, in the form of a dialogue between “Tuberius the Gent.” and
“Romannus the Scholler”: (2–3) “The names of the Bishops or Popes of
Rome for these 1600. yeeres ...”.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 274. The work has no divisions, index or
table of contents.

Impr. 7: 1608: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 38: p. 11 beg. _of many who_:
English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within lines: (3–4) dedication
“to the honorable Companie of Merchants of the Cittie of London”,
dated from Exeter Coll., Oxford, 20 Apr. 1608: 1–38, the sermon, on
Matt. xiii. 45–46: every page of the book is within lines.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 511.

Impr. 7_b_: 1608: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 34 + [2]: p. 11 beg. _guler,
effectual_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within lines: (3–4)
dedication to the archbp. of Canterbury, dated from Exeter coll.,
Oxford, 19 June 1608: 1–34, the sermon on Rev. ii. 26: every page of
the book has a border of lines.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 511. The dedication implies that the book
took four days to print (?), and claims to be the first from the
University Press since the archbishop (Richard Bancroft) became
Chancellor (23 Apr. 1608).

Impr. 7: 1608: sm. 4^o: pp. [2] + 35 + [3]: p. 11 beg. _ctions and_:
English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within lines: 1–2, dedication
to prince Henry: 3–35, the sermon, on Is. ii. 3, within lines: (2–3)
[not seen].

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 511.

12. ¬Prideaux¬, John. [The ©Tabulae ad Grammatica Græca©, assigned by Wood (©Ath. Oxon.©, iii. 267) to this date, is probably the 1607 edition, which see.]

Impr. 5: 1608: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [8] + 106 + [6]: p. 11 beg. _non
exhorter_, 101 _& in_: Pica English. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–8)
“Iohannes Rainoldus Academicis Oxoniensibus ...”, dated “è Colleg.
Corp. Christ. Februar. 2:” 1–52, the first oration: 53–106, the second
oration.

The only copy at present met with is one in Worcester College Library
at Oxford, but there is no special reason why the book should be
scarce.

Impr. 11: 1608: (eights) 16^o: pp. [48], signn. A-C^8: sign. B 1^r
beg. _Flos regum_: Long Primer Italic. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A
1^v, dedication to the king, signed “I. S.”, i. e. John Sansbury: A
2^r-C 7^r, the work, the verso of every leaf being blank.

Rare and valuable. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 58, where some
extracts are given. Each leaf bears an engraving of the arms of the
University or a College, and a short Latin poem following. The title
appears to indicate the struggle of king James and England against
Italian wiles, the words being from Virg. Aen. i. 72, where the
context bears a different meaning. The dedication shows that the poems
were written in 1606. The arms are in some respects peculiar, and were
probably engraved at Oxford.

Impr. 11: 1608: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 384 + [72]: p. 11 beg. _perit quod
nemo_, 111 _xitq;, sed etiàm_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title:
(3–6) dedication to Robert Sackvill earl of Dorset, dated from Corpus
Christi college, Oxford, 3 June 1608: 1–384, the work, in three books:
(1–10) “Index rerum et verborum ...”: (11–21) “Catalogus authorum ...
quibus Author ... vsus est”: (21) “Errata ...”: (23–54) “Miscellanea
quædam de antiquis aulis et studentium collegiis ...”, according to
parishes: (55–72) “Summorum Oxoniensis Academiæ Magistratuum
[Chancellors, Vice-Chancellors, Proctors] ... catalogus.”

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, iii. 109 (where there is much about the fate
of the MS., Twyne’s intentions, &c.) ii. 358. This is the first
history of Oxford, but to some extent thrown into a controversial
form, to prove the prior antiquity of Oxford to that of Cambridge. For
a man of 28 it is, as Wood says, a wonderful performance. Almost all
Twyne’s Oxford collections are still preserved in the University
Archives and the Library of Corpus Christi college, Oxford. See 1620
T.

Impr. 11: 1608: (twelve) 16^o: pp. [24], sign. A^12: sign. A 4^r beg.
_occasionis ratione_: Pica English. Contents:—sign. A 2^r title: A
3^r-A 9^r, the oration: (A 1 and A 12 not seen).

