Au recto du dernier f. est cette souscription:
¶ Thus endeth the shyppe of fooles of this worde. Enprynted at London
in Flete strete by Wynk[=y] de worde prynter vnto the excellent
pryncesse Marguerete, Countesse of Rychemonde and Derbye, and grandame
vnto our moost naturall souereyne lorde kynge Henry [=y] viii. The yere
of our lorde. M.CCCCC. ix. ¶ The fyrste yere of the reygne of our
fouerayne lorde kynge Henry the viii. The. vi. daye of Julii. On
aperçoit au verso le monogramme et la marque de William Caxton, au bas
desquels on lit ces mots: Wynken de Worde."
This beautiful copy upon vellum is the only example of this edition
known.
The grete Shyppe of Fooles of this worlde. W[=y]kyn de Worde. 1517. Quarto.
This is the second edition of Watson's translation. Colophon: "Thus
endeth the shyppe of fooles of this worlde. Jmprynted at Londod in
flete strete by W[=y]kyn de Worde. ye yere of our lorde M.CCCCC. &
xvii.
¶ The nynthe yere of y^e reygne of our souerayne lorde kynge Henry y^e
VIII. The xx. daye of June." It contains G G 6, fours and eights
alternately (the signatures ending on G G iij.), besides 6 leaves, with
the prologue, prolude and table, before signature A.
Extremely rare. Roxburghe, £64.
The Ship of Fools Fully Fraught and Richly Laden with Asses, Fools,
Jack-daws, Ninnihammers, Coxcombs, Slenderwits, Shallowbrains, Paper-Skuls,
Simpletons, Nickumpoops, Wiseakers, Dunces, and Blockheads, Declaring their
several Natures, Manners and Constitutions; the occasion why this Ship was
built, with the places of their intended Voyage, and a list of the Officers
that bear Command therein.
If for this Voyage any have a mind,
They with Jack Adams may acceptance find,
Who will strain hard ere they shall stay behind.
Licensed, Roger L'Estrange.
[A large woodcut of the Ship.]
London, Printed by J. W. for J. Clark, at the Bible and Harp in
West-Smithfield. n. d. [Circa 1650.] 4to. 4 leaves.
"This book, or rather tract, has nothing in common with Barclay's Ship
of Fools, except the general idea. It is entirely in prose. My copy has
nothing to show to whom it formerly belonged."--(Letter of H. Huth,
Esq.) The last sentence was elicited by the inquiry whether Mr Huth's
copy were the one formerly belonging to Mr Heber.--See _Bibliotheca
Heberiana_, Part IV., No. 752.
Stultifera Navis ... The modern Ship of fools. Lond. 1807, 80. Pp. xxiv.,
295.
A wretched production in verse, in imitation of Barclay's Ship of
Fools, published anonymously by W. H. Ireland, the Shakesperian forger.
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III. THE EGLOGES OF ALEXADER BARCLAY, PREST.--The first three, without
printer's name or device. No date. Quarto. Black letter.
"Here begynneth the Egloges of Alexader Barclay, prest, wherof the
fyrst thre conteyneth the myseryes of courters and courtes of all
prynces in generall, the matter wherof was translated into Englyshe by
the sayd Alexander in fourme of Dialogues, out of a boke named in latyn
Miserie Curialiu, compyled by Eneas Siluius, Poete and oratour, whiche
after was Pope of Rome, & named Pius." This title is over a cut of two
shepherds, Coridon and Cornix, the interlocutors in these three
eclogues. On the back is a cut of David and Bathsheba. At the end of
the third egloge: "Thus endyth the thyrde and last egloge of the mysery
of court and courters, composed by Alexander Barclay, preste, in his
youthe." A cut of the two shepherds and a courtier fills up the page.
Without date, printer's name, or device. Contains P 6, in fours, the
last leaf blank.
III.a. THE FOURTHE EGLOGE OF ALEXANDER BARCLAY.--Pynson. No date. Quarto.
Black letter.
It is entitled, "The Boke of Codrus and Mynaclus," over the cut of a
priest, with a shaven crown, writing at a plutus. It concludes with
"The discrypcion of the towre of Vertue & Honour, into whiche the noble
Hawarde contended to entre, by worthy acts of chiualry," related by
Menalcas, in stanzas of eight verses. At the end, "Thus endeth the
fourthe Eglogge of Alexandre Barcley, coteyning the maner of the riche
men anenst poets and other clerkes. Emprinted by Richarde Pynson priter
to the kynges noble grace." On the last leaf is his device, No. V.
Contains 22 leaves, with cuts.
III.b. THE FYFTE EGLOGE OF ALEXANDER BARCLAY. --Wynkyn de Worde. No date.
Quarto. Black letter.
"The fyfte Eglog of Alexandre Barclay of the Cytezen and vplondyshman."
This title is over a large woodcut of a priest, sitting in his study.
