1616.

1. Advice. [woodcut] | THE | ADVISE OF | A SONNE, NOVV PRO-|FESSING THE RELIGI-|ON ESTABLISHED IN | the present Church of England, | to his deare Mother, yet a Ro-|man Catholike. | [device.]

Impr. 2: 1616: sm. 4o: pp. [2] + 38: p. 11 beg. answere, that: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: 1–38, the work.

A controversial discourse against Roman Catholicism.

2. Bailey, Walter. TWO | TREATISES | CONCERNING | the Preseruation of | Eie/sight. | The first written by Do-|ctor Baily sometimes of Ox-|ford: the other collected | out of those two famous | Physicions Fernelivs | and Riolanvs. | [device.]

Impr. 34: 1616: (eights) 12o: pp. [8] + 64: p. 11 beg. yeeld into: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title: (5–7) “To the Reader,” a preface by I[ohn] B[arnes]: 1–24, “A breefe Treatise concerning the preseruation of the eye sight”: 25–62, “A Treatise of the principall diseases of the eyes, gathered out of Fernelius and Iohn Riolamus Doctors of Phisicke.”

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., i. 586 and 1602 B, for the first treatise. Johannes Fernelius and Johannes Riolanus the elder, both French physicians, died in 1558 and 1609 respectively, but neither wrote a special treatise on eyesight. The preface is no doubt by John Barnes and alludes to the worth and undeserved obscurity of Bailey’s work. The whole book with the possible exception of the titlepage, was printed in London, the woodcuts being quite unknown at Oxford. Even the arms of the University on the titlepage are re-cut on wood. The first treatise is only a reprint, Dr. Bailey having died in 1592, and the whole book, preface and all, was reprinted at London in 1626.

3. Fuller, Nicholas. MISCELLANEORVM | Theologicorum, | QVIBVS NON | MODO SCRIPTVRÆ DIVINÆ, | SED ET ALIORVM CLASSICO-|rum Auctorum plurima monumenta explican-|tur atque illustrantur; | LIBRI TRES, | Plurimarum observationum, in hac Editione, insigni | auctario Locupletati: | His insuper accessit, consimilis argumenti, Liber | item Quartus, antehac nunquam pervulgatus. | AVCTORE | Nicolao Fullero antiquæ & | inclytæ Ecclesiæ Cathedralis | Sarisbvriensis | Canonico. | [woodcuts.]

Impr. 11: 1616: sm. 4o: pp. [16] + “452” (440–443 are omitted in the numbers of pages) + [8] + “453”-“645” + [3]: p. 11 beg. mi, quibus ait, 111 Astrologum, 501 sum est illud: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–8) Epistola dedicatoria to sir Henry Wallop, dated “Ex Musæo nostro Aldingtonæ” 25 Jan. 1615 i. e. 1615
6: (9–10) “Ad lectorem”: (11–16) list of chapters in books 1–3: 1–452, the work, bks. 1–3: (1–5) dedication of bk. 4 to dr. Arthur Lake warden of New College, Oxford, dated “Ex Musæo nostro Aldingtonȩ 1 Feb. 1615” i. e. 1615
6: (6–8) list of chapters in bk. 4: 453–645, the work, bk. 4: (1) “Errata ... & prætermissa ...”.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 327, the biography in which appears to be largely founded on the preface to this book. The first edition of bks. 1–3 is Heidelberg 1612, the preface dated 1609. There is a reissue of the sheets of the present edition (Errata and all) “Londini, apud Johannem Billium. Anno 1617,” the titlepage alone being newly printed and the old one torn off. The 4th and 5th books were published at Leyden in 1622, and all reprinted in the 9th volume of the Critici Sacri (Lond. 1660).

4. Godwin, Thomas. ROMANÆ HISTORIÆ ANTHOLOGIA | [&c. exactly as 1614 G, except “Eng-|lish,” “and | divers,” “For the use of” (not italic): and after “Schoole” is added | “Editio Secunda.” |]

Impr. 2: 1616: sm. 4o: pp. [8] + 193 + [19]: p. 11 beg. ved in the treasurie, 111 cense the people: Pica Roman. Contents:—exactly as 1614 G, except “Calend.” and “Godvvinus.”

See 1614 G., of which this is a verbatim and almost paginatim, but not literatim, reprint.

5. Godwin, Thomas. SYNOPSIS | ANTIQVITATVM HE-|braicarum, ad explicationem vtri-|usque Testamenti valde | necessaria. | AD FACILIOREM INTELLE-|CTVM, PLVRIMA SVNT COL-|LATA CVM REBVS HO-|DIE IN VSV. | Authore | Thoma Godwino | in Art. Magistro. | [device.]

Impr. 11: 1616: sm. 4o: pp. [8] + 190 + [10]: p. 11 beg. illîc loci, 111 & inter semen: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) dedication to James Montague bp. of Bath & Wells, dated “Oxon. pridie Iduum Januarij”: (5–6) “Lectori ...”: (7) a table of divisions: 1–190, the work: (1) Comparative table of Hebrew and English Coins: (3–9) “Index rerum et verborum maxime insignium.”

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., iii. 52, and 1613 G note. The author was chaplain to the bp. of Bath and Wells. The Moses et Aaron of the same author (Lond. 1625 and often) covers some of the same ground, but is a distinct work and in English.

6. [Nixon, Anthony.] THE | DIGNITIE | OF MAN, | Both | IN THE PERFECTIONS | OF HIS SOVLE AND BODIE. | [line] | SHEWING AS WELL THE | faculties in the disposition of the one: as the | Senses and Organs, in the composi-|tion of the other. | By N. A | [line, then device with woodcuts, then line]

Impr. 35: 1616: sm. 4o: pp. [8] + 125 + [3]: p. 11 beg. Q. How are, 111 Q. What is the: English Roman. Contents:—pp. (1–2), [not seen]: (3) title: (5–7): dedication to William Redman of Great Shelford, signed N. A.: 1–125, the work: (1–3) [not seen.]

Very rare. This book is questions and answers on almost every subject concerned with man’s body and mind. Not a line of it was printed at Oxford, the woodcuts and type differ from Oxford ones, and even the device, which is like the smaller Oxford Arms of the University, is from a different block. The British Museum catalogue supplies the author’s name.

7. Persius. AVLVS PERSIVS FLACCVS | HIS | SATIRES TRANSLA-|TED INTO ENGLISH, | BY |Barten Holyday Mr of Arts, | and Student of Christ-Church | in Oxford. | [motto] | The second Impression. | [device.]

Impr. 2: 1616: (eights) 12o: pp. [72], signn. A-D8 E4: sign. B 4r beg. Dissolu’d vnto: Long Primer Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1r title: A 2r-A 5r, “To the Reader”: A 5v-B 1r, Complimentary letter from John Ley, and verses by John Wall and others: B 1v-E 2r, the translation, with a few notes: E 2v-E 3r, “An apostrophe of the translatour to his Authour Persius,” &c.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., iii. 523. The first edition seems to be unrecorded. There are London editions of 1617, 1635, and 1650: and Oxf. 1673. Some edition of this book was entered at Stationers’ Hall by John Barnes on 14 Nov. 1616, and another by William Arundel, by John Barnes’s consent on 29 Mar. 1617.

8. Robinson, Hugh. “Preces. Written for the use of the children of Winchester school in Lat. and Engl. Grammaticalia quædam, in Lat. and Engl. Antiquæ Historiæ Synopsis. All which were printed at Oxon. 1616. in a large oct.”

So Wood’s Ath. Oxon., iii. 395.