Impr. 155: 1636: twelves 24o: pp. [8] + 165 + [19]: p. 11 beg. to heare both, 111 reputed Gods: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–6) epistle dedicatory to lady Cotton: (7–8) “To the Reader”: 1–165, the work: (2–12) three religious poems, “A Good Friday thought”, “A Christmasse Caroll” (beg. “Since now the jolly season’s by”), “A Hymn on Christs ascension”.
Scarce. See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, ii. 630.
7. Fitz-Geffry, Charles. THE BLESSED | BIRTH-DAY, | CELEBRATED IN | some religious meditations | on the Angels Anthem. | Luc. 2. 14. | ALSO HOLY | TRANSPORTATIONS | in contemplating some of the | most obserueable adiuncts about | our Saviours Nativity. |
| Extracted for the most part out of the | { Sacred Scriptures, } | And some moderne |
| { Ancient Fathers, } | ||
| { Christian Poets. } |
Approved Authors. | [line] | By Charles Fitz-Geffry. | [line] | The second Edition with Additions. |
Impr. 156: 1636: (eights) 12o: pp. [8] + 80: p. 11 beg. If he in time: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, (3–5) “To the Devote Author ...” a poem signed “Hen. Beesely A.M. A.A.”: (7) Complimentary poem to the author by Steph. Haxby of Cambridge: 1–47, the Blessed Birthday, a poem: 48 “Votum Authoris ad Iesum ...”: 49–80, the Transportations, 16 poems.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, ii. 607. This is a reprint of the first edition, see 1634 F, with some additions and the omission of the poem before the second part. It is this second issue which Dr. Grosart reprinted in 1881 in Fitz-Geffrey’s Poems.
8. Florus, Lucius Annaeus. THE | ROMAN | Histories of Luci=|us Iulius Florus | from the foundation | of Rome, till Cæsar | Augustus, for aboue | DCC. yeares, & from then⸗|ce to Traian near CC. | yeares, divided by Flor’ | into IV ages. | Translated into | ENGLISH |
Impr. 161: 1636: (twelves) 16o: pp. [26] + 336: p. 11 beg. wore, being, 301 more luckie: Pica Roman. Contents:—(1–2) not seen: (3) engraved title, inserted: (5–10) Epistle dedicatory to George marquis of Buckingham, signed “Philanactophil”: (11–19), “To the Reader”: (20–24) “The preface of Lucius Florus”: (25–26) not seen: 1–336, the Histories: 336 “The end of the foure Bookes of the Roman Histories ... translated into English by E.M.B. Soli Deo gloria”.
The translator of this work, which first appeared in English at London in 1618, was Edmund (Maria) Bolton. The present edition was printed in London but published at Oxford, and the title is the engraved one of 1618, by Simon Pass, displaying in the upper centre a Roman, in the lower centre the title, an eagle at top, and symbols and letterpress about, and altered in the imprint only. The collation assumes that a sheet of ten leaves could not be printed and that a blank leaf is needed before and after the prefatory matter: the title is on an inserted leaf. This edition was issued after the translator’s death, and seems not to be entered in the London Stationers Company’s Registers.