Beneath, "Here after foloweth the Prologe." On the verso of A ii. are
two cuts of two shepherds, whole lengths, with this head-title,
"Interlocutoures be Amyntas and Faustus." There are no other cuts.
Colophon: "Here endeth the v. Eglog of Alexandre Barclay of the Cytezyn
and vplondysshman. Imprynted at London in flete strete, at the sygne of
[the] Sonne, by Wynkyn de worde." Beneath, device No. v. Contains A 8,
B 4, C 6; 18 leaves. There is a copy in the British Museum.
With the first four Eclogues as above, Woodhouse, 1803, (Herbert's
copy), £25.; resold, Dent, 1827, £36.; resold, Heber, 1834, £24. 10s.
At Heber's sale this unique set, containing the only known copy of the
first edition of the first four Eclogues, was bought by Thorpe; further
I have not been able to trace it.
III.c. THE EGLOGES.--John Herforde. No date. Quarto.
"Here begynneth the Egloges of Alex. Barclay, Priest, whereof the first
three conteineth the Miseries of Courters and Courtes." "Probably a
reprint of Pynson's impression," Dibdin. Contains only Eclogues I.-III.
Herbert conjectures the date to be 1548; Corser, 1546; Hazlitt, 1545.
III.d. THE EGLOGES.--Humfrey Powell. No date. Quarto. Black letter.
"Here begynneth the Egloges of Alexander Barclay, priest, whereof the
first thre conteineth the miseries of courters and courtes, of all
Princes in general ... In the whiche the interloquutors be, Cornix, and
Coridon." Concludes: "Thus endeth the thyrde and last Eglogue of the
Misery of Courte and Courters, Composed by Alexander Barclay preest, in
his youth. Imprinted at London by Humfrey Powell." Contains only
Eclogues I.-III. Collation: Title, A 1; sig. A to P2, in fours; 58
leaves not numbered.
This is an edition of extreme rarity. It is very well printed, and the
title is surrounded with a woodcut border with ornamented pillars at
the sides. Herbert conjectures the date to be 1549, the Bib.
Anglo-Poetica, Lowndes, and Corser, 1548. There is a copy in the
Cambridge University Library, and another in the possession of David
Laing, Esq.
Prices: Inglis, £6. 2s. 6d.; Bright, 1845. £10. 10s.; Bib.
Anglo-Poetica, £15.
III.e. CERTAYNE EGLOGES OF ALEXANDER BARCLAY PRIEST.--Cawood. 1570. Folio.
Black letter.
Appended to Cawood's edition of the Ship of Fools. No title-page, cuts,
or pagination. The above heading on A i.
Colophon: Thus endeth the fifth and last Egloge of Alexander Barclay,
of the Citizen and the man of the countrey. Imprinted at London in
Paules Church-yarde by Iohn Cawood, Printer to the Queenes Maiestie.
Cum Priuilegio ad imprimendum solum.
Contains A--D, in sixes.
III._f_. THE CYTEZEN AND UPLONDYSHMAN: an Eclogue [the fifth] by Alexander
Barclay.
Printed from the original edition by Wynkyn de Worde. Edited, with an
Introductory Notice of Barclay and his other Eclogues, by F.W.
Fairholt, F.S.A. London; printed for the Percy Society [vol. XXII.],
1847. 8vo. Pp. + 6, lxxiv., 47.
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IV. THE INTRODUCTORY TO WRITE AND TO PRONOUNCE FRENCHE. Coplande. 1521.
Folio. Black letter.
'Here begynneth the introductory to wryte, and to pronounce Frenche
compyled by Alexander Barcley compendiously at the commaudemet of the
ryght hye excellent and myghty prynce Thomas duke of Northfolke.' This
title is over a large woodcut of a lion rampant, supporting a shield,
containing a white lion in a border, (the same as that on the title of
the Sallust, VI.), then follows a French ballad of 16 lines in two
columns, the first headed, "R. Coplande to the whyte lyone, and the
second, "¶ Ballade." On the recto of the last leaf, 'Here foloweth the
maner of dauncynge of bace dauces after the vse of fraunce & other
places translated out of frenche in englysshe by Robert coplande.'
Col.: Jmprynted at London in the Fletestrete at the sygne of the rose
Garlande by Robert coplande, the yere of our lorde. M.CCCCC.xxi. y^e
xxii. day of Marche.' Neither folioed nor paged. Contains C 4, in
sixes, 16 leaves.
In the edition of Palsgrave (see above, p. lxxiii.), published among
the "Documents inédits sur l'histoire de France," the editor says of
this work of Barclay's: "Tous mes efforts pour découvrir un exemplaire
de ce curieux ouvrage ont été inutiles." There is a copy, probably
unique, in the Bodleian; it was formerly Herbert's, afterwards Douce's.
All the parts of this treatise relating to French pronunciation have
been carefully reprinted by Mr A. J. Ellis, in his treatise "On Early
English Pronunciation" (published by the Philological Society), Part
III., p. 804.
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