Impr. 58: 1625: sm. 4o: pp. [2] + 36 + [2]: p. 11 beg. Dowists doe make: Pica Roman. Contents: p. (1) title: 1–36, the work.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 467. This is a reprint of the text of the Humble ... Request below (except the last paragraph beginning “For the raising of the charges,” which James probably saw to be unpractical), with the addition of comments, written in senile style but obviously by dr. James, and of great interest both for the biography of the author and the principles of criticism as applied to editing a text from MSS. These 26 “Theses or Rules concerning the Art Criticke” are, at p. 23, followed by examples. Dr. James paid two Dutchmen for transcription abroad at the rate of 20s. per quire, each quire taking them a week, and the hundred quires per year sufficing to keep two presses at work (p. 17). At p. 26 he explains that a critical remark by bp. Bilson first set him about compiling the Ecloga Oxonio-Cantabrigiensis (Lond. 1600).
9. *†James, dr. Thomas. [woodcuts] | THE | HVMBLE | AND EARNEST | reqvest of Thomas | Iames, Dr OF DIVINI-|TY, AND SVBDEANE | of the Cathedrall Church | of Welles, to the Church | of England; for, and | in the behalfe of | Bookes touching Re-|ligion. | [the text of the work follows.]
No imprint or date, but Oxford, 1625 (perhaps 1624) (eight) 16o: pp. 15 + [1]: Great Primer English. Contents:—p. 1 title as above: 1–15, the request, signed “T. I. S. T. P. B. P. N.” (i. e. Thomas James, Sanctae Theologiae Professor: for B. P. N. see note to 1599 R.: but the occurrence of the letters here without any text or motto favours the interpretation “Bono Publico Natus”): (1) a form of approbation of the scheme, signed by 17 leading men in Oxford.
Rare. See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 467. This (and still more the Explanation above, which see) is an interesting plea for the application of criticism to aid in restoring the texts of Fathers and Schoolmen which had been corrupted by Roman Catholic theologians. The date cannot be precisely ascertained: the titles of the approvers only confine it to 1624, 1625, or 1626: the Explanation alludes to it as “lately” issued: so that it is difficult to say whether 1624 or 1625 is the year of issue.
10. ——. A MANVDV-|CTION, OR INTRO-|DVCTION VNTO | DIVINITIE: | CONTAINING | A Confutation of Papists by Pa-|pists, throughout the important Articles | of our Religion; their testimonies taken | either out of the Indices Expurgatorii, | or out of the Fathers, and ancient | Records; | But especially the Manuscripts. | [line] | By Tho. Iames, Doctor of Diuinitie, late | Fellow of New Colledge in Oxford, and Sub-Deane | of the Cathedrall Church of Welles. | [line, then note, then line.]
Impr. 62: 1625: sm. 4o: pp. [8] + 136 + [8]: p. 11 beg. The first Corollary, 111 onely titular: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–6) dedication to the bp. of Lincoln, dated “Lond. 26 April, 1625”: (7) “The points that are briefly handled in this Booke”: (8) “Errata”: 1–136, (1), the work: (2–3) “A Table of the Manuscript bookes vrged in this Booke”: (4–8) “An Alphabeticall note of the Printed Bookes ... here cited”.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 467. The whole of this book was printed in London, not Oxford.
11. King, Henry, and John King. TWO | SERMONS. | VPON THE ACT | SVNDAY, BEING | the 10th of Iuly. | 1625. | Deliuered at St Maries | in Oxford. | [line, then motto, then device.]
Impr. 56: 1625: sm. 4o: pp. [4] + 33 + [3] + 43 + [1]: p. 11 beg. doe not your: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3) a half-title “David’s Enlargement. The morning sermon on the Act Sunday: Preached by Henry King ...”: 1–33, the sermon, on Ps. xxxii. 5, (2) a half-title “David’s Strait. The after-noones sermon ... Deliuered by Iohn King ...”: 1–43, the sermon, on 2 Sam. xxiv. 14.