Chapter VI: Part 6

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That this book of travels &c. should have been printed at the Oxford
University Press is a most singular fact....

The hand printing presses in England were jealously registered, and
locked up every night, to prevent surrepti[ti]ous printing; all
through the lifetime of our Author: and the Company of Stationers of
London especially watched with a keen jealousy the printing operations
of the two Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, who each possessed a
single hand press. See W. HERBERT’S edition of J. AMES’S
©Typographical Antiquities©, iii, 1398, Ed. 1790, 4to.

This solitary hand printing press at Oxford, usually produced sermons,
theological and learned Works, &c.; in the midst of which, this book
of travels crops up in a startling manner.

Why could not, or would not SMITH get it printed in London? Had the
revision of its second Part by the Rev. DR. SIMMONDS anything to do
with the printing at Oxford? These nuts we must leave for others to
crack.

Of course, being printed at Oxford, this book was not registered at
Stationer’s Hall, London ...

It is sometimes misnamed the Oxford _tract_; but it is rather a book
than a tract.

[Preface to part 2].

T. ABBAY states, ... [in his preface] respecting this second Part,

_Neither am I the author, for they are many, whose particular
discourses are signed by their names. This solid treatise, first was
compiled by_ Richard Pots, _since passing the hands of many to pervse,
chancing into my hands, (for that I know them honest men, and can
partly well witnesse their relations true) I could do no lesse in
charity to the world then reveale; nor in conscience, but approve._

This Part is therefore the Vindication or Manifesto of the thirty or
forty Gentlemen and Soldiers, who, under SMITH, saved the Colony ...

This second Part of the ©Map of Virginia©, compiled, and perhaps added
to, by RICHARD POTS, ... tested and revised by the Rev. WILLIAM
SIMMONDS, D. D., ... and published by T. ABBAY; is a condensed summary
of the sayings and writings of the following seven Virginian
Colonists:

_GENTLEMEN._

_Original Planters_, 1607.

NATHANIEL POWELL (killed in the Massacre, 22 March 1622) ...
THOMAS STUDLEY, Cape Merchant or Colonial Storekeeper (who died 28
August 1607) ...

©First Supply©, 1608.

WILLIAM PHETTIPLACE, ...
Dr. WALTER RUSSELL, ...
RICHARD WIFFIN, ...

©Second Supply©, 1609.

THOMAS ABBAY ...

_SOLDIER._

_Original Planter_, 1607.

ANAS TODKILL ...

In the revision of this text in the ©General History©, Lib. 3, in
1624; the testimonies of eight other Gentlemen were incorporated (not
_invented_ as some would think) ...

It is to be especially noted that, while he would endorse it all,
Captain SMITH is not named as an author of _any portion_ of this
Second Part, either in the title in the previous page or in the text
itself: therefore no allusion to the POCAHONTAS deliverance should be
expected in it; and there is none.”

Impr. 7: 1612: strictly speaking part of the preceding art., which
see.

Impr. 7: 1612: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [18] + 136 + [2]: p. 11 beg. _ved
with the_, 111 _ry bosomes_: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1)
title: (3–10) Epistle dedicatorie to lady Elizabeth Basset, dated from
Barnstaple, 1 Jan. “1609”: (11–13) “The contents of the severall
chapters”: (14–17) “The sinners counsell to his soule. A Sonnet of the
Authors,” 18 quatrains, beg. “Awake ô Soule, and looke abroad”: 1–136,
the treatise.

Nothing seems to be known of the author, nor can I find mention of the
1st edition, presumably issued in 1609 or 1610. See 1634 S.

Impr. 7: 1612: sm. 4^o: pp. [6] + 52 + [2]: p. 11 beg. _sort, that
of_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–6) epistle dedicatorie
to Thomas lord Ellesmere, chancellor of the University of Oxford:
1–52, the sermon, on Prov. xii. 10.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 506 (where 1612 is misprinted 1602). The
author was chaplain to lord Ellesmere.

23. ¬Reinolds¬, John. (Antony Wood asserts, in his ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 149, that the second part of John Reinolds’ Epigrammata (in Episcopos) was printed at Oxford in 1612 in 8^o. No copy appears now to be known.)

Impr. 29: 1612: sm. 4^o: pp. [2] + 25 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _there were_:
English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: 1–25, the treatise.

This is an appeal made by Travers, who was afternoon preacher at the
Temple in London when Hooker was Master (about 1585–91), against the
inhibition from preaching issued against him by the Privy Council.
Travers was ordained at Antwerp, and had imbibed Genevan doctrine with
which he opposed Hooker. See Hooker’s ©Answer© above. Both treatises
have been frequently reprinted, in Hooker’s ©Works©, &c. This issue
does not seem to have been published by Travers himself, but only in
order to accompany Hooker’s posthumously printed ©Answer©.

Impr. 7: 1612: twelves 16^o: pp. [2] + 45 + [1] + 35 + [1]: pp. 11
beg. _vnwilling to_, and _^her behalfe_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1)
title: 1–45, the first treatise: 1–35, the second treatise.

Impr. 29: 1612: (eights) 12^o: pp. 92 + [4]: p. 11 beg. _ple, but
served_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. 1, title: 2, “Points handled in this
Sermon”: 3–92, the sermon, on Acts ii. 46.

See 1605 W, of which this is a verbatim reprint.

