“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.
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.
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:
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.”
20. Smith, capt. John, of Virginia. THE | PROCEEDINGS OF | THE ENGLISH COLONIE IN | Virginia since their first beginning from | England in the yeare of our Lord 1606, | till this present 1612, with all their | accidents that befell them in their | Iournies and Discoveries. | Also the Salvages discourses, orations and relations | of the Bordering neighbours, and how they be-|came subiect to the English. | Vnfolding even the fundamentall causes from whence haue sprang so many mise-|ries to the vndertakers, and scandals to the businesse: taken faith-|fully as they were written out of the writings of Thomas | Studley the first provant maister, Anas Todkill, Walter | Russell Doctor of Phisicke, Nathaniell Powell, | William Phettyplace, Richard Wyffin, Tho-|mas Abbay, Tho: Hope, Rich. Polts and | the labours of divers other dili-|gent observers, that were | residents in Virginia. | And pervsed and confirmed by diverse now resident in | England that were actors in this busines. | By W. S. | [woodcuts.]
Impr. 7: 1612: strictly speaking part of the preceding art., which see.
21. Smyth, rev. Richard, of Barnstaple. MVNITION A-|GAINST MANS | MISERY AND | MORTALITY. | A | TREATICE CONTAI-|ning the most effectuall remedies | against the miserable state of | man in this life, selected | out of the chiefest | both humane | and divine | authors; | BY | Richard Smyth preacher of | Gods word in Barstaple in | Devonshire. | The second Edition. | [woodcuts.]
Impr. 7: 1612: (twelves) 16o: 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.
22. Rawlinson, rev. John. MERCY TO A BEAST. | A | SERMON | PREACHED AT SAINT | MARIES SPITTLE IN | London on Tuseday in | Easter weeke. 1612. | BY | IOHN RAWLINSON DOCTOR | OF DIVINITIϵ. | [University arms.]
Impr. 7: 1612: sm. 4o: 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 8o. No copy appears now to be known.)
24. Travers, Walter. [woodcut] | A | SVPPLICATI-|ON MADE TO THE | PRIVY COVNSEL | BY | Mr Walter Travers. | [University arms.]
Impr. 29: 1612: sm. 4o: 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.
25. Twofold treatise. [woodcut] | A | TVVO-FOLD | TREATISE, | THE ONE | DECYPHERING THE | worth of SPECVLATION, | and of a retired life. | THE OTHER | CONTAINING A | discoverie of Youth | and OLD AGE. | [woodcut.]
Impr. 7: 1612: twelves 16o: 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.
26. Wakeman, Robert. THE | CHRISTIAN | PRACTISE. | A | Sermon preached on the Act-Sun-|day in S. Maries Church in | Oxford. Iul. 8. 1604. | By Rob. Wakeman Bachelor | of Divinity & fellow of Balliol | Colledge in Oxford. | [motto.] | The second Impression. | [woodcuts.]
Impr. 29: 1612: (eights) 12o: 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 ... 16mo.”
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.
28. Wyclif, John. WICKLIFFES WICKET, | OR | A LEARNED AND |
GODLY TREATISE OF | THE SACRAMENT, | made by | John Wickliffe. |
Set forth according to an ancient | Printed Copie. | * *
* | [University
arms.]
Impr. 29: 1612: sm. 4o: 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.
1. Answer. A | BRIEFE AN-|SWERE VNTO | Certaine Obiections | and Reasons against the Descen/|tion of Christ into Hell, late/|ly sent in writing vnto a | Gentleman in the | Countrey. | [motto, then woodcut.] |
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.
2. Basse, William. GREAT BRITTAINES | SVNNES-SET, | BEWAILED WITH A SHOW-|ER OF TEARES. | BY | William Basse.
Impr. 7 (not at foot of page, but, with date, close to rest of title): 1613: (eight & four) 16o: pp. [2] + 22: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (2) short dedication “to his honourable master Sr 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, 4o), 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, 4o) 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.
3. Benefield, Sebastian. [woodcut.] | A | COMMENTARIE | OR | EXPOSITION VPON THE FIRST | Chapter of the Prophecy of Amos, delivered | in xxi. Sermons in the Parish Church of | Meisey Hampton in the Di-|ocesse of Gloucester, | BY | SEBASTIAN BENEFIELD DOCTOR | of Divinity and fellow of Corpus Christi | College in Oxford. | HEREVNTO IS ADDED A SERMON | vpon 1. Cor. 9. 19. wherein is touched the law-|full vse of things indifferent. | [motto, then woodcuts.]
