Impr. 44_a_: 1622: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 39 + [1]: p. 11 beg. _wrought
our_: English Roman. Contents:—p. (1–2) [not seen]: (3) title: (4–7)
“To the Reader ...”: 1–39, the work, a discourse on Is. ix. 6.
Very rare.
1623.
1. ¬Cotta¬, John. COTTA | CONTRA | ANTONIVM: | _OR_ | AN ANT-ANTONY: |
_OR_ | AN ANT-APOLOGY, | manifesting Doctor _Antony_ his Apo-|logie for
_Aurum potabile_, in true and e-|quall ballance of right Reason, to | be
false and counterfait. | _By_ IOHN COTTA Doctor in Physicke. |
[_woodcuts._]
Impr. 48: 1623: sm. 4^o: pp. [12] + 108: p. 11 beg. _may be one_: Pica
Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: (2) Advertisement to the reader about
the prefaces: (3–7) Epistle dedicatory to the resident Doctors in
Physic in the University of Oxford: (8) “Errata ...”: (9–12) “To the
Reader”: 1–108, the work.
This is a reply by a Cambridge man to Francis Anthony’s supposed
discovery of a medicine called Aurum Potabile, in his ©Apologia
veritatis illucescentis, pro auro potabili©, Lond. 1616. For the
controversy see Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©, ii. 416. This work was sent to
press at Oxford in 1616, but recalled before printing.
2. ¬France.¬ ARTICLES | AGREED ON | IN THE | NATIONALL SYNODE | of the
Reformed Churches of | FRANCE, | Held at _Charenton_ neere _Paris_, in
the Moneth | _of September_, 1623. | Which the same ordaineth to be
inuiolably kept | in all the CHVRCHES and VNIVERSI-|TIES of that REALME.
| [_device._]
Impr. 39: 1623: sm. 4^o: pp. [2] + 34: p. 11 beg. _Who teach, That_:
Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1) title: 1–34, the Articles in 4 chapters.
See 1624, F.
3. ¬Godwin¬, Thomas. ROMANAE | HISTORIAE | ANTHOLOGIA | RECOGNITA ET |
AVCTA. | _AN_ | ENGLISH EXPOSITION OF | THE ROMANE ANTIQVITIES, |
wherein many Romane and English | offices are paralleld, and divers |
obscure Phrases | _explained_. | _For the vse of_ ABINGDON _Schoole_. |
[_line_] | Revised and enlarged by the Author | [_line_: then _device_.]
Impr. 47: 1623: sm. 4^o: pp. [8] + 277 + [17]: p. 11 beg. _a
malefactor_, 111 _ther, sometimes_: Pica Roman. Contents:—p. (1)
title: (3–4) dedication to dr. John Young dean of Winchester, dated
“Abindoniæ 14. Calend. Decemb. ... 1622,” signed “Tho. Godwyn”: (5)
“Benevolo lectori” : (7) “A short Table ...” of contents: 1–277, the
work: (2–24) “Index Rerum et Verborum ...”
See 1614 G.
4. *†¬Oxford¬, Merton College. Merton Colledge Case. | [the text
follows.]
No place or date, but probably printed at Oxford in about 1623: folio:
pp. [4], sign. ( )^2: sign. ( ) 2^r beg. 3 _What Baron Althams_: Pica
Roman. Contents:—pp. (2–3) the Case.
Merton College let the manor of Maldon to the Queen in 21 Eliz.
(1578–79), for 5000 years. The lease was disputed by the College in
1621 (“about two yeares since”), and again in this Case, which sets
out the reasons for annulling the same.
5. ¬Oxford¬, University. CAROLVS | REDVX. | [_device_ with AC. on one
side and OX. on the other.]
Impr. 42: 1623: sm. 4^o: pp. [92], signn. ( )^2 ¶^4 ¶¶^2 A-I^4 K^2:
sign. B 1^r beg. _Pierides nuper_: Pica Roman. Contents:—sign. ( ) 1^r
title; 2^r-2^v, dedications to king James and prince Charles, Latin
poems by the vice-chancellor: ¶ 1^r-¶¶ 2^v “ΠΑΝΑΚΑΔΗΜΙΚΟΣ. sive,
gratulatio pro Carolo reduce, Oxoniensium nomine recitata, à Iohanne
King publico Acad. Oratore”: A 1^r-K 1^r, the poems: K 2^r “Epilogus
typographorum ad Principem,” two short Latin poems.
Poems by members of the University of Oxford to congratulate prince
Charles on his return from Madrid to England 5 Oct. 1623. Most are in
Latin, but 4 in Greek and 2 in Hebrew: there are also 4 chronograms, 1
acrostich and 1 anagram. For King’s speech see Wood’s ©Ath. Oxon.©,
ii. 632.