27. ¬Wakeman¬, Robert. “Jonah’s Sermon and Ninivehs repentance (_J. Barnes_) 1612 ... 16_mo_.”

So in the ©Catalogue of the Second ... portion of the ... library
formed by ... Philip Bliss©, Lond. (1858), p. 6, corroborated by a MS.
note in a Bodleian copy (once the editor’s) of Bliss’s Wood’s
©Athenæ©, which states that this is a third edition.

Impr. 29: 1612: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 18 + [2]: p. 11 beg. _comprehend
either_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–7) preface “To the
Christian Reader” about Wyclif: dated “from Corpus Christi College in
Oxford, Iuly 6. MDCXII,” signed “Henry Iackson”: 1–18, the sermon, on
Rom. xv. 30.

For the editor see Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, iii. 577. The “ancient printed
copie” was neither of the two issues dated Nuremberg 1546, but the
undated one (probably 1546) “overseen” by M[iles] C[overdale], though
Coverdale’s preface is omitted. This was reprinted at Cambr. in 1851,
and one of the others at Oxford in 1828.

1613.

Impr. 32: 1613: the rest precisely as 1604 A.

A reissue of the sheets of 1604 A, with a new titlepage not printed at
Oxford, the woodcut on title being unknown there.

Impr. 7 (not at foot of page, but, with date, close to rest of title):
1613: (eight & four) 16^o: pp. [2] + 22: Long Primer Roman.
Contents:—p. (1) title: (2) short dedication “to his honourable master
S^r Richard Wenman Knight”: 1–19, the poem in 8-line stanzas, one on
each page, ending with “finis.”: 21–22, “A morning after mourning,” 2
more stanzas, ending with “finis.”

Extremely rare. This book has never been found except in fragments,
and usually in the bindings of books. The Bodleian copy is complete:
Merton college, Oxford, has nearly a complete one from its bindings:
the British Museum copy was dr. Bandinel’s (Sale Catal., Aug. 1861,
no. 44), and contains the first 16 (?) pages. Other fragments are
known to exist, chiefly in Oxford college library bindings. The poem
was reproduced in facsimile in 1872 by W. H. Allnutt (100 copies).

It seems on the whole probable that this William Basse, who was a
retainer in sir R. Wenman’s house (Thame Park), is identical with the
William Bas who wrote ©Sword and Buckler© (Lond. 1602, 4^o), which is
a poetical defence of Serving-men against the scorn of their
superiors. In Stanza 2 of the present poem is a clear reference to
Bas’s ©Three Pastoral Elegies© (Lond. 1602, 4^o) in the following
terms:—“Not (like as when some triviall discontents | First taught my
raw and lucklesse youth to rue | Doe I to Flockes, now vtter my
laments ...”. On the other hand the author of the ©Sword and Buckler©
had two sons, whereas here he speaks of his “young Muse.” Other poems
by “William Basse” (Bas) prepared for the press in 1653 were printed
by J. P. Collier in 1870; and contributions to the ©Annalia Dubrensia©
(1636) and Walton’s ©Angler©, as well as an “Epitaph upon Shakespeare”
are mentioned.

See J. Payne Collier’s ©Bibliographical account© (1865) p. 54, W. C.
Hazlitt’s ©Handbook© (1867) and ©(Bibliographical) Collections©, 1st
series (1876). The author is mentioned as living at Moreton near
Thame, in Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, iv. 222.

The subject of the first poem is Prince Henry’s death, and of the
“Morning” the wedding of the princess Elizabeth.

Impr. 29_a_: 1613: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 280 + [8]: p. 11 beg. _the^r
numbring_, 111 _Which truth_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title:
(3–4) dedication to bp. King, dated “from my study in Corpus Christi
College in Oxford, Iuly 5. 1613”: (5–7) “The Preface to the Christian
Reader”: 1–264, the 21 “lectures”: 265, a title:—“[_woodcut_] | A |
SERMON | PREACHED AT WOTTON | VNDER EDGE in the Diocesse of |
_Gloucester before the Clergy there assem-_|_bled at the Episcopall
Visitation of_ | THOMAS RAVIS, _late Bishop_ | _of Gloucester_. 1605.
| BY SEBASTIAN BENEFIELD. | [_motto_, then _woodcuts_],” impr. 7_a_,
1613: 267–280, the sermon, on 1 Cor. ix. 19, with the head title “The
Christians Libertie”: 280, Errata, corrected in many copies: (1–7) “A
Table of such particulars as are contained in this Commentarie,”
alphabetical.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 488. A Latin translation of the lectures
(without the sermon) was made by Benefield’s pupil Henry Jackson
(_ibid._ iii. 578) and published at Oppenheim in 1615, the preface
being dated 21 May 1614 and addressed to Abraham Scultetus who had
visited Oxford and made a friendship with Benefield. Benefield printed
a commentary in 21 sermons on Amos chap. 2 at London in 1620, and in
17 sermons on Amos chap. 3 (together with a separate reprint of the
present commentary) at London in 1629.

Impr. 7: 1613: sm. 4^o: pp. [6] + 20 + [2] : p. 11 beg. _wife,
rebellious_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–5) Epistle
dedicatorie to bp. Miles Smyth, dated “from my study in Corpus Christi
College in Oxford, August 27, 1613”: (6) A quotation from Augustine
with English translation: 1–20, the sermon, on Amos iii. 6.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 488.