A reprint of 1607 W (speech in 2nd ed.), which see.

17. [Wells, William.] Epistola ad authorem anonymum Libelli ... cui titulus Stricturæ Breves in Epistolas D.D. Genevensium & Oxoniensium.

Oxonii, e Theatro Sheldoniano, ... MDCviii, 4^o.

An error for 1708.

Impr. 2: 1608: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 62 + [2]: p. 11 beg. _thow shalt
haue_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (2) “Faults escaped in
the printing ...”: (3–8) Epistle dedicatorie to sir Thomas Flemynge,
lord chief justice of England: signed “Tho: Iames,” “from the Publike
Librarie in Oxford. Feb. 10. 1608”: 1–17, “A complaint of Iohn
VVickliffe, exhibited to the King and Parliament”: 19–62, “A Treatise
of Iohn VVickliffe against the orders of Friars”: (1–2) “An exposition
of the hardest words,” a glossary.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 468. This is still the only printed
edition of these two works of Wyclif, edited by dr. James. The usual
titles of the treatises are “Four Articles” and “Objections of
Freres.” This book is usually found with the James volume above, which
is alluded to in the dedication. Dr. James does not specify the MSS.
from which these treatises are printed, but MS. C.C.C. (Cambr.) 296
seems to have both, while MS. Bodley 647 only contains the latter of
the two.

1609.

Impr. 7: 1609: (eights) 12^o: pp. [240], signn. _a_^4 _b_, A-N^8 O^4:
sign. B 1^r beg. _animum, artem_, L 1^r _In Aquarius_: Pica Roman.
Contents:—sign. _a_ 1^r, title: _a_ 2^r-_a_ 4^r, “The preface to the
Reader”, dated from Wotton (St. Lawrence) 11 July 1609: _a_ 4^v-_b_
1^r, three commendatory poems, by Warner South (Latin) and A. Crosley:
_b_ 1^v-_b_ 8^v, “The contents of this Booke”: A 1^r-O 4^v, the
treatise.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, iii. 209, and 1633 B, 1634 B, 1682 B (in
Latin): there are also edd. at Lond. 1623 and (in Latin) 1673. This is
a remarkable book, from the style and evident practical experience of
its author. Rude engravings occur on signn. C 7^r, C 7^v and (the
first music printed at Oxford) F 1^r. The author mentions incidentally
in the preface that a book on bees by T. H. of London (presumably
Thomas Hill’s ©Profitable instructions for the ordering of bees©,
Lond. 1579 and 1593) is really a plagiarism from Georgius Pictorius.

Impr. 7_a_: 1609: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [14] + 121 + [1]: p. 11 beg.
_time is_, 111 _will say_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title:
(3–6) Epistle dedicatorie “to his much honored Father: S. F. S.”:
(7–13) “The authors epistle dedicatory to the Lady Ann of Rohan,
Sister to the Duke of Rohan”, signed “Peter du Moulin”: 1–121, the
work.

See 1634 D. The original edition of Pierre Du Moulin’s Héraclite, ou
de la Vanité et Misère de la vie humaine was printed in 1609. The
present translator was probably Robert Stafford of Exeter college, who
matr. on 15 Mar. 1604/5 at the age of 16, his father being sir Francis
(?) Stafford, see Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 291, and especially Bliss’s
MS. additions in his own copy of the ©Athenæ© in the Bodleian. The
coincidence of initials with Richard Smith in the 1634 edition seems
to be accidental. See next art.

3. ——. [Another issue, almost identical in appearance, but entirely reprinted: easy tests of the two issues are such as (1) on the titlepage of this second issue, if it be the second, the fourth line begins immediately under the beginning of the third line, whereas in the first issue it begins an _em_ to the right: (2) the O of the imprint is upside down in the first issue: (3) in the title of the author’s Epistle the second issue has “Anne”, the first “Ann”: (4) p. 41 l. 6 of text, the first issue has “Enuy”, the second “Envy”: (5) p. 121 l. 1 of text, the first issue ends with “God”, the second with “God is.” But it is difficult to say which is a reprint of the other: the second issue is more modern in spelling and type, and the woodcut ornaments are possibly less worn in the first. In fact it is conceivable that the second issue is in reality a few years later.]

