Impr. 176: 1638: (twelves) 16o: pp. [10] + 86: p. 11 beg. ducens qui: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within a line doubled at the sides: (3) “Campiani Calumnia ... quam D. Tobias Matthæus hac suâ Concione depellit”: (4–9) Testimonia about the sermon and author: 1–86, the sermon, on Deut. xxxii. 7.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, ii. 871, but the incident which was the occasion of the sermon is related on col. 870. Matthew died on 29 Mar. 1628, and this sermon was intended to disprove Campian’s statement that Matthew practically confessed that if one read and believed the fathers he would become a Papist. The sermon was originally delivered at Oxford on 9 Oct. 1581, but this is certainly the first printed edition.
15. Oxford, Christ Church. DEATH REPEAL’D | BY A | THANKFVLL MEMORIALL | Sent from Christ-ChuRCH | in Oxford, | CELEBRATING | THE NOBLE DESERTS OF | the Right Honourable, | PAVLE, | Late Lord Vis-CouNT | BAYNING | of SuDBuRY. | Who changed his Earthly Honours | Iune the 11. 1638. | [woodcuts.]
Impr. 174: 1638: sm. 4o: pp. [4] + 50 (“42”) + [2]: p. 11 beg. We may believe: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double lines: (3–4) dedication to lady Penelope widow of viscount Bayning: 1-“42”, the poems.
See Wood’s Fasti Oxon., ed. Bliss, i. 468. These poems on lord Bayning’s death at Bentley hall in Essex are all by Christ Church men, 19 in English, 11 in Latin. William Cartwright, Robert Burton, John Fell, Martin Llewellin and Jasper Mayne are among the writers. Lord Bayning took his degree from Christ Church in 1633, but was only 24 years old at his death, when the title became extinct.
16. Oxford, University. Musarum Oxoniensium | CHARISTERIA | PRO | SERENISSIMA | REGINA | MARIA, | RECENS | E NIXVS LABORIOSI | discrimine receptâ. | [woodcut.]
Impr. 151 b: 1638: sm. 4o: pp. [88], signn. A-D, DD, E, a-b, bb, c-d4: sign. B1r beg. Qui primos: English Roman. Contents:—sign. A1r title, within double lines: A2r-d4v, poems.
These are verses to congratulate the Queen on her safe delivery and condole with her for the loss of the infant princess, who seems to have lived only a few hours. The reference is apparently to the birth of the princess Catherine (b. and d. 29 Jan. 1638
9), but the ordinary pedigrees and histories seem not to notice this event. The poems are in Latin and English, except three Greek and two French. The printer (Lichfield) contributes a poem at the end. The signatures show the hasty method of printing.
17. ——. STATVTA | Selecta è Corpore | Statutorum | VNIVERSITATIS | Oxon, | Vt in promptu & ad ma-|num sint, quæ magis ad usum, | (præcipuè Iuniorum) | facere videntur: | [line, then woodcut, then line.]
Impr. 179: 1638: (eights) 16o: pp. [8] + 213 + [15], and two folding plates: p. 11 beg. libros de Cœlo, 201 non priùs: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (3) title, within a border: (5–7) “Admonitio ad lectorem de veteri Calendario omisso”, with a table of “Non Dis.” days: (8) Explanation of symbols used: 1–197, the statutes: 198–205, “Statuta Bibliothecæ Bodleianæ ... 1620”: 207–213, “Επινομις: seu explanatio Iuramenti ...”: (2–3), not seen: (4–12) “Elenchus Materiarum”: (14) “Errata ...”.