Impr. 7_a_: 1613: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 31 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _not Henry_:
English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3) dedication “to the
worshipfull his loving Cousen M^r E. N. and his virtuous wife Mistris
K. N. ...”, dated “from Cote,” 7 Nov. 1605: 1–31, the meditation, on
Ps. vii. 9.

Very rare.

Impr. 32: 1613: &c. precisely as 1610 B.

This is a rare reissue of 1610 B with a new titlepage printed (not at
Oxford, for the woodcut in the title is unknown there, but) at London,
perhaps by W. Stansby. The old titlepage was simply cut off, and the
new one pasted in.

Impr. 11: 1613: (eights) 12^o: pp. [8] + 291 + [1]: p. 11 beg.
_piscopi Romani_, 111 _quod contra vos_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1)
title: (3–4) Latin poem to prince Charles: (5) “Summa Tractatuum”:
(6–8) “Index Responsionum iuxta ordinem apud Adversarium”: 1–280, the
treatise, in three “tractatus”: 280, “Lectori”, a note: 281–291,
“Appendix, ubi Auctoris ante biennium edita Responsio, ad Martini
Becani Refutationem (quam vocat) Torturæ Torti defenditur ...”.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, iii. 18. The bibliography of the controversy
excited by the fresh oath of Allegiance imposed after the Gunpowder
Plot is too intricate to be here treated. It was begun by card.
Bellarmine (“Matthaeus Tortus”) and James I, and followed by bp.
Andrewes’ ©Tortura Torti©, Andreas Eudaemon-johannes (André
L’Heureux’s) ©Parallelus Torti ac Tortoris© (Colon. 1611), Martinus
Becanus’s ©Refutatio Torturae Torti© (Mogunt. 1610), and many others.
See _Du Moulin_, below.

Impr. 7_a_: 1613: sm. 4^o: pp. [6] + 27 + [3]: p. 11 beg. _The Church
is_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–5) dedication to Alice
“dowager of Derby, wife to the ... Baron of Elsemere”, dated from
“Oxford, Alsoules. September the 3. 1613”: 1–27, the sermon, on Cant.
ii. 10: (1) “Faults escaped”, at end “Delay is dangerous | and hast
erroneous”, all between woodcuts.

The author took his B.A. degree at Cambridge, and incorporated at All
Souls on 4 May 1609; M.A., 1610.

Impr. 11: 1613: sm. 4^o: pp. [12], signn. A^4 B^2: sign. B 1^r beg.
_mentis luxuriȩ_: English Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A 2^r,
Latin preface to the reader: A 3^r-B 2^r, the oration.

Rare. Little seems to be known of the subject of this Oration. Sir
George St. Paul of Snarford never matriculated or took a degree,
though according to the oration a commoner of Corpus for two years.
His work at Lincoln and Stamford is described, and his munificence to
the College and the new Schools at Oxford.

Impr. 29_a_: 1613: (eights) 16^o: pp. [18] + 484 + [2]: p. 11 beg.
_Innocent in his_, 111 _of this, but this_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p.
(1) title: (3–16) “The preface to the Reader”: (17–18) “A table of the
matters contained in this third booke.”: 1–484, the work.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 169. The title of the complete work is
“Defense de la foy catholique contenue au livre de ... Iaques I Roy de
la grād’ Bretagne ... contenue en trois liures. Contre la Response de
F. N. Coeffeteau ... Par Pierre du Moulin ... 1612.” The 3rd book was
subsequently printed separately in French also, with the title
“Accomplissement des propheties ... Par Pierre du Moulin ...”. The
original work by King James I is “Triplici nodo, triplex cuneus. Or an
apologie for the oath of allegiance ...” (anon., Lond. 1607, and with
author’s name Lond. 1609 &c.: in Latin ©Apologia pro iuramento
fidelitatis©, Lond. 1609, &c.). Coeffeteau’s book was “Responce a
l’Advertissement ... par le ... Roy de la grande Bretagne ...” (Par.
1610). See _Burhill_, above.

Impr. 29: 1613: (eights) 12^o: pp. [80], signn. A-E^8: sign. B 1^r
beg. _Which vpward’s_: Pica Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r, title: A
2^r-A 2^v, dedication to Katherine lady Mansell, daughter of lord
Lisle: A 3^r-A 5^r, complimentary verses to the author: A 5^v, “The
Author to the Praisers of his booke”, a short poem: A 6^r-E 8^v, the
200 epigrams.

Very rare: see Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 350. This author escaped
Wood’s notice altogether, and his claim to be an Oxford man eluded
even dr. Bliss when he edited Wood in 1815: but he subsequently writes
in a MS. note, “I have now no doubt but that the author of
©Linsi-Woolsie© was of Jesus, matriculated May 18. 1604, a native of
Glamorgan, pleb. fil., æt. 20: B.A. Dec. 17. 1607.” The verses are
extremely poor. The only copy at present known is that in the British
Museum, which was the Heber copy (Heber sale, 1834, pt. 1, p. 141, no.
2734.)

Impr. 11: 1613: sm. 4^o: pp. [6] + 39 + [3]: p. 11 beg. _Articulus_
13: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) dedication to John
King, bp. of London, signed “Johannes Glanvillus”: (5) “Ad Carmen
meum”, a poem in Latin: (6) “Ad lectorem benevolum”, a distich: 1–39,
the 40 Articles, in elegiac verse, the 40th being “De Articulorum
ratificatione”: (1–2) “De numero & nominibus Articulorum”, a list: (2)
“Ad lectorem”, a Latin poem.

