See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ed. Bliss, iii. 31. The author died before 1650, not, as Foster’s Alumni Oxonienses asserts, as late as 1699. The editor, who is known to be Philip Papillon of Exeter college, declares that the play is here printed without the author’s knowledge and against his modesty. The lines relating to Shakespeare, which have perhaps only been reprinted in Pickering and Chatto’s Catalogue of books, nos. 70–72 (June 1893), p. 15, are:—
“But sad Melpomene ...
Hyes to pale Shakespeares urne, and from his tombe
Takes up the bayes, and hither she is come.”
12. Jeanes, Henry, of Hart hall, Oxford. A TREATISE | Concerning | A CHRISTIANS | CAREFULL AB-|stinence from all ap-|pearance of Evill: | Gathered | FOR THE MOST | part out of the Schoole-|men, and Casuists: | Wherein | The Questions and Cases of | Conscience belonging unto the | difficult matter of Scandall | are briefly resolved: | By Henry Jeanes, | Mr of Arts, lately of Hart-|Hall in Oxon, and Rector of | he Church of Beere-Cro-|combe in Somerset-shire. | [line.]
Impr. 94a: 1640: 12o: pp. [4] + 151 + [1]: p. 11 beg. onely from: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within double lines: (3–4) dedication to Philip earl of Pembroke: 1–145, the discourse on “1 Thess. [v] 22”: 147–151, “The Postscript to the Reader”: (1) “Errata”.
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., iii. 591. This book appears to be rare, and was reprinted at Oxford in 1660.
13. Oxford, University. HORTI | CAROLINI | ROSA ALTERA. | [device.]
Impr. 151: 1640: sm. 4o: pp. [108], signn. ( )2, *, **, A-E4 F2, a-c4, cc2, d-e4: sign. B1r beg. Iam meritò, b1r Prethee forbeare: English Roman & Italic. Contents:—( )1r, title, within double lines: ( )2r, poem dedicatory to the king, signed “Acad. Oxon.”, in Latin: *1r-F2v, Latin poems: a1r-e4r, English poems: e4v “The Printer to their Maiesties”, an English poem, signed “Leonard Lichfield.”
These are verses to celebrate the birth of prince Henry, 8 July 1640 (d. 1660). Most are in Latin and English, but three in Greek, two in French, one in Hebrew. The signatures as usual show the difficulty of getting the poems sent in in time and arranged in proper order.