Impr. 29a: 1613: sm. 4o: pp. [8] + 280 + [8]: p. 11 beg. ther 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. 7a, 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.
4. Benefield, Sebastian. THE | HAVEN OF THE AFFLICTED. | A | SRRMON | PREACHED IN THE | CATHEDRAL CHVRCH | OF GLOVCESTER | Aug. 10. 1613. | BY | Sebastian Benefield Doctor of Divinity | and fellow of C. C. C. | in Oxford. | [motto, then woodcuts.]
Impr. 7: 1613: sm. 4o: 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.
5. Bible, Psalms. [woodcut.] | A | MEDITATI-|ON ON PART OF | THE SEAVENTH | PSALME. | [motto, then device.]
Impr. 7a: 1613: sm. 4o: pp. [4] + 31 + [1]: p. 11 beg. not Henry: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3) dedication “to the worshipfull his loving Cousen Mr 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.
6. Bunny, Edmund. OF | DIVORCE | For Adulterie, and | Marrying againe: that there | is no sufficient warrant | so to doe. | With a note in the end, that R. P. many | yeares since was answered. | By Edm. Bunny Batchelour of Deuinitie. | [woodcut.] [The whole title is within a border of woodcut ornaments.]
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.
7. Burhill, Robert. DE POTESTATE | REGIA, ET VSVR-|patione Papali, | Pro Tortvra Torti, | Contra Parallelum Andreæ Evdæ-| MONIOANNIS Cydonij Iesuitæ, | Responsio | Roberti Bvrhilli | Angli. | [motto: then woodcut.]
Impr. 11: 1613: (eights) 12o: 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.
8. Byrd, Josias. LOVES PEERELES PARAGON, | OR | THE ATTRIBVTES, AND PROGRESSE | OF THE CHVRCH. | A | SERMON | PREACHED IN St. MARIES IN | Oxford, and at Harfield in Middle-|sex. 1613. | BY | Josias Byrd. | [Latin motto, and translation: then woodcuts.]
Impr. 7a: 1613: sm. 4o: 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.
9. Colmore, Matthew. ORATIO FVNEBRIS | IN OBITVM | clarissimi viri et mvni⸗|ficentissimi Collegii Cor-|poris Christi Oxon. benefactoris | Georgii Sanctpavl Equitis | Aurati, habita in medijs epulis | Decembris 9. 1613. | A | Matthæo Colmore | Somatochristiano. | [motto, then device.]
Impr. 11: 1613: sm. 4o: pp. [12], signn. A4 B2: sign. B 1r beg. mentis luxuriȩ: English Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1r, title: A 2r, Latin preface to the reader: A 3r-B 2r, 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.
10. Du Moulin, Pierre. THE | ACCOMPLISHMENT | OF THE PROPHECIES; | OR THE THIRD BOOKE IN | defense of the Catholicke faith, con-|tained in the booke of the high | & mighty King Iames . I. | by the grace of God King | of Great Brittaine | and Ireland. | AGAINST THE ALLEGATIONS | of R. Bellarmine; and F. N. Coëffeteau & | other Doctors of the Romish Church: | BY | Peter Dv Movlin Minister of the | word of God in the Church of Paris. | Translated out of French by I. Heath, Fellow of | New College in Oxford. | [woodcuts.]
Impr. 29a: 1613: (eights) 16o: 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.
11. Gamage, William. LINSI-WOOLSIE. | OR | TWO CENTVRIES OF | EPIGRAMMES. | Written by William Gamage Batche-|lour in the Artes. | [motto: then device.]
Impr. 29: 1613: (eights) 12o: pp. [80], signn. A-E8: sign. B 1r beg. Which vpward’s: Pica Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1r, title: A 2r-A 2v, dedication to Katherine lady Mansell, daughter of lord Lisle: A 3r-A 5r, complimentary verses to the author: A 5v, “The Author to the Praisers of his booke”, a short poem: A 6r-E 8v, 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.)