See Wood’s ©Fasti Oxon.©, i. 343. The verses are a paraphrase, with
short additional poems of a meditative kind, written during an
illness.

13. Godwin, Thomas. “©Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia. An English Exposition of the Roman Antiquities ...© Oxon. 1613 ... &c. qu.”

So in Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, iii. 52, but probably a misprint for 1614,
which see, though Wood’s apparent error is copied by Watt, Bohn’s
Lowndes, &c.

Impr. 7: 1613: (eights) 16^o?: pp. [8] + 56: p. 11 beg. _Q. VVhat
learne_: Pica Roman & Italic. Contents:—(1) title: (3–7) dedication to
sir Thomas Lowe, Master, and to the 4 Wardens, of the Haberdashers’
Company in London, dated Bunbury, 19 July 1613: 1–56, the treatise, in
question and answer.

Rare. For the author see Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 461, where _Banbury_
is twice a misprint for _Bunbury_.

Impr. 29: 1613: (rest as 1610 H.)

A reissue of the sheets of 1610 H, with a new titlepage printed in
London, within a border of woodcuts. The woodcut on the titlepage is
unknown at Oxford.

16. ¬Hooker¬, dr. Richard. (A learned discourse of Iustification, &c., a reprint of the title of 1612 H, adding after the word “Oxford ⁂”:—_The second edition, corrected, and amended._ |

Impr. 7: 1613: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 68: p. 11 beg. _should make vs_, 61
_man should hope_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) “To
the Christian Reader”, signed as before, but dated “from Corpus
Christi College in Oxford the 6. of Iuly. 1612.”: 1–68, the discourse,
on Hab. i. 4.

A second edition of 1612 H: the alterations are chiefly literal and
verbal.

Impr. 29_a_: 1613: sm. 4^o: pp. [2] + 20 + [2]: p. 11 beg. _ken away
even_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: 1–20, the sermon, on 1
Cor. xv. 55–57.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 287 & 112. There is some little
biographical matter about dr. Holland.

Impr. 11: 1613: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 48: p. 11 beg. Δεύτερος: English
Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3) dedication, partly in Latin verse,
to lord William Petrie son of lord Petre of Writtle: 1–48, the poems.

Most of the poems are Latin, but 4 Greek, 2 Hebrew, and one French.
John lord Petre died on 11 Oct. 1613.

19. —— Merton College. [_woodcut._] | BODLEIO-|MNEMA. | [_device._]

Impr. 11: 1613: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 84 + [20]: p. 11 beg. _Ad sanam_:
English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3) Latin dedication to the
memory of sir Thomas Bodley, by Merton college: (4) Latin poem by the
editor: 1–84, the poems, chiefly Latin: (1–18) “Oratio funebris habita
in Collegio Mertonensi à Johanne Halesio ... anno 1613 Martij 29^o;
quo die Clarissimo Equiti D. Thomæ Bodleio funus ducebatur.”

This book consists of about 80 poems (four in Greek, the rest in
Latin) in memory of sir Thomas Bodley by members of Merton college, of
which society Bodley was a fellow. The editor’s name does not appear.
Bodley died in London on Jan. 28. 1612/3, but both the dedication of
this volume and p. 117 of the ©Justa Funebria© (see below) state that
it was on Jan. 29: see Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 126.

Impr. 31: 1613: sm. 4^o: pp. [128], signn. ( )^2 A-P^4 Q^2: sign. B
1^r beg. _Cur^c Atalanta_, M 1^r Impar nulla: English Roman.
Contents:—sign. ( ) 1^r title: ( ) 2^r “Oxonia Heydelbergæ”, a short
poem: A 1^r-Q 2^v, the verses.

Poems by Oxford men on the marriage of Frederick v, elector Palatine,
with the princess Elizabeth of England on 14 Feb. 1612/3. All are
Latin except five Greek, two Italian and one Hebrew (unpointed, Pica
and Brevier).

Impr. 31: 1613: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 134 + [14]: p. 11 beg. _Sed
calcanda_, 111 _Non famam_. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3) short Latin
poems as by the University: 1–134, the poems: (1) a titlepage:—“ORATIO
FVNEBRIS | HABITA IN | SCHOLA THEOLOGICA AB | ORATORE PVBLICO, IN
OBI-|TV CLARISSIMI EQVITIS | _THOMÆ BODLEII_. | ⁂⁂ | [_device_]”,
impr. 11: (3) “Ad lectorem” a preface by the orator (Isaac Wake):
(5–12) the oration.

About 270 poems, chiefly Latin, but two Hebrew (unpointed, Pica), four
Greek, two Italian, one English: in memory of sir Thomas Bodley, see
preceding art. The oration by Wake (see Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 540)
was reprinted in W. Bates’s ©Vitæ selectorum virorum© (1681), p. 416.
The British Museum printed Catalogue, and the Catalogue of English
Books in the Museum up to 1640, attribute this speech to Richard
Corbet, by error.

