8. ——. THE | Feminin‘ Monarchi‘, | OR | THE HISTORI | OF BEE‘S | SHEWING | Their admirable Natur‘, and Propertis; | Their Generation and Colonis; | Their Government, Loyalti, Art, Industri; | Enimi‘s, VVars, Magnanimiti, &c. | Together | With the right Ordering of them from tim‘ to tim‘: | and the sweet Profit arising ther‘of. | [line] | Written out of Experienc‘ | By | Charls Butler, Magd. | [line, then motto.]
Impr. 126: 1634: sm. 4o: pp. [16] + 182: p. 11 beg. her, animamque: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (2) engraving of a hive, with verses: (3–4) dedication to the queen: (5–8) The preface, dated “Wotton. Mai 11. 1623”: (8) The Printer to the leader, referring to Butler’s English Grammar for the phonetic spelling used: (9–11) commendatory verses by George Wither (Latin and English), and others: (12–16) The contents of the book: 1–182, the work in 10 chapters.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 209, and 1609 B, of which this is an enlarged edition: the preface is that of the 1623 edition. The peculiar spelling and type are part of Butler’s system as elaborated in his English Grammar (see 1633 B). There are a few woodcuts, and music at pp. 78–81.
9. Cosin, Richard. ECCLESIÆ ANGLICANAE | POLITEIA IN TABVLAS DIGESTA. | AVTHORE RICHARDO COSIN LEGVM | Doctore, olim Decano Curiæ de Arcvbvs, & | Cancellario, seu Vicario Generali Reverendiss. | Patris IOANNIS Archiepiscopi | CANTVARIENSIS. | [woodcut.]
Impr. 73: 1634: (twos) obl. 8o: pp. [64], signn. ( )2, ( )2, A-O2: sign. B1r beg. TAB. I. B: Pica Roman. Contents:—sign. ( )1r, title: ( )2r-2v, Epistola dedicatoria to king James by “Tho. Crompton”: ( )1r “Ad Lectorum Monitorium”: ( )1r-1v “Capita tabularum”: ( )2, not seen: A1r-O2r, the tabulae.
For the editor (d. 1608) see Wood’s Fasti Oxon., ed. Bliss, i. 249. The author, a lawyer educated at Cambridge, died in 1597. The first edition, of which this is a reprint slightly different in arrangement, was published at London in 1604, fol.: the 3rd at the Hague in 1661: the 4th at Oxford in 1684, fol. These tables exhibit the whole status and administration of the Church of England in a synoptic form. The words underlined in the above title are in red ink, as well as Oxoniæ, and anno salutis M.DC.XXIV. in the imprint. The book is peculiar in form. The 1604 and 1684 editions may be called ordinary folios in shape: this one is made up of folio sheets (each containing two folio leaves) folded once and bound oblong, the intention being that the binder should cut through the line of folding at foot and bind the book as if of quarto size, each oblong leaf thus bound being again awkwardly folded once so as to lie within an ordinary quarto binding. In the present edition the original 16 tables are arranged to form 28, and are printed on one side of the leaf only.
10. Downinge, Calybute. A | DISCOVRSE | OF THE | STATE ECCLESIA-|STICALL OF THIS | Kingdome in relation to the Civill. | Considered under three ConcluSIONS. | With a Digression discussing | some ordinary Exceptions concer-|ning Ecclesiasticall Officers. | By C. D. | The second Edition, revised and enlarged. | [device.]
Impr. 147: 1634: sm. 4o: pp. [4] + 112: p. 11 beg. into factions: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double lines: (3) dedication to lord Salisbury, signed “Calybute Downinge”: 1–112, the work, the digression occupying pp. 31–44: 112, “Errata”.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 107, and 1633 D.
11. Du Moulin, Pierre, d. 1658.