12. Glanville, John. ARTICVLI | CHRISTIANÆ | FIDEI, QVAM EC-|CLESIA PROFITETVR | ANGLICANA, | VERSV | (QVOAD EIVS FIERI POTVIT) | EXPRESSI FACILLIMO. | [device, then two mottos.]
Impr. 11: 1613: sm. 4o: 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.
14. Hinde, William. A | PATH TO PIETIE, | LEADING TO THE | WAY, THE TRVTH, | AND THE LIFE | CHRIST IESVS. | DRAWNE VPON THE | Ground and according to | the Rule of Faith, | BY | William Hinde | Sometimes Fellow of Queenes | College in Oxford, and now | Preacher of Gods word | at Bvnbvry in | Cheshire. | Published for the benefit of his owne | Flocke and Family. | [woodcut.]
Impr. 7: 1613: (eights) 16o?: 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.
15. Holyoke, Francis. A | Sermon of Obedience. | Especially vnto Authoritie Ecclesiasticall, | wherein the principall controuersies of our | Church are handled, and many of their | Obiections which are refractorie to | the gouernment established, answered, | though briefly as time and | place could permit: | Being preached at a Visitation of the right | Worshipfull M.D. Hinton, in Couentry. | By | FRAN: HOLYOKE. | [woodcut.]
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. 4o: 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.
17. Kilbie, Richard. A | SERMON | PREACHED IN SAINT MA-|RIES CHVRCH IN Oxford | March 26. 1612. at the funerall of | Thomas Holland, Do·|ctor of the Chaire in Divini-|tie, and Rector of Exce-|ter College, | BY | Richard Kilbie Doctor of Divinity, Rector | of Lincolne College. | [device.]
Impr. 29a: 1613: sm. 4o: 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.
18. Oxford, Exeter College. THRENI EXONIENSIVM | IN OBITVM | ILLVSTRISSIMI VIRI D. Io=|hannis Petrei, BARONIS DE | Writtle, Filij honoratissimi viri D. | Gvilielmi Petrei ordinis au-|reȩ Periscelidis Equitis clarissimi, | & quatuor Principibus à con-|silijs secretioribus. | Qui Exoniense Collegium octo Socijs, amplis reditibus, | plurimis privilegijs, auxerunt liberaliter & ornâ-|runt, Benefactores, Mecænates, & Patroni | munificentissimi. | Per ejusdem Collegij Alumnos & ceteros studiosos. | [device.]
Impr. 11: 1613: sm. 4o: 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. 4o: 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 29o; 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.
20. Oxford, University. [woodcut] | EPITHALAMIA. | SIVE | LVSVS PALA-|tini in nvptias celsissi-|mi principis domini fride-|rici comitis palatini ad | RHENVM,&C.ET SERENISSI-|MÆ ELISABETHÆ IACOBI | POTENTISSIMI BRI-|TANNIÆ REGIS | FILIÆ PRIMO-|GENITÆ | [device.]
Impr. 31: 1613: sm. 4o: pp. [128], signn. ( )2 A-P4 Q2: sign. B 1r beg. Curc Atalanta, M 1r Impar nulla: English Roman. Contents:—sign. ( ) 1r title: ( ) 2r “Oxonia Heydelbergæ”, a short poem: A 1r-Q 2v, 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).
21. —— University. IVSTA FVNEBRIA | PTOLEMÆI | OXONIENSIS THO-|MÆ BODLEII EQVITIS | AVRATI CELEBRATA | in Academiâ Oxoniensi | Mensis Martij 29.| 1613. | [device.]
Impr. 31: 1613: sm. 4o: 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.
22. Petrucci, Lodovico. [woodcuts] | RACCOLTA, | D’ ALCVNE RIME, DEL CAVA-|liere Lodovico Petrvcci, Nobile Toscano, in | più luoghi, e tempi composte, & à diversi Pren-|cipi dedicate; con la selua delle sue | Persecutioni. | FARRAGO POEMATVM, EQVITIS LVDO-|VICI PETRVCCI, Nobilis Tuscani, diversis lo-|cis et temporibus conscriptorum, & ad diversos | Principes dedicatorum; vnà cum syluâ, sua-|rum Persecutionum. | * * * * | * * * | [woodcuts.]