Impr. 11: 1613: sm. 4^o: pp. [130], sign. A-P^4, Q 1–3, one leaf, Q 4:
sign. H 1^r beg. _Quod signis_: English Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r,
title: A 1^v, A 2^v, Italian dedication to James i signed “L’infelice
Lodovico Petrucci Cavaliere”: A 2^r, A 3^r, the same in Latin: A 3^v-Q
3^v, the poems in Italian and Latin: (one leaf)^v “I principali errori
commessi nell’ Italiano di questo libro”, a long list, beginning with
the titlepage (“Cavalliere”), followed by some Errata in the Latin:
the references oddly are to _pages_.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 293. This is a singular and uncommon
book. The author was a soldier of fortune, who was admitted as a
reader in the Bodleian as from St. Edmund hall on 27 Apr. 1611, but
did not matriculate till 5 Sept. 1612. The verso of each leaf is in
general Italian poems, and the recto of the next leaf a Latin version
of them. On signn. F 2^v and L 3^v-M 2^v are letters and testimonials
about him: at H 1^v is a poem in Italian and Latin on sir Thomas
Bodley’s death: at H 2^v begins his ©Selua© or ©Sylva© in two parts,
and at N 4^v a long and curious account in Italian and Latin verse of
his stay in England and particularly Oxford and New College, which he
was forced to leave (in 1614?) by the puritanical party. On M 3^v is
an oration delivered in Italy, and on Q 2^v is a poem in both
languages on the death of dr. Rives, which is repeated on Q 3^r. The
whole book was intended to be produced at the wedding of Frederick
elector Palatine with the princess Elizabeth (14 Feb. 1612/3), but by
the printer’s delay was too late.

Impr. 7_a_: 1613: sm. 4^o: pp. [6] + 37 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _the
divell_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–5) dedication to
sir Edw. and lady Mary Giles, dated “from your house at Bowdon, Aug.
24. 1613.”: 1–37, the sermon, on Deut. xxxiv. 5.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, iii. 22. The author seems to have been
private chaplain to sir E. Giles. He quotes against himself in the
dedication a thesis disputed at the Act in Oxford 1613 “Doctior
quisque fuit in scribendo parcissimus.”

Impr. 7: 1613: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 17 + [3]: p. 11 beg. _vpon the
text_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) Latin dedication
to dr. Thomas Singleton, principal of Brasenose: 1–17, the sermon, on
Ex. xxviii. 34.

Impr. 7: 1613: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 40: p. 11 beg. _the blood of Ahab_:
English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) dedication to Charles i,
dated from Exeter college Oxford, July 27 (1613): 1–40, the sermon, on
Ps. cxxxvii. 5.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 512. Every printed page has lines
bounding the text, head-line and margin.

Impr. 7: 1613: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 32: p. 11 beg. _himselfe with_:
English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) dedication to Will.
Cotton bp. of Exeter: 1–32, the “meditation.”

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 512, and 1614 P. The essay, which
contains some personal matter about prince Henry of historical
interest, was written for 6 Nov. 1613. The text, head-line and margin
of each printed page are within bounding lines.

Impr. 29: 1613: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 52 + [4] + 29 + [5] + 26: p. 11
beg. (1) _the Manna_, (2) _ces, the furies_, (3) _Lastly to close_:
English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3) short dedication to Charles
i: 1–26, sermon on Ps. xc. 15: 27–52, sermon on 2 Sam. xii. 23, with
running title to both “Meditations of Consolation in our
Lamentations”: (1) a title:—“SORROVV | FOR THE SINNES OF | _THE TIME_.
| _A_ | SERMON PREACHED AT S^t. | JAMES on the third Sunday after |
_the_ PRINCE _his death_. | BY | DANIEL PRICE _then Chaplaine in
Attendance_. | [_motto_, then _device_, then _impr._ 29, 1613.]”:
(3–4) dedication to lady (Robert) Carey: 1–29, the sermon, on Ezek.
ix. 4: (2) title:—“TEARES | SHED OVER ABNER. | _THE_ | SERMON PREACHED
ON THE | Sunday before the PRINCE his fu-|nerall in S^t. JAMES
Chappell | _before the body_. | BY | DANIELL PRICE _then Chaplaine in
Attendance_. | [_motto_, then _device_, then _impr._ 29, 1613.]”:
(4–5) dedication to sir David Murray: the sermon, on 2 Sam. iii. 31.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 511. Every printed page is within lines
bounding the text, head-line and margin. The signatures are
continuous, ( )^2 A-O^4 P^2. There is very little of historical
interest in the sermons.

Impr. 11: 1613: 16^o.

At present this book is only known to me from a titlepage at the end
of the 1614 edition of Rainolds’s ©Orationes© (which see), and notices
in Thomas Bowman’s ©Catalogus librorum© (Oxf. 1687) [sign. I1^r:—“146.
Rainoldi (Joan) Orationes. Oxon. 1613”] and Brit. Mus. MS. Harl. 5901,
fol. 70 (Bagford). But the book is not likely to be really rare,
unless the 1614 edition caused its recall or destruction.

Impr. 7: 1613: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 136 + [4] + 20: p. 11 beg. (1)
_promised to consume_, (2) _hād of the Philistines_: English Roman.
Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–8) epistle dedicatory to D. Airay provost
of Queen’s college, Oxford, dated “Bunbury in Cheshire, July 19.
1613”, signed “W. Hinde”: 1–136, the commentary: (1) a title:—“A |
SERMON | VPON PART OF THE | eighteenth Psalme. | PREACHED TO THE
PVBLIKE | assembly of Scholers in the Vniversity of | Oxford the last
day of August, 1586. | BY | JOHN RAINOLDES | _Vpon occasion of their
meeting to giue thankes to God_ | _for the detection and apprehension
of Trai-_|_tours, who wickedly conspired against_ | _the_ Queenes
_Maiestie and_ | the state of the Realme. | [_motto_, then
_woodcuts_]”, impr. 7_a_, 1613: (3–4) “Iohn Rainolds, to the Reader
...”, dated “At Corpus Christi College in Oxford, Octob. 24. 1586.”:
1–20, the sermon, on Ps. xviii. 47–51.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 16 & 15, and 1586 R. The commentary has
special reference to the 1st Epistle of St. Peter, and is in 10
divisions or sermons. The editor, William Hinde of Queen’s college,
seems to have long possessed the MS. of the lectures. The sermon is a
reprint of 1586 R, and an integral part of the whole volume, as the
signatures show, which for the sermon begin at T 1. Every printed page
has bounding lines to the text, margin and head-line.