4. ¬D\[unster¬], I[ohn]. A | CONFESSION OF | CHRISTIAN RELIGION. | [four _mottos_, then _woodcuts_.]

Impr. 7: 1609: (eights) 12^o: pp. 52 + [4]: p. 11 beg. _and
punishment_: English Roman. Contents:—p. 1, title: 3–48, the treatise:
on p. 48 “Etiam sic sentio, sic credo. I. D.”.

For the author see Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 42. This is a reprint,
omitting the poem at the end, of 1607 D. The paging is wild.

Impr. 2: 1609: sm. 4^o: pp. [6] + 66: p. 11 beg. _lemnize marriage_:
English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) dedication “to the
honourable and right-vertuous Ladie, the Ladie M. H. ...”: (5) “The
contents of this Apologie”: (6) the arms of the University: 1–66, the
work.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 89, where Wood states that the author was
William Heale and the person opposed dr. William Gager, D.C.L. in
1589. The question “An liceat marito uxorem verberare” was one of
those selected for the degree of D.C.L., 11 July 1608, but Gager was
neither inceptor nor respondent. The lady M. H. seems from the
dedication to have commanded Heale to undertake the task of replying
and to have allowed him scant time in which to do it.

Impr. 11: 1609: sm. 4^o: pp. [56], signn. A-G^4: sign. B 1^r beg. _pi
patitur_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) dedication to New
College, dated “Cursim ex Musæo. Oxon.” 1 Jan. “1609”: (5–56) the 12
quaestiones.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 420. Wood is mistaken in calling Reuter a
Welshman. He was a Silesian from Cottbus, as he testifies above and in
the admission register of the Bodleian, 3 Sept. 1608. L probably
stands for Licentiatus utriusque juris. He was never matriculated.

Impr. 11: 1609: 8^o: pp. [4] + 91 + [1]: beg. ^h_Propriū est_: Brevier
Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) “Auctoris praefatio. Ad
iuventutem bonarum artium studiosam”: 5–91, the work.

A reprint of 1602 S, which see.

1610.

Impr. 11: 1610: sm. 4^o: pp. [20] + 208 + [12]: p. 11 beg. _&
Sacerdotes_, 111 _ci me dedet_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title:
(3–6) dedication to bp. George Abbot, dated “Oxon. è Collegio Corporis
Christi. Junii 7. 1610”: (7) “Catalogus eorum quæ hoc opere
continentur”: (9–20) præfatio ad Academicos Oxonienses, 10 June 1610:
1–208, the work: p. 145 is a titlepage:—“APPENDIX | AD CAPVT |
SECVNDVM, DE | CONSILIIS EVANGELI-|CIS, in quâ ad omnes S. S. PA-|TRVM
autoritates, ab HVM-|PHREDO LEECHIO pro | _iisdem asserendis
cita-_|_tas, respondetur_. | AVTORE | SEBASTIANO BENEFIELD. | SS.
THEOLOGIÆ D. COLLEGII | Corporis Christi Oxon. Socio. | [2 _mottos_,
then _woodcuts_, then impr. 7 and date]: (1–4) “Index locorum Sacræ
Scripturæ ...”: (5–12) “Index rerum”: (12) “Ad lectorem ... Errata
typographica ...” (corrected in some copies.)

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 488. This work is a reply to a challenge
from Leech.

Impr. 7_a_: 1610: sm. 4^o: pp. [22] + 171 + [9]: p. 11 beg. _ces,
which_, 111 _they had not_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title:
(3–5) Dedication to archbp. Bancroft, dated Oxford, 3 July 1610:
(6–11) the preface, dated Bolton Percy, 13 Dec. 1595: (12–18) “An
Advertisement to the Reader,” dated Oxford 4 June 1610: (19–20) “The
Contents of the Treatice ...”: (21–22) “The Table of Method” an
inserted quarto leaf folded, printed on the recto only, a logical plan
of the argument: 1–171, the treatise: (1–3) “Another note for the
Reader” against R. P. and Radford, dated Oxford, 22 June 1610: (4–9)
“The Alphabet Table ...,” an index.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 222. The dedication states that the
treatise was completed many years before (1595?) and that archbp.
Whitgift had it in his hands and approved it. The advertisement gives
further details of the occasion and history of the treatise. The note
alludes to Bunny’s connexion with Robert Parsons’ ©Resolution© or
©Directory©, see 1585 P, and J. Radford’s ©Directory©. See 1613 B.

