1603.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Impr. 2: 1603: sm. 4^o: pp. [16] + 32, signn. ¶, ¶¶, A-D⁴: sign. ¶¶ 1^r beg. you hartely, p. 11 beg. Concerning the: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–13) “Epistle dedicatorie” to the archbp. of Canterbury and the Chancellors of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, beg. “Many and excellent”: 1–5, “The humble petition of the Ministers ...”: 6–32, “The Answer ...”.

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

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

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

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

Impr. 7: 1603: sm. 4^o: pp. [12?], signn. A⁴ B² (?): sign. A 3^r beg. thirsted for: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–11?) the work.

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

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

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

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