P. [31]. Tacitus. Add at end:—
On 25 May 1591 a patent was issued to Richard Wright of Oxford and his assigns to print Tacitus’s History in English, during his lifetime (Patent Rolls, 33 Eliz. pt. 17, mentioned in Arber’s Transcript of the Stationers’ Registers II (1875), p. 16). The metal engraving of a Roman Camp reappears in R. Grenewey’s translation of the Annals of Tacitus (Lond. 1598, 1604, 1622).
1592.
P. [32]. Barlaamus, last line but one.
For author read editor. Another presentation copy has been seen, also without device.
P. [32]. Brasbridge.
See 1586 in this Supplement.
P. [33]. Elizabeth.
There is a perfect copy of this rare pamphlet in the great Gloucestershire collections at Chestal, Dursley, in the possession of the Phelps family, kindly pointed out to me by F. A. Hyett, Esq. The title is:—SPEECHES | DELIVERED TO | HER MAIESTIE THIS | LAST PROGRESSE, AT THE | Right Honorable the Lady Rvssels, at | Bissam, the Right Honorable the Lorde | Chandos at Sudley, at the Right | Honorable the Lord Norris, at | Ricorte. | [device.] On the verso of the title is a preface “To the Reader” signed by “I. B.” the printer.
P. [33]. Gager (no. 7).