1607.

Impr. 2: 1607: (eights) 12^o: pp. [16] + 159 + [1]: p. 11 beg. who would, 111 receiue some: English Roman. Contents:—pp. (1–2) [not seen]: (3) title: (5–15) “To all Popish Recusants ...”: 1–159, the work.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 201. The “Petition” came out in “September last” (1606?).

Impr. 7: 1607: sm. 4^o: pp. [16] + “271” (really 269, for 249–50 are omitted in the pagination) + [3]: p. 11 beg. the first booke, 111 fained voice: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within lines: (3–4) dedication to prince Charles: (5–8) “To the Noble Reader”: (9) “The Subiect and Order of these six Bookes”: (15) some errata, with introductory note: (16) dedication of the preface and book 1 to lord Hay: 1–10 the preface: 11–271, the work in six books each with a dedication, see below.

See 1612 C, which is simply a reissue with new titlepage. The author recommends a nobleman to go to no University, but to Prince Henry’s Court or Academy at Nonsuch. The 2nd book is dedicated to Thomas Mourray, tutor to prince Charles: the 3rd to George earl of Essex, son of the marquess of Huntly: the 4th to sir John Harington, son of lord Harington: the 5th to mr. Francis Stewart Master of Mourray, and to mr. John Stewart son of the duke of Lennox: the 6th to Robert earl of Essex. The author was not an Oxford man, nor, apparently, connected with the place in any way.

Impr. 11: 1607: sm. 4^o: pp. [24] + 124: p. 11 beg. Num laqueus, 111 mus Deum: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3) dedication to the king and parliament: (4–7) “Præfatio ad Lectorem ...,” signed “Thomas Cooper”: (8–23) “Præludia ad Nonas,” short poems by Cooper: (23) “Errata ...”: 1–124, the work.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., i. 612, Fasti i. 285, but the identity of the author appears to be still quite uncertain. The work is a rhetorical commentary, almost a sermon, on the Gunpowder Plot of 5 Nov. 1605: but seems to afford no clue to the connexion of the author with Oxford.

Impr. 2: 1607: eights, 12^o: pp. [2] + 38: p. 11 beg. of his transgression: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: 1–38, the treatise, signed on last page “I. D.”, followed by a short poem “To the reader” signed “Roger Knight.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 295.

Impr. 11: 1607: sm. 4^o: pp. [34], signn. A-D⁴, ( )¹: sign. B 1^r beg. profero clarâ: English Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1^r title: A 2^r-A 2^v, dedication to dr. Tho. Holland, signed “Jo. Prideaux”: A 3^r-B 3^v “In Isocratis Busiridem de Græcæ linguæ studio, Præfatio”: B 4^r-D 4^v “Grammatices Græcæ. Σχεδάρια.”, the work in six sections: ( ) 1^r “Conclusio ad Lectorem,” and short epigram.

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

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

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

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