Impr. 7: 1610: (eights) 12^o: pp. [6] + 38 + [4]: p. 11 beg.
_offendere nō_: English Roman. Contents: p. (1) title: (3–6)
dedication to George Abbot bp. of London: 1–38, the sermon, on 1 Pet.
ii. 13–14.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 142.

Impr. 7: 1610: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 32: p. 11 beg. _readeth, receiueth_:
English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (2) short dedication to sir
Clement Throckmerton: (3–4) preface to the author signed I. D. H.:
1–32, the sermon, on Hebr. xiii. 17: 32, “To the Reader”, an apology
for the rude style.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, iii. 346: and 1613 H. The author is the
well-known writer of the Latin and English Dictionary. From the
preface it is clear that the sermon, which is written in an
uncompromising tone, caused great opposition in Coventry, of which
town some curious details of the puritanical feeling are given: it is
now published “not altogether against” the author’s mind. See 1613 H.

Impr. 11: 1610: sm. 4^o: pp. [8], sign. A^4: p. 7 beg. _Romæ_ 1591:
Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (2) dedication to English
theologians by “Tho. Iames” in Latin: (3–4) preface “benevolo
lectori”: (5–7) the list of passages: (7–8) conclusion: (8) list of
MSS. used.

A table of passages corrupted in the Rome edition of 1591 and the Bâle
ed. of 1564, of the Epistolae, Moralia and Pastoralia of Gregory the
Great, compared with the readings of MSS. in the Bodleian, New, Oriel,
Merton, Corpus and St. John’s colleges, and belonging to Richard
Bancroft, archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Allen, and Rich. Hooker,
the task being undertaken by 12 theologians.

Impr. 7: 1610: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 379 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _ving to
vindicate_, 111 _your soule_: English Roman. Contents—p. (1) title:
(3–4) dedication to the Prince of Wales: 1–379, the work: (1) a
postscript: then “Errata.”

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 511. The book is an answer to Leech’s ©A
triumph of truth. Or declaration of the doctrine concerning
Evangelicall counsayles; lately delivered in Oxford ...© _n. pl._
1609, 8^o: and appears to reprint the whole of the latter work.

Impr. 11: 1610: (sixes), la. 8^o or perhaps fol.: pp. [16] + 402 +
[14]: p. 11 beg. _bras; neque_, 111 _tit, & præ_: English Roman.
Contents:—p. (3) title: (5–7) dedication to Christian iv, king of
Denmark (brother of the Queen) by Parry: (9–10) “Iohannes Hartus
candido Lectori,” dated “ex Arce Londinensi, Julii 7”: (11–16)
“Johannes Rainoldus alumnis anglicorum Seminariorum Romæ & Rhemis”:
1–402, the work: (3–11) “Index rerum ...”: (12–14) “Index locorum
Sacræ Scripturæ”: (14) “Errata typographica: quorum quædam in omnibus,
quædam in quibusdam exemplaribus tantùm.” Every page is within a
border of lines.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 15. The original ©Summe of the
Conference© was published at London in 1584 &c. The conference itself
was at the Tower of London in about 1583, see Gillow’s ©English
Catholics© iii (1888?). 155.

1611.

Impr. 7: 1611: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 18 + [2]: p. 11 beg. _vp, is
avowed_: English Roman. Contents.—p. (1) title: (3–4) dedication to
John King, bp. of London, dated “from my study in Corpus Christi
College. Septemb. 9. 1611”: 1–18, the sermon, on Ps. xxi. 6.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 488. The Bp. of London had only been
consecrated the day before this dedication.

2. Davies, John. Microcosmos: see 1603 D.

Impr. 7_a_: (four) 16^o or 12^o: pp. [8], sign. A^4: sign. A 3^r beg.
_There are_: Pica Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title, within a
border: A 2^r-A 3^v, “The Jesuits Pater Noster,” beg. “O Mighty
Phillip King Of men”: A 4^r-A 4^v, “The Ave Maria to the Queene of
France”, beg. “WHen Iudas with a kisse betraid his Lord.”

