1. Abbot, George. [woodcut] | THE COPPIE | OF A LETTER SENT | from my Lords Grace of Can-|terburie shewing the graue and | weighty reasons which induced | the Kings Maiestie to pre-|scribe those former | directions for | Preachers. | [device.]
Impr. 45: 1622: sm. 4o: pp. [16], sign. A, *4: sign. A 3r beg. damentall grounds, * 3r or of the Vniversalitie: English Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1r, title: A 2r-3v, the letter, to the bp. of Oxford: dated “from Croydon Sept. 4th 1622”: A 4 [not seen, probably blank]: * 1r-4r, “To the minister, churchwardens and parishioners of in the Diocesse of Oxon.”, 31 Aug. 1622, as under Howson, John, below.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 564. The latter part of this piece seems to have been issued separately, see Howson, John, below.
2. Carpenter, Nathanael. PHILOSOPHIA | LIBERA, | TRIPLICI EXERCITA-|tionum Decade proposita. | IN QVA, | ADVERSVS HVIVS TEM-|poris Philosophos, dogmata | quædam noua discu-|tiuntur. | AVTHORE | Nathanaele Carpnetario, | Exoniensis Collegij, in florentissimâ | Academiâ Oxoniensi, Socio. | EDITIO SECVNDA, VNA | Decade auctior, & emendatior. | [motto.]
Impr. 42a: 1622: (eights) 16o: pp. [24] + 395 + [5]: p. 11 beg. tute ab alio, 111 ali: At nullam: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title: (5–14) dedication to James Hamilton duke of Hamilton (d. 1649): (15–21) “Ad florentissimam Oxoniensis Academiæ Iuventutem Præfatio”: (22–23) “Elenchus Exercitationum ...”: 1–395, the work: (2) “Errata Typographica.”
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 421, where Lond. is a misprint for Oxon. The first edition was issued at Frankfort in 1621 “authore N. C. Cosmopolitano,” with different prefatory matter, only two Decads, and variations in text and arrangement. See 1636 C, 1637 C, 1675. Some woodcuts of diagrams occur in the text.
3. Clinton, Elizabeth, countess of Lincoln. [woodcuts] | THE | COVNTESSE | OF LINCOLNES | NVRSERIE· | [device.]
Impr. 39: 1622: sm. 4o: pp. [8] + 21 + [3]: p. 11 beg. own natural: Great Primer English. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–5) dedication to lady Briget countesse of Lincolne, signed “Elizabeth Lincolne”: (7–8) “To the ... Reader,” signed “T. L.”, i. e. Thomas Lodge: 1–21, the work: (2–3) not seen.
Rare. The object of this small treatise, “the first worke of” the authoress “that ever came in Print,” is to persuade mothers to nurse their own children. The author appears to dedicate it to her daughter-in-law, not mother-in-law as Bliss states (Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 384 n.). The authorship has been ascribed to Thomas Lodge (Wood, as above), but there is every internal mark that he only wrote the address to the Reader, and possibly revised the whole.
4. Gardiner, Richard. A | SERMON | PREACHED AT | St MARIES IN OX-|FORD ON ACT SVN-|DAY LAST IN THE AF-|TER-NOONE 1622. | BY | Richard Gardiner Student | of Christ-Church. | [device.]