30. S[mith], S[amuel]. Aditus ad logicam. In usum eorum qui primò Academiam salutant. Autore S. S. Artium Magistro. Imprint:—“Anno Domini 1613”, (eights) 12^o.

This book is attributed to the Oxford Press by Wood (©Ath. Oxon.©, ii.
283), but was not printed there, the woodcuts being unknown in Oxford.
See 1684 S.

1614.

1. ¬Andrewes¬, John. “Christ his Crosse, or the most comfortable Doctrine of Christ Crucified & joyfull Tidings of his Passion, teaching us to Love & Embrace his Crosse, as the most Sweete & Celestiall Doctrine unto the Soule, and how We should behave ourselves therein according to the Word of God. Newly Published by John Andrewes, Minister & Preacher of the Word of God at Barricke Basset in the County of Wiltes.”

So in manuscript in the Bagford collections (Brit. Mus. MS. Harl.
5901, fol. 71): see Wood’s ©Ath Oxon.©, ii. 493, where the book is
described as quarto in two parts. The existence of a copy does not
seem to be at present known, nor is one noticed in the ordinary
bibliographical works.

Impr. 7: 1613: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 153 + [7]: p. 11 beg. _It may be_,
111 _what they thinke_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4)
dedication to lord Ellesmere, Chancellor of the University of Oxford,
dated “from my Study in Corpus Christi College in Oxford, Iuly 2.
1614”: 1–57, three sermons on Luke ix. 23: 58–153, five sermons on
James iv. 10: (2–6) “The table containing in alphabeticall order the
particulars of this booke.”

3. ¬Dawes¬, Lancelot. “©Two Sermons preached at the Assize holden at Carlisle, touching sundry Corruptions of these times.© Oxon. 1614. oct.”

Impr. —: 1614?: (eights) 16^o: pp. [8] + 146 + [2?]: p. 11 beg.
_turall disposition_, 111 _his brother, and_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p.
(1) title: (3–7) dedication to dr. Robinson bp. of Carlisle, signed
“Lancelot Dawes”: 1–75, a sermon, on Matt. xxvi. 15: 77–146, a sermon,
on Ps. lxxxii. 6–7: (1–2) (_not seen._)

Rare. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, iii. 349, where the above title is
given. The only copy readily traceable is that in the Bodleian which
has lost the title and following leaf, beginning on ¶ 3, as well as a
blank leaf there must have been after p. 146 (sign. K 1.) The sermons
and dedication, but not title, were reprinted in ©Sermons ... by
Lancelot Dawes ...© (Lond., 1653), pp. 49, 105. At present the date
(1614) depends on Wood’s accuracy.

Impr. 7: 1614: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 329 + [3]: p. 11 beg. _which our
Master_, 111 _^y speakes: The_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title:
(3–7) dedication to Oriel college, Oxford, dated “from my Study in
that Colledge ... Octob. 17. 1614”, signed “Iohn Day”: (8) “The
severall arguments with the severall Texts of Scripture, of every
severall Lecture in this Booke”, with a quotation: 1–329, the twelve
lectures, with a page occasionally blank: (1–2) “To the Reader”:
including a few errata.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 412. The author in the Preface says that
he was appointed “Catechisme Reader” in Oriel for a year in 1612, when
these lectures were delivered. In a footnote he alludes to his father
John Day the printer. The general subjects are those of the Catechism,
but carried further.

Impr. 7: 1614: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 193 + [19]: p. 11 beg. _ved in the
treasury_, 111 _cense the people_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title:
(3–4) dedication in Latin to dr. Francis James, dated “Abingdoniæ
decimo calend. Aprilis. Anno 1613.” [i. e. 23 Mar. 1613/4], signed
“Thomas Godwinus”: (5–6) “Benevolo Lectori”: (7) Latin poems on the
book by dr. Laurence Humphrey and John Sanford: (8) “A short table
shewing the argument of every Booke and Section”: 1–193, the work:
(2–18) “Index rerum et verborum maxime insignium.”

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, iii. 52. This was a popular work, see 1616 G,
1620 G, 1623 G, 1625 G, 1628 G, 1631 G, 1633 G, 1638 G, 1642 G, 1655
G, 1658 G. Other edd. were printed at London in 1661, 1668, 1674,
1680, 1685 (14th), 1689 (15th), 1696 (16th). For the supposed 1613
ed., see 1613 G. Godwin’s ©Synopsis Antiquitatum Hebraicarum© (see
1616 G) and Francis Rous’s ©Archæologia Attica© (see 1637 R) may be
regarded as companion works to the present volume, and are often found
bound with it. The author apologizes for an English treatise on such a
subject, and states that one of his main objects was to illustrate
Cicero.