Impr. 11: 1613: sm. 4o: pp. [130], sign. A-P4, Q 1–3, one leaf, Q 4: sign. H 1r beg. Quod signis: English Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1r, title: A 1v, A 2v, Italian dedication to James i signed “L’infelice Lodovico Petrucci Cavaliere”: A 2r, A 3r, the same in Latin: A 3v-Q 3v, 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 2v and L 3v-M 2v are letters and testimonials about him:
at H 1v is a poem in Italian and Latin on sir Thomas Bodley’s death: at H 2v begins
his Selua or Sylva in two parts, and at N 4v 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 3v is an oration
delivered in Italy, and on Q 2v is a poem in both languages on the death of dr. Rives,
which is repeated on Q 3r. 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.
23. Potter, bp. Barnabas. THE BARONETS BVRIALL, | OR | A FVNERALL | SERMON PREACHED | at the solemnitie of that honou-|rable Baronet Sr Edvvard | Seymours buriall. | * * * | BY | Barnaby Potter | Bachelor in Divinitie, Fellow of Queenes Col-|lege in Oxford, and Preacher to the | Towne of Tottnes in Devon. | [motto, then woodcuts.]
Impr. 7a: 1613: sm. 4o: 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.”
24. Powell, Thomas, of Brasenose college, Oxford. [woodcut] | A | SERMON | PREACHED IN SAINT MA-|RIES IN OXFORD, | by Thomas Powell. | 1613. | [device.]
Impr. 7: 1613: sm. 4o: 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.
25. Price, Daniel. DAVID HIS OATH OF | ALLEGEANCE TO | IERVSALEM. | THE | SERMON PREACHED ON ACT | SVNDAY LAST IN THE MORNING, | IN St. MARIES IN OXFORD. | BY | Daniel Price Doctor in Divinity. | [motto, then device.]
Impr. 7: 1613: sm. 4o: 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.
26. ——. PRINCE HENRY | His | FIRST ANNIVERSARY. | [motto.] | By | Daniel Price Doctor in Divinity, one of | his Highnesse Chaplaines. | [device.]
Impr. 7: 1613: sm. 4o: 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.
27. ——. SPIRITVALL | ODOVRS TO THE | MEMORY OF PRINCE | HENRY | IN FOVRE OF THE LAST SER-|mons preached in St James after his High-|nesse death, the last being the Sermon be-|fore the body, the day before | the Funerall. | By | Daniel Price then Chaplaine in Attendance. | [motto, then device.]
Impr. 29: 1613: sm. 4o: 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 St. | 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 St. 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-O4 P2. There is very little of historical interest in the sermons.
28. Rainolds, dr. John. D. IOHANNIS | RAINOLDI | OLIM GRÆCÆ LIN-|guæ Prælectoris in Col-|legio Corporis | Christi apud | Oxonienses, | ORATIONES 5. CVM | aliis quibusdam opusculis. | OMNIA NVNC PRI-|MVM EDITA. | [woodcuts.]
Impr. 11: 1613: 16o.
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. I1r:—“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.
29. ——. THE | PROPHECIE | OF OBADIAH | OPENED AND APPLYED IN | SVNDRY LEARNED AND GRA-|CIOVS SERMONS PREACHED | at All-Hallowes and St | Maries in Oxford, | By | THAT FAMOVS AND IVDICI-|ous Divine Iohn Rainolds D. | of Divinity and late President of | Corp. Chr. Coll. | Published for the honour and vse of that famous Vni-|versity, and for the benefit of the Churches of | Christ abroad in the Country, | BY W. H. | [device.]
Impr. 7: 1613: sm. 4o: 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. 7a, 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) 12o.
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.
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.
2. Benefield, Sebastian. EIGHT SER-|MONS PVBLIKELY | PREACHED IN THE V-|niversity of Oxford, | the second at St Peters in the East, | the rest at St Maries Church . Be-|gunne in the yeare 1595. | Decemb. XIII. | NOW FIRST PVBLISHED BY SEBAS-|tian Benefield Doctor, and Professour of | Divinity for the Lady Margaret. | [motto: then device.]
Impr. 7: 1613: sm. 4o: 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.”
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 488.
3. Dawes, Lancelot. “Two Sermons preached at the Assize holden at Carlisle, touching sundry Corruptions of these times. Oxon. 1614. oct.”
Impr. —: 1614?: (eights) 16o: 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.
