2. Burhill, Robert. Invitatorius panegyricus: see under Oxford (no. 9, below).

3. Carleton, George. HEROICI CHARACTERES. | AD | ILLVSTRISSI-|MVM EQVITEM, | Henricum Nevillum. | Autore, | Georgio Carletono. | [device.]

Impr. 11: 1603: sm. 4o: pp. [6] + 48 + [2]: p. 11 beg. Numine tanta: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (3–5) Latin poetical dedication to sir Henry Nevill: 1–48, the work.

See Wood’s Ath. Oxon. ii. 423, 425. The pieces are “Ad ... Elizabetham ... Carmen Panegyricum,” “Ad ... Iacobum ... Carmen Panegyricum,” “Devoraxeis,” on the earl of Essex, “P. Sidnæi funus,” all Latin hexameter poems.

4. Davies, John, of Hereford. MICROCOSMOS. | THE DISCOVERY | OF THE LITTLE | World, with the government | thereof. | [motto] | By Iohn Davies. | [woodcuts.]

Impr. 23: 1603: sm. 4o: pp. [16] + 254 + [30]: p. 11 beg. The Day, 111 Ande Providence: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title, within a border: (3) poetical dedication to king James: (4) Do. to the queen: (5–8) short poems by Davies: (8–16) complimentary verses to the author or book: 1–28, “A Preface ...” to the king: (29–38) “Cambria to the ... Prince of Wales,” both poems: 39–232, the work: 233–254, “An extasie,” a poem: (1–20) short poems by Davies, including two to Magdalen college, p. (17): (20–29) complimentary verses to the author or book.

Rare. See Wood’s Ath. Oxon. ii. 262, and 1605. D. The poem describes the whole state of man, his condition, qualities and surroundings, in a discursive manner which allows a short history of England to come in (at p. 131). The stanzas are 9-line, rhyming ABABBCBCC. The author was a professional calligrapher in Oxford, not a member of the University. Davies’s Works were edited by dr. Grosart in 1878. An ed. of 1611 is perhaps only due to a misprint in a 17th cent. bookseller’s catalogue.

5. †Godwin, Francis, bp. of Hereford. [woodcut] | TO THE PARSON, VICAR | or Cur ate, of      | and to everie of them. | [letterpress of the articles.]

No imprint: (1603): (two) sm. 4o: pp. 4: p. 3 beg. or M. Doctor Trevor: Pica English. Contents:—p. 1, head title, as above: 1–4, the orders: signed at end “Matherne. Sept. 30. 1603. Fr. Landaven.,” i.e. F. Godwin, then bp. of Llandaff.

Very rare. Orders of the bishop of Llandaff for the reformation of abuses in his diocese. The woodcuts are sufficient to prove by their particular imperfections that this is a product of the Oxford press.