The only copy known is in the British Museum. A bitter satire against
the Jesuits. In each piece the stanzas consist of four English lines
and a Latin clause of the Pater Noster or Ave Maria (24 and 8
respectively). This piece was probably not printed at Oxford, two of
the woodcuts being not otherwise found there.

Impr. 11: 1611: (eight) 12^o: pp. [16], sign. A^8: sign. A 4^r beg.
21. _Guiderius_: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r title: A 1^v
divisions of “Prima Chilias complectens disticha tantùm anthrôpina in
decem centurias divisa”. (Reges, Episcopi, Barones, Doctores, Equites,
Graduati, Armigeri, Scholares, Generosi, Generalia): A 2^r “Prima
centuria reges Britannici & Anglici in Honorem regis Jacobi,” with a
motto: A 2^v “Elenchum personarum tibi lector exhiberemus, nisi
libellus ipse esset pro Elencho”: A 2^r-A 8^v the prima Centuria, 111
Latin distiches: A 8^v “Ad Lectorem,” promising 10 Centuriae.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 148, and 1612 R. This is a first
instalment of 111 distiches on Kings and Queens of Britain: only the
second part (Episcopi) seems to have subsequently seen the light, in
1612.

1612.

1. ¬Cleland¬, James. The Instruction of | a young Noble-man, | BY | IAMES CLELAND. | [_woodcut: the whole title is within a border of ornament._]

Impr. 7: 1612: in every other point identical with 1607 C.

This is a reissue of the sheets of 1607 C, errata and all, with a new
titlepage sewn in, the old one being torn off. The new titlepage was
not printed at Oxford, as is shown by the woodcut ornaments and
general style, but probably by W. Stansby for John Barnes in London.

Impr. 11: 1612: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 25 + [3]: p. 11 beg. _Magistratus
indicat_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (2–3) Latin
dedication to the heads of Colleges and Halls at Oxford, signed
“Joannes Dayus,” with a list of the Heads: (4) text of the sermon, 2
Kings vi. 1–4: 1–25, the sermon: (2–3) Latin letter from Day to dr.
Thomas Clayton, dated from Oriel coll. Oxford, 11 July (1612).

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 412, and 1615 D. The dedication gives a
complete list of the Heads of Houses, and two official orders of the
Colleges, in dignity, and in antiquity. The letter gives details of
possible future publications by Day and personal points about dr.
Clayton, who advised the printing of this sermon. At p. 21 is a list
of Founders of Colleges.

3. ¬Day¬, John. Concio ad Clerum “In Joh. 9. 4. Oxon. 1612. qu[arto].”

Impr. 7: 1612: (eights) 16^o: pp. [16] + 104: p. 11 beg. _Even that_:
English Roman. Contents:—pp. (1–2) [not seen]: (3) title: (5)
dedication to Oriel college and St. Mary’s parish, Oxford: (7–15) “The
Epistle dedicatorie”: 1–57 the 1st sermon, on Ps. xxvii. 4: 57, an
Erratum: 59–104, the 2nd sermon, on the same.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 412, and 1615 D. The second sermon is
stated by the author to have been his first preached as Vicar of St.
Mary’s, succeeding mr. Wharton. At p. 40 he mentions Tuesday as a
proverbially fatal day to the Irish.

Impr. 30: 1612: (eights) 12^o: pp. [34] + 406: p. 11 beg. _assured
of_, 111 _one part of_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title: (5–7)
Epistle dedicatory to “sir Dudley Digs,” signed “I. B.”: (9–32) “The
Preface to the Reader”: (33–34) “The Contents of this booke”: 1–406,
the work, entitled “A Confutation of Purgatory.”

The Friar against whom this book was written was Jacques (sign. A 4^r)
i. e. Jacques Suares, and the two Doctors were P. V. Palma Cayer and
A. Duval (sign. A 3^v). The first French edition was printed in 1603,
entitled ©Accroissement des eaux de Siloé ...© The work is one of Du
Moulin’s less known productions.

