For the controversy caused by the publication of this play (which had been acted according to the letter dedicatory in 1581 or 1582 and 1584 or 1585), see Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 88.
8. Gager, William. VLYSSES REDVX | Tragoedia Nova. | IN AEDE CHRISTI OXONIAE | PVBLICE ACADEMICIS RE-|CITATA, OCTAVO IDVS | FEBRVARII. 1591. | [device.]
Impr. 11: 1591: (eights) 12o: pp. [96], signn. A-F8: sign. B 1r beg. Viæque fessum: Pica Italic. Contents:—sign. A 1r, title: A 2r-A 2v, “Prologus ad Academicos” in verse: A 3r-A 4r, epistle dedicatory to lord Buckhurst, Ch. Ch., 10 May 1592, signed “Guilielmus Gagerus”: A 4v-A 7r, complimentary poems, &c., one by Albericus Gentilis: A 7v, “Personæ”: A 8r-F 1r, the play: F 2r-F 6v, five Latin pieces by Gager, including a “Prologus in Rivales, Comœdiam.” [F 8 not seen].
See Wood’s Ath. Oxon., ii. 89.
9. Lycophron. ΛΥΚΟΦΡΟΝΟΣ ΤΟΥ | ΧΑΛΚΙΔΕΩΣ | Αλεξάνδρα. | LYCOPHRONIS CHAL-|cidensis Alexandra. | In vsum Academiæ Oxoniensis. | [device.]
Impr. 13a: 1592: (fours) 12o: pp. [2] + 44 + [2] : p. 11 beg. ὠνητὸς ἀιθαλω: Pica Greek. Contents:—p. (1) title, within a border: 1–44, the work: (1–2) (not seen.)
The poem is better known as the Cassandra, which is the running title throughout. Some various readings are printed in the margin.
10. Sanford, John. APOLLINIS ET MVSARVM | ἘΥΚΤΙΚΑ` ἘΙΔΎΛΛΙΑ, | in serenissimæ reginæ Elizabethae | auspicatissimum Oxoniam aduentum, de-|cimo die Calend. Octobris, An: M . D . LXXXXII. | [device.]
Impr. 11: 1592 : sm. 4o: pp. [24], signn. A-C4: sign. B 1r beg. Cernis vt: Great Primer Roman. Contents:—sign. A 1r, title: A 1v, Latin poetical dedication to dr. Nicholas Bond, vice-chancellor and president of Magdalen college, signed “Ioannes Sanfordus”: A 2r-C 4r, the Idylls.
Very rare, unknown even to Wood and Nichols (Progresses of Qu. Elizabeth). Two copies are in the British Museum, and lord Robartes has an imperfect one, seen in 1881. Reprinted literatim in the Oxford Historical Society’s viiith volume, (Oxf., 1887, 8vo), where see notes by the editor, the rev. Charles Plummer. The poems are ‘in honour of the Queen’s Visit, and especially in connection with a banquet given by the President and Fellows of Magdalen to the nobles and Privy Councillors of the Queen’s retinue,’ 22 Sept. 1592.