See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., iii. 633. The preface explains that the discourses were printed in order to confute a charge of Arminianism.
4. Cameron, John. AN | EXAMINATION | OF THOSE PLAVSI-|ble Appearances which seeme | most to commend the Romish | Church, and to preiudice | the Reformed. | DISCOVERING THEM | to be but meere shifts, purposely in-|vented, to hinder an exact triall of do-|ctrine by the Scriptures. | BY | Mr Iohn Cameron. | Englished out of French. | [woodcuts.]
Impr. 59: 1626: sm. 4o: pp. [8] + 173 + [3]: P. 11 beg. superiours. These, 111. Chap. xxvii: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–4) “To the Reader,” unsigned, but by William Pinke the translator, see below: (5–8) “A Table of the Chapters”: 1–173 The Examination, in 41 chapters and a Conclusion: (2) “Faults escaped in some copies,” 6¼ lines of Errata.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 476, where Bliss adds a note from White Kennett’s copy of the 1st ed. of the Athenæ (at i. 463) “William Pinke. He translated and published An Examination ... 1626. 4to. Ded. to the Master Wardens and Assistants of the Skinners Company. by W. P. [William Pinke] acknowledging his Engagements to the whole Company, and reverencing the Memory of that worthy Knight Sir James Lancaster.” Neither the British Museum copy nor the two Bodleian copies contain the above dedication, the signatures of the preliminary matter being, on each leaf:—(blank), *2, **, (blank), forming one gathering of 4 leaves of a natural kind, though the double asterisk is odd. The original French bore the title “Traicté auquel sont examinez les preiugez de ceux de l’Eglise Romaine. Contre la Religion Reformee” (La Rochelle, 1617.) Cameron was a Scotchman, minister at Bordeaux and Professor of Theology at Saumur. The address to the reader apologises for using the word prejudice as a translation of the French Preiugé, which means a preconceit either good or bad: and says “I have not construed but translated.”
5. H[akewell], G[eorge]. A | COMPARISON | BETVVEENE THE | dayes of Purim | and that of the Powder treason | for the better Continuance of | the memory of it, and the | stirring vp of mens affe-|ctions to a more Zea-|lous observati-|on there of. | [line]| Written by G. H. D. D.| [line.]
Impr. 58: 1626: sm. 4o: pp. 36: p. 11 beg. more diuelish: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. 1, title, within arched border: 2, the text, Deut. xxxii. 26–28: 3–36, the sermon.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., iii. 255.
6. Prideaux, John. CONCIO | HABITA OXONIÆ | ad Artium Baccalaureos in | Die Cinerum Feb. 22o. | 1626. | PER | Iohannem Prideavx S. S. Th. | Professorem Regium, & P. T. ejusdem | Academiæ Vicecancellarium. | [motto, then device.]
Impr. 60 (with “Excubebant”): 1626: sm. 4o: pp. viii + 40: p. 11 beg. latet ad: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title: (5–7) Latin dedication to Robert lord Dormer, dated “Exon: Coll: ex Musæo meo d. 8. Martij ... 1626” i.e. 1625/6: 1–44 (“40”), the sermon, on 1 Sam. xiv. 26.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., iii. 273. The “P. T.” of the title seems to be Pro Tempore: the use of 1626 for 1625 or 1625
6 is noticeable.