Impr. 11: 1612: sm. 4^o: pp. [36], signn. A-D^4 E^2: sign. B 1^r beg.
_Amyntas_: English Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A 2^r, short
dedication to the memory of prince Henry, in Latin: A 3^r-E 2^r, the
poems: E 2^v “Lectori ξυναποθνήσκοντι,” an epilogue.

The writers and editor of these poems on the death of Prince Henry are
more disguised than usual. The editor was undoubtedly “Jacobus
Aretius,” i. e. James Martin, of Broadgates hall. There is one poem in
Chaldee (Hebrew type), one in Syriac, one in Arabic, one in Turkish
(all three in Roman type) and a few in Greek. There are three Idylls,
“Amyntas,” “Tityrus,” and “Daphnis,” in Latin hexameter verse,
presumably by the Editor.

Impr. 11: 1612: sm. 4^o: pp. [2] + 62 + [8]: p. 11 beg. _Multâque
Myrrhæ_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (2) distich, within a
border: 1–62, the poems: 1–7, “... Oratio funebris habita apud
Magdalenenses tempore Prandij exequialis, 7^o Decemb. quo die
desideratiss. Principi Henrici funeri iusta persoluta fuere,” signed
“Accep. Frewen.”

Poems, chiefly in Latin (a few in Greek and one Spanish), by members
of Magdalen College, on the death of Prince Henry (_d._ 6 Nov. 1612),
who was connected with the College through his tutor John Wilkinson.

Impr. 29: 1612: sm. 4^o: pp. [2] + 32 + [2]: p. 11 beg. _ver heard
that_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: 1–32, the Answer.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 697, and under _Travers_, below: both
treatises have often been reprinted. This and the following treatises
by Hooker seem to have been edited by Henry Jackson, see Wood’s ©Ath.
Oxon.©, iii. 577.

Impr. 29: 1612: sm. 4^o: pp. [2] + 17 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _ly enimy is_:
English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title; 1–17, the sermon, on Hab. i. 4.

Impr. 29: 1612: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 69 + [3]: p. 11 beg. _should make
vs_, 61, _men, how many_: English Roman. Contents: p. (1) title: (3–4)
“To the Christian reader” signed “from Corpus Christi College in
Oxford” “Henry Iackson”: 1–69, the Sermon (on Hab. i. 4): (2–3) (not
seen).

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 697. This is the first edition, and
apparently the first of Jackson’s issues of Hooker’s sermons.

Impr. 29: 1612: sm. 4^o: pp. [2] + 17 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _dome as my_:
English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: 1–17, the sermon, on Hab. ii.
4.

Impr. 29: 1612: sm. 4^o: pp. [2] + 14: p. 11 beg. _full and
faintharted_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: 1–14, the sermon,
on John xiv. 27.

Impr. 29: 1612: sm. 4^o: pp. [12] + 72: p. 11 beg. _by a secular_:
English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–9) Epistle dedicatory to the
“Iudges and Iustices of Peace for the Countie of Oxon.”, dated “From
the Publique Library in Oxford, Sept. 16. 1612”, signed “Tho. James”:
(10–12) “The Propositions”: 1–51, 100 propositions against Jesuits
stated and commented on: 52–72, the Life of Parsons.

Rare. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 467. A story is told at p. 53 of
Parsons disfurnishing the Balliol College Library of “many ancient
bookes and rare Manuscripts”, and of his expulsion at a later period
from the College.

Impr. 7: 1612: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [4] + 138: p. 11 beg. _it be_, 111
_the one_: Pica English. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) “To the
Reader”: 1–71, homily on Matt. xvii. 5 (_Hunc audite_): 72–138, homily
on Matt. xix. 8 (_Non sic fuit ab initio_): 138, “Errata.”

Rare. There is another issue of this book in the same year, identical
in every respect, even to the Errata, except that on the title after
the asterisks and before the woodcuts come the words “_First written
in French by_ Ph. | Mornay, _and now translated_ | _into English_”
instead of the single line of the first issue. The second issue
appears to be less rare. In each sign. A 1 is almost entirely gone,
which consisted of the titlepage in some early form before a preface
was decided on. The preface even in the second issue pretends that the
author is unknown to the translator: who _may_ be identical with the
“I. V.” of 1615 M.