Impr. 7: 1614: sm. 4^o: pp. [2] + 38: p. 11 beg. _à Peccato; delicta_:
English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: 1–38, the sermon, on Jer. i.
10.

See Wood’s ©Fasti Oxon.©, i. 297. The sermon is directed against the
jurisdiction of the Roman Church over temporal sovereigns.

Impr. 7_a_: 1614: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 56: p. 11 beg. _Iesus with_:
English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–7) dedication to George
Summaster, principal of “Broad-Gates Hall in Oxford,” by “Henry
Iackson,” dated “Oxon. from Corp. Christ. College, this 13. of
Ianuary, 1613” (1613/4): 1–29, the first sermon: 31–56, the second,
both on Jude 17–21.

Rare. See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 698, and for the editor iii. 577.
This and other Sermons of Hooker were reprinted with editions of the
©Ecclesiastical Polity©, in 1622, &c.

Impr. 11: 1614: (twelves) 24^o: pp. [24] + 214 + [2]: p. 11 beg. ὁ
Ιερώνυμος), 111 θολικῆς πίστεως: Pica Greek. Contents:—p. (3) title:
(5–13) dedication to dr. William Langton, pres. of Magdalen college,
Oxford, dated 22 July 1613, signed “Joh. Smith”: (15–20) “Lectori
φιλέλληνι”: 1–214, the Apologia: (1) “Errata sic corrigenda.”

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, i. 393, and 1639 J, 1671 J. The original
edition of this celebrated ©Apologia© was published in 1562, an
English translation in the same year, and a German in 1589. This is
the first Greek edition, as 1671 J is the first Welsh one. The
translator, John Smith of Magdalen, explains that the task was meant
as a College exercise merely, at first: and apologizes for using such
words as Ἰουβιλαῖα, Βούλλαι, Ἰνδουλγεντίαι, for νὴ Δία in a Christian
work, and for having only a month and a half to spare for the work.

9. ¬N.¬, S. “©Papistogelastes, or Apologues by which are pleasantly discovered the Abuses, Follies, Superstitions, Idolatries, and Impieties, of the Synagogue of the Pope, and especially of the Priests and Monks thereof©, written first in Ital. by N. S. and thence translated into French by S. J. and now out of French into English by R. W. ut supr. Oxon, 1614, in tw[elves].”

Impr. 33: 1614: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 44: p. 11 beg. _wherein they
might_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) dedication to
king Charles i, dated “Ex. Coll. Novemb. 6. [1614] the fatall day of
Prince Henries decease”: 1–44, the discourse.

See 1613 P, and for the author Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 511: there is
some historical matter in the essay. Every printed page has its text,
margin and headline within bounding lines.

Impr. 7: 1614: sm. 4^o: pp. [4] + 34 + [2]: p 11 beg. _ing,
drunkennesse_: English Roman. Contents:-p. (1) title: (3–4) dedication
to sir Roger Owen, dated “from my study at Exeter Colledge, Oct. 28.
1614.”: 1–34, the sermon, on Rev. xviii. 4.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 489, where it is related that Price
earned the name of “the Mawle of Heretics” for his violence against
Roman Catholicism. The preface gives some biographical details of
Price, incidentally.

Impr. 11: 1614: (eights) 12^o: pp. [16] + 242: p. 11 beg. _apud
regiam_, 111 _us, qui opus_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–7)
dedication to archbp. Abbot, dated “Oxon. è Collegio Exoniensi 9. Cal.
Ianuarij”: (9–13) “Ad Lectorem”: (14–15) “Index capitum ...”: 1–242,
the work, p. 20 being blank.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, iii. 267. The circumstances of this book will
be found in Mark Pattison’s ©Isaac Casaubon© (Lond., 1875: a work
without an index), pp. 332, 347, 353, 410, esp. 438–443. Briefly,
Casaubon’s “... ad Frontonem Ducæum [Fronto Le Duc] ... Epistola ...
(Lond. 1611) was a defence of the execution of Henry Garnett in 1606,
against some Jesuit books; a reply was published at Cologne in 1613 by
Andreas Eudaemon-Johannes (L’Heureux) “... Epistola ad Amicum Gallum
... item Responsio ad Epistolam Isaaci Casauboni”, the Responsio being
dated 1612 on a separate titlepage. Then Prideaux was selected to
answer the ©Responsio©, in order to relieve Casaubon of the task: at
p. 224 he quotes Casaubon’s account of his father’s last days. There
is no real ground for Pattison’s remark that “few copies of Prideaux’s
pamphlet survive” (_ut supra_, p. 443).

Impr. 7: 1614: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 37 + [3]: p. 11 beg. _worthie
comming_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–6) dedication to
dr. Bodley, “canon of Exeter, and parson of Shobrooke in Devon,” dated
“from Exceter College in Oxford, August 5.”, 1614: 1–37, the sermon,
on Rev. ii. 4.

For the author see Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, iii. 265. This sermon was
reprinted in 1621 (London) and 1636, see 1636 P. The dedication
mentions dr. Bodley’s favours towards Prideaux, and mr. (sir William?)
Periam’s to one Orford of Exeter Coll., Oxford.

