1597.

1. Agatharchides. AGATHAR-|CHIDIS ET MEM-|NONIS HISTORI-|corum, quæ supersunt, | omnia, è Græco iam recèns in | Latinum traducta: | per | Rich. Brettvm, Oxonien-|sem, è Collegio Lincoln. | [woodcuts.]

Impr. 5: 1597: (eights) 16o: pp. [16] + 128 + “140” (really 142) + [2]: p. 11 beg. ἐπιβουλευθῆναι, 111 ρίευσεν. ἐκεῖθεν, also 11 bus coctum, 111 actarum: Pica Greek and Roman. Contents:—p. (1) “*j” only: (3) title: (5–13) Epistola dedicatoria to sir Thomas Egerton, dated 20 Aug. 1597: 1–62, Ἐκ τῶν τοῦ Ἀγαθαρχίδου περὶ τῆς ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης : 63–128, Ἐκ τῶν τοῦ Μέμνονος: 1–71, “Excerpta quaedam ex Agatharchide de rubro mari”: 72–140, “Ex Memnone excerpta quædam” de statu Heraclææ Ponticæ.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 611. The excerpts of both authors are from Photius’s Bibliotheca.

2. Case, John. THESAVRVS OECONO-|MIÆ, SEV COMMENTA-|RIVS IN OECONOMICA A-|ristotelis; in quo veræ divitiæ fami-|liarum, earumque leges, partes, & | officia describuntur: | Johanne Caso Authore. | [device, then motto.]

Impr. 20: 1597: (eights) sm. 4o: pp. [12] + folded sheet + 277 + [13]: p. 11 beg. prætoriam, 111 admittantur: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–8) epistola dedicatoria to lord Buckhurst: (9–11) epistola ad lectorem: (12) two complimentary poems: then a small folio sheet containing an analysis of the work: 1–245, the work, in two books: 246–277, “Appendix Thesauri Oeconomici”: (1) “Peroratio operis ad Lectorem”: (2–12), “Index rerum ...”.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., i. 687: also 1578, 1587. C, 1598. C. In the Epistola Case gives some account of his works, printed and manuscript. A reference in the Bowman Catalogue (Oxf. 1687) p. (14) to Case’s Cursus Philosophicus in 3 volumes (Oxf. 1597) can only refer to a set of Case’s books of various years.

3. Demosthenes. ΔΗΜΟΣΘΕΝΟΥΣ | ΛΟΓΟΙ ΙΕ. | [woodcuts] | Ολυνθιακοὶ. γ. | κατὰ Φίλιππον. δ. | Περὶ εἰρήνης. | Περὶ τῶν ἐν Χεῤῥονήσῳ. | Επιστολὴ Φιλίππου. | Πρὸς τὴν Φίλιππου ἐπιστολὴν. | Περί συνταξέων. | Περὶ συμμοριῶν. | Περὶ Ροδίων ἐλευθερίας. | Υπὲρ Μεγαλοπολιτῶν. | [woodcuts.]

Impr. 20: 1597: sm. 4o: pp. [96]: p. 11 beg. νὴς καὶ πολλῶν: Pica Greek. Contents:—p. 1, title, within border: 3–96, the orations &c. some with ὑποθέσεις.

See 1593. D.

4. King, John. LECTVRES | VPON IONAS, | DELIVERED AT | YORKE | In the yeare of our Lorde 1594. | By John Kinge. | [device.]

Impr. 19a: 1597: (eights) 4o: pp. [12] + 706, not including two unpaged title-leaves, see below, + [2]: p. 11 beg. Who hath instructed, 111 their former labours, 671 & these (in: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title: (5–11) Epistle dedicatorie to the lord keeper sir Thomas Egerton: 1–660, the 48 lectures: after 660 “A | SERMON PREACHED | AT THE FVNERALLES OF | THE MOST REVEREND | father, John, late | Arch-bishoppe of Yorke, No-|vemb. the 17. in the yeare of | our Lorde, 1594.” [device: then impr. 7a, 1597: then a blank page]: 661–683, the sermon, on Ps. cxlvi. 3–4: after 683 a blank page (684), then “A | SERMON PREACHED | IN YORKE THE SEVEN-|TEENTH DAY OF NO-|VEMBER IN THE YEARE OF | our Lorde 1595. being the | Queenes day.” | [device, then impr. 7a, 1597: then a blank page]: 685–706, the sermon, on 2 Kings xxiii. 25: 706, “Faultes escaped in Printing ...”.

See 1599. K, 1600. K: other edd. were printed at London. For King, see Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 294.

5. Pinner, Charles. A | SERMON, VPON | the wordes of Paul the Apostle | vnto Timothie, Epist. 1. Chap. 4. | vers. 8. | PREACHED AT LITLE-|cot, in the Chappel of the Right Ho-|nourable Sir Iohn Pompham, | Knight, Lord chiefe Iustice, of En-|gland, before his honourable | Lordeshippe, and to the as-|semblie there, the 17. of | Iulie, 1597. | By Charles Pinner, Minister of | the Church of Wotton Basset, in | North-Wiltshire. | [motto, then woodcuts.]

Impr. 19a: 1597: (eights) 12o: pp. 40: p. 11 beg. haue or doe: Pica English. Contents:—p. 1, title: 3–5, epistle dedicatorie to John Sims, dated Wotton Basset, 23 July 1597: 7–40, the sermon.

Very rare. See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., i. 667.

6. Pinner, Charles. “Sermon ... Honour all Men, love brotherly Fellowship, on 1 Pet. 2. 17. Oxon 1597, in oct.”

So Wood’s Ath. Oxon., i. 667.

7. Williams, rev. John. “De Christi Justitia & in Regno spirituali Ecclesiæ Pastorum Officio, Concio ad Clerum, Oxon. in cap. 10. Rev. vers. 1. Oxon. 1597. qu[arto].”

So Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 132, copied by Herbert.

8. Presse, Symon. “‘A sermon preached at Eggington, in the County of Darby, concerning the right vse of things indifferent, the 8. Day of August, 1596. By Symon Presse Minister there. Feare God, honour the Kinge. 1 Pet. 2; 17. Printed at Oxford—, and are to bee solde in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Bible. 1597.’ Dedicated ‘To his loving Parishioners Mr. F. Cooke,’ &c. The text, 1 Cor. 8; 10–13. Pages 28, including the title. W. H. Sixteens.”

So in Herbert’s Ames, iii. 1406: see Wood’s Fasti Oxon., i. 220. Impr. 19a.

9. Symeon, Metaphrastes. VITÆ SANC-|TORVM EVAN-|GELIST. Iohan-|nis, & Lvcæ, à Sy-|meone Metaphraste olim con-|cinnatæ, iam recens | traductæ à | Rich. Bretto. | [woodcuts.]

Impr. 20: 1597: (eights) 16o: pp. [16] + 95 + [1]: p. 11 beg. Montem Tabor: Pica Greek and Roman. Contents:—p. (1) “Ai” only: (3) title, within border: (5–14) Epistola dedicatoria to judge Thomas Owen (Ovvinus), dated Lincoln college, Oxford, 23 Dec 1596: 1–95, “Οἱ βίοι τῶν ἁγίων Εὐαγγελιστῶν Ἰωάννου καὶ Λουκᾶ ὑπὸ Συμεὼν τοῦ Μεταφράστου πάλαι ἀναταχθέντες” in Greek and Latin.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 611. The editor has practically made the Latin translation a commentary by expanding where his author was obscure, and the like.