Impr. 7: 1612: (eights) 12^o: pp. [2] + (82 + ?): p. 11 beg. _may take
an oath_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: 1-(82-?) the treatise.

Very rare. The running title is “The truth of the oath | of
Supremacie.” All after p. 82 (sign. F 2) is at present unknown, the
British Museum copy being imperfect: but probably other copies exist.

Impr. 7: 1612: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 17 + [3]: p. 11 beg. ^k_Be warmed_:
English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) dedication to William
Hill of Pitmi[n]ster: 1–17, the sermon, on Phil. iv. 13.

Impr. 7: 1612: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 49 + [3]: p. 11 beg. _Christs
priesthood_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) dedication
to Thomas Southcot of Moones-Ottery in Devon: 1–49, the sermon, on 1
Cor. ix. 13–14.

Impr. 7: 1612: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 36: p. 11 beg. _wish? The_: English
Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) dedication to John and Anna
Horner of Melles in Somerset: 1–36, the sermon, on Prov. xviii. 14.

Impr. 7: 1612: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + map + 39 + [5] + 110 + [2]: p. 11
beg. _some neere_, also _Such actions_, 101 _those humors_: English
Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3) dedication “To the hand” (explained
by “I found it only dedicated to a Hand, and to that hand I addresse
it”), signed “T. A.”: (5–7) glossary of Indian words, with a few
sentences &c.: after p. (8) a map, see below: 1–39, “The description
of Virginia by captaine Smith”: (2) title, “The proceedings of the
English colonie” &c. as next art.: (4–5) “To the Reader”, signed “T.
Abbay”: 1–110, the Proceedings.

Very rare: priced in Quaritch’s Rough List 88, (1888), no. 174 (cf.
181), at £125: the map alone at £40. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 650.
The map of Virginia which follows p. 8 is about 12–15/16 in. high ×
16⅜ in. broad, taking the extreme limits of the copperplate (the inner
bounding line is 12⅜ × 15¾ in.): the title “Virginia” is on a scroll,
and below the Scale of Leagues is “Discovered and Discribed by Captain
Iohn Smith | Grauen by William Hole”: at the top left corner (to the
reader) is a picture of Powhatan in state, and at the top right corner
a figure of a “Sasquesahanoug” man. This first state of the map ought
_not_ to have “1607” below the inscription about Powhatan, _nor_
“1606” below the word “Smith” in the words below the Scale, _nor_
“Page 41 | Smith” in the lower right corner, _nor_ the latitude and
longitude marks on any side except the base; all of which additions
are on the reissue of the map in Smith’s ©General Historie of Virginia
...© (Lond. 1624, fol.), and also in the reissue in ©Purchas his
Pilgrimes©, 4th part, Lond. 1625, except that instead of “Page 41
Smith” there is in the upper right (?) corner “1690,” a reference to
the page.

The W. S. of the first part is the rev. William Simmonds, D.D. of
Magd. Coll. Oxford, for some time a resident in Virginia, see Wood’s
©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 142, while the publisher of both parts was Thomas
Abbay. The whole of the first part with trifling changes is reprinted
in Smith’s ©Generall Historie of Virginia© (London. 1624, fol.) bk. 2,
p. 21: in ©Purchas his Pilgrimes© (Lond. 1625, fol.) Lib. ix, ch. 3,
p. 1691: and the second part, slightly abridged, in the same books,
bk. 3, p. 41, where the glossary and map occur, but the 12th chap. is
considerably altered: and ch. 4, p. 1705, respectively. The whole is
carefully reprinted from the 1612 ed. by Edw. Arber in his ©English
Scholar’s Library. Capt. John Smith ... Works.© (Birmingham, 1884),
from whose notes the following words are taken:—

[Preface to part 1].

“The first part of this Work is evidently an expanded and revised text
of that “Mappe of the Bay and Rivers, with an annexed Relation of the
Countries and Nations that inhabit them” (p. 444), which President
JOHN SMITH sent home, about November 1608, to the Council in London,
as the result of his explorations in Chesapeake Bay in the previous
summer.

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