14. ¬R[ainolds]¬, I[ohn]. THE | DISCOVERY | OF THE MAN OF SINNE: | WHEREIN IS SET FORTH THE | CHANGES OF GODS CHURCH, | _In her_ { _Afflictions by his Raigne_. | { _Consolations by his Raine_. | First preached in divers Sermons to the Vniver-|sitie and Cittie of Oxon, by a Reverend & Iu-|dicious Divine IR. D. of Divinity and some-|times of Queenes College. | _And now published for the farther vse of both, and_ | _comfort of all that hate Antichrist and loue_ | _the Lord Iesus Christ wheresoever:_ | _By W. H._ | [_motto_, then _woodcuts_.]

Impr. 7: 1614: sm. 4^o: pp. [6] + 50: p. 11 beg. _gather that seeing_:
Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) dedication to dr. Airay
provost of Queen’s college, Oxford, dated “Bunbury in Cheshire, Iuly
8. 1614” signed “W. Hinde”: (5–6) “Advertisement to the Reader,” dated
as before, with “William Hinde”: 1–50, one sermon, on 2 Thess. ii. 3.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 16, 462. Dr. John Raynolds was Scholar,
Fellow, and President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, but at one
time or another was connected with Queen’s, Merton, New College,
University, and Oriel (©Register of the Univ. of Oxford©, vol 2, ed.
A. Clark, pt. 1, p. 4). There is no clear reference to the author
being dr. Raynolds anywhere in the volume, but the fact is undoubted.
The “Advertisement,” as a matter of printing, follows the Sermon, but
was probably intended to be torn off at that place and pasted in where
it is described above.

Impr. 11: 1614: (twelves) 16^o: pp. [6] + 77 + [17] + 201 + [111]:
p. 11 beg. (1) _mi sint Antonii_, (2) _ponant laborioso_, 111
_speramus . Veruntamen_: Pica English. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–6)
“Iohannes Rainoldus Academicis Oxoniensibus ...”, the Latin preface
of 1587. R reprinted, date and all, “è Colleg. Corp. Christ.
Februar. 2.”: 1–36 (i) “Oratio post vacationem Natalitiam. 1576.”,
beg. _Epaminondam_: 37–77 (ii) “Oratio post vacationem Paschalem,
Anno. 1576.”, beg. _Etsi Vestros_: (2) (iii) a titlepage:—“ORATIO
FV-|NEBRIS HABI-|ta in Templo beatæ | _Mariæ Oxon._ | Ab ISAACO
WAKE, | PVBLICO ACADE-|miȩ Oratore, _Maij_ 25. _An._ | 1607. quum
mœsti | _Oxonienses, pijs mani-_|_bus_ IOHANNIS | RAINOLDI |
_parentarent_. |”, woodcuts, then impr. 11: 4–12, the oration, beg.
_Quam fragilis_: 1–45 (iv) “Oratio post festum Paschatis. 1574.”,
beg. _Pythagoram_: 46–66 (v) “Oratio post festum Nat. Chr. 1575.
...”, beg. _Cicero cum_: 67–111 (vi) “Oratio post festum Paschatis,
1576.”, beg. _Consideranti_: 112–142 (vii) “Oratio post festum
Michael. 1575.”, beg. _Non modò_: 143–164 (viii) “Oratio post festum
Michael. 1576.”, beg. _Frequentia_: 165–196 (ix) “D. Iohannes
Rainoldus Gulielmo Rainoldo fratri suo ...”, a Latin epistle on the
Church, beg. _Neque meus_, dated “Oxoniæ 4. Non. Septemb.”: 197–199
(x) “D. Iohannes Rainoldus D. Gulielmo VVhitakero ...”, an epistle
urging Whitaker to answer Possevinus, dated “Oxon. 14 Kalend.
Novemb.”, beg. “Facit amor”: 200–201 (xi) the dedication to the
Queen of Rainolds’s ©De Romanæ Ecclesiæ Idololatria©, dated “Iul.
vii. MDXCVI,” beg. _Quod olim_: (2) (xii) a titlepage:—“PLVTARCHI |
CHÆRONENSIS | LIB. II. | 1 _De vtilitate ex hostibus_ | _capienda._
| 2 _De morbis animi & cor-_|_poris._ | D. IOHANNE RAINOLDO |
Interprete. |”, woodcuts, then impr. 11: (4–12) Dedication in Latin
to Queen Elizabeth, dated “Oxon. è Coll. Corp. Christi.”, (13–41,
42–50) the two treatises: (52) (xiii) a titlepage:—“MAXIMI TYRII |
PHILOSOPHI | PLATONICI | Disputationes Tres, | 1 _Vitam activam
contem-_|_plativâ_, | 2 _Contemplativam activâ_ | _meliorem esse._ |
3 _Qui morbi graviores, ani-_|_mi, an corporis._ | D. IOHANNE
RAINOLDO | Interprete. |,” woodcuts, then impr. 11: (54–60) Latin
dedication to Thomas Wilson “Regiæ Majestati à libellis
supplicibus”: (61–78, 79–94, 95–109) the three disputations: (110)
(xiv) the titlepage noticed in 1613. R.

See Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 16, where he mentions that Henry Jackson
was editor of all the Orations except the first two which had been
published before, see 1587 R. The funeral oration was first printed in
1607, see 1607 (Wake, 2nd ed.). From a bibliographical point of view
there is great confusion in this and the two subsequent editions of
Rainolds’s Orations (_Lond._ 1610, and _Lond._ 1628). For instance
Wood himself in his remarks about Henry Jackson has confused the
London edd. (B. C.) with the Oxford one (A).

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