4. Day, John. DAY’S DYALL | OR, | HIS TWELVE HOWRES | THAT IS, | TWELVE SEVERALL LECTVRES | BY WAY OF CATECHISME, AS | they were delivered by him in the Chappel of | Oriell Colledge in Ox-|ford, in the yeeres of our Lord | God 1612, and 1613. | [device, then two mottos.]
Impr. 7: 1614: sm. 4o: 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.
5. Godwin, Thomas. Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia. | AN | ENGLISH EX-|POSITION OF | THE ROMANE AN-|TIQVITIES, WHEREIN | many Romane and English | offices are paralleld and di-|vers obscure phrases | explained. | BY | Thomas Godwyn Master of Arts. | For the vse of Abingdon Schoole. | [device.]
Impr. 7: 1614: sm. 4o: 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.
6. Goodwin, dr. William. A | SERMON | PREACHED BEFORE | THE KINGS MOST | EXCELLENT MAIES-|tie At Woodstocke, | Avg. 28. 1614. | BY | William Goodwin, Deane . of Christ’s | Church and Vice-Chancellor of the Vni-|versity of Oxon. | Published by Commandement. | [device.]
Impr. 7: 1614: sm. 4o: 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.
7. Hooker, dr. Richard. [woodcut.] | TVVO | SERMONS | VPON PART OF | S. JVDES EPISTLE, | BY | Richard Hooker sometimes Fellow of | Corpus Christi College in Oxford. | [device.]
Impr. 7a: 1614: sm. 4o: 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.
8. Jewell, bp. John. ΑΠΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΓΓΛΩΝ | Εκκλησίας Ελληνιστὶ μετα-|φρασθεῖσα. | APOLOGIA ECCLE-|siæ Anglicanæ Græcè versa. | Interprete I. S. Bacc. in Art. | Πρωτοπείρῳ συγγνώμη. | [woodcuts.]
Impr. 11: 1614: (twelves) 24o: 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].”
So in an account of Rowland Willet in Wood’s Fasti Oxon., i. 362: but I find no other reference to a copy.
10. Price, dr. Daniel. PRINCE HENRY | HIS | SECOND | ANNIVERSARY. | [motto.] | BY | Daniel Price Doctor in Divinity, one of | his Highnesse chaplaines. | [device.]
Impr. 33: 1614: sm. 4o: 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.
11. Price, Sampson. A | HEAVENLY | PROCLAMATION TO | FLY ROMISH BABYLON. | A | SERMON PREACHED AT OX-|ford in St Maries Nov. 21. 1613. | BY | Sampson Price Master of Arts of Exe-|ter Colledge and Preacher to the Citty | of Oxford. | [motto, then device.]
Impr. 7: 1614: sm. 4o: 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.
12. Prideaux, dr. John. CASTIGATIO | CVIVSDAM CIR-|CVLATORIS, QVI R. P. | ANDREAM EVDÆMON-|IOHANNEM CYDONI-|VM E SOCIETATE IE-|su seipsum nuncupat. | OPPOSITA IPSIVS CA-|lumnijs in Epistolam Isaaci | Casavboni ad Fronto-|nem Ducæum. | Per Iohannem Prideaux SS. The-|ologiæ Doctorem & Collegij | Exoniensis Rectorem. | [motto, then woodcuts.]
Impr. 11: 1614: (eights) 12o: 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).
13. ——. EPHESVS BACKSLIDING | CONSIDE-|RED AND APPLY-|ED TO THESE | times, in a Sermon preached at | Oxford, in St Maries, the | tenth of Iuly, being the Act | Sunday. 1614. | BY | Iohn Prideaux, Doctor of Divinity, | and Rector of Exceter College. | [motto, then device.]
Impr. 7: 1614: sm. 4o: 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. 4o: 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.
15. Rainolds, dr. John. V. CL. | D. IOANNIS | RAINOLDI,| OLIM GRÆCÆ LIN-|guæ Prælectoris in Collegio | Corporis Christi apud | Oxonienses, | Orationes Duodecim; cum alijs | quibusdam opusculis. | ADIECTA EST ORATIO | Funebris, in obitu eiusdem habi-|ta à M. Isaaco Wake | Oratore Publico. | [woodcuts.]
Impr. 11: 1614: (twelves) 16o: 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).