The Library of Lady Southwell and Captian Sibthorpe
by
Sister Jean Carmel Cavanaugh,
S.L.
Few records exist to show what books the educated Renaissance
woman read or owned. Sears Jayne reports that in his survey he found only
three inventories of books owned by women and that two of these are
"clearly collections left by deceased husbands."[1] In the Folger Shakespeare Library
is a
manuscript inventory of books that appears to represent a reverse situation:
a collection of books that a learned Renaissance poet, Lady Anne
Southwell, left to her soldier-husband, Captain Henry Sibthorpe.
The inventory was not made until after Lady Southwell's death in
1636, and it cannot be proved that any of the books belonged to her rather
than to her husband, who appears to have compiled the list. Yet there is
sufficient evidence to warrant the belief that a substantial number of the
titles had originally belonged to Lady Southwell. She had a reputation for
learning, and her writing shows that the reputation was not undeserved. Her
collection of poems and the notes in her manuscript reveal her interest in
religion, history, philosophy, and natural science.[2] It would be reasonable to assume,
since
she was a religious poet, that many of the books dealing with literature and
religion were largely hers and a good number of the others manifesting a
more general interest likewise. As a writer she needed background reading
and books for ready reference, such as the dictionaries and encyclopedic
collections. Final evidence that Lady Southwell had books
of her own is furnished by an inventory of her personal possessions made
five years before her death, an inventory that lists three trunks of
books.[3] We may conclude, then, that
she came to her second husband in 1626 with a collection of books which
she left to him at her death ten years later.
Lady Anne Southwell, daughter of Sir Thomas Harris of Cornworthy,
Devonshire, was first married to Sir Thomas Southwell of Spixworth,
Norfolk, nephew of Robert Southwell, poet and martyr. For some years she
lived with her husband in Ireland where he was an English planter in
Munster. At his death in 1626 Lady Southwell married Captain Henry
Sibthorpe, sergeant major and privy councillor of Munster. She died in
Acton, Middlesex, on 2 October 1636.
The manuscript, a commonplace book which later belonged to Sir
Thomas Phillipps (MS. 8581) and is now in the Folger Shakepeare Library
(MS.v.b.198), is bound in morocco and bears the title in gilt: Lady
Southwell's Poems, 1626. Apparently, as early entries indicate,[4] the volume belonged to the
Sibthorpe
family and Captain Sibthorpe presented it to Lady Southwell (who retained
this name) at the time of their marriage.[5] It contains a number of Lady
Southwell's
poems, some in her own handwriting, some presumably in that of an
amanuensis, together with various memoranda in several other hands.
The list of one hundred and ten books is almost certainly written by
Captain Sibthorpe. Comparison of the handwriting with that of an epitaph
and commendatory verses written and signed by him (fol. 73-74) after the
lady's death provide all but conclusive proof that he wrote the inventory.
In both instances he shows a penchant for experimentation with various
hands. The captions "A List of My Bookes" (fol. 65) and "These are
likewise bookes belonginge to me" (fol. 64v) strengthen
the conviction
that Captain Sibthorpe himself compiled the list.
The inventory appears to have been written in three sections and at
different times. The first section includes items 1-34 (fol.
65-65v) and
would seem to have been written in the late 1630's; the second includes
those from 35 to 76 (fol. 65v-66) and may have been
added in the
1640's; the third and last part from 77 to the end (fol. 66 and
64v)
must have been entered sometime after the death of Charles I. No. 92,
"The Martyrdome of King Charles" could hardly have been written before
1649. If it is the sermon by Bishop Henry Leslie, it was published in 1649.
The third section contains more than a dozen books that came out in the
1640's: Nos. 79, 81, 82, 84, 87, 88, 90, 92, 94, 95, 104, and 109. The
Saltmarsh-Gataker controversy (No. 81) took place in 1646 and Doctor
Featley's controversial work (No. 109) appeared in two editions in 1645.
These last entries date the third section as late as 1649 or 1650. We are not
certain when Captain Sibthorpe died.[6]
A number of the books can be identified quickly by title. But there
are some baffling problems. Six of the works mentioned are listed in a
format not included in the Short-Title Catalogue: Nos 37, 64,
79, 101, 103, and 104. These may represent editions no longer extant or
errors by the compiler. The abbreviation "exc." which appears in Nos. 37,
48, 53, and 72 is puzzling. If it means excerpts (from
excerptum), Captain Sibthorpe might have used it to designate
several small publications bound in one volume. Or it could mean
manuscripts (from excusum, "writings"). No. 53, "Lex
Palionis
exc Challener; in Quarto," for example, might represent a collection of
tracts relating to Thomas Chaloner, who signed the death warrant of
Charles I. Chaloner's speeches and papers were published in 1646. If it
refers to the printed speech (or manuscript) of Richard Chaloner, the work
would be dated about 1643 when this unfortunate man made his speech on
the scaffold shortly
before being put to death. Wing lists (L1861) Lex Talionis;
or a declamation against Mr. Challener for 1647. If this is the
work — and it appears probable — the second part of
Sibthorpe's
inventory is also in the late 1640's.
No. 52 presents another problem. It reads "An Answer, to an
Inuectiue agst. R.C.: in Quarto." Various authors used
these initials
and it would be difficult to identify the work with any certainty, but a
family relationship might offer assistance. A curate named Roger Cocks
was at Acton, Middlesex, in Lady Southwell's time and is honored in one
of her poems (fol. 21): "Written in commendation of Mr. Coxe (the
lecturer of Acton) his booke of the birth of Christ." This work is not known
but Wing (C4874) lists Cock's An Answer to a Book set forth by Sir
Edward Peyton, 1642 (i.e. to Peyton's A Discourse
concerning
the Fitnesse of the Posture, 1642). This might well be the book in
the
inventory but if it is, Lady Southwell could not have seen it. Captain
Sibthorpe, Lady Southwell's husband, certainly knew Roger Cocks, who
sent him some memorial verses soon after the lady's death (fol. 73).
The vagueness of some entries obscures the identity of a few books.
Captain Sibthorpe describes one book as "An Old Dictionary in folio" (No.
16), another as "A Seruice booke in Quarto" (No. 67). In two instances he
adopts the running title rather than that of the title-page (Nos. 45, 62). A
marginal note "L. Elizabeth" preceding No. 51 remains unexplained.
The books fall into several categories of subject matter. Roughly
one-third (35 titles) might be classed as books of a religious nature:
Scripture, sermons, controversy, devotional pieces. These represent Puritan,
High Church, and Catholic viewpoints. About twenty are books of literary
character, predominantly poetry. Another ten are translations of works from
antiquity or the Middle Ages, such as Seneca's works (Nos. 48, 66) or
Batman upon Bartholome (No. 61).
Twenty-two of the works appear to be translations although some of
them Sibthorpe may have had in the original language. Montaigne's essays,
for example, (No. 18) may have been in French. The presence of a "french
Testament" (No. 34) on the list might suggest that either Lady Southwell
or Captain Sibthorpe read French.
The fourteen titles relating to the art of warfare and military subjects
undoubtedly belonged to Captain Sibthorpe, as possibly did the works
relating to the Netherlands (Nos. 6,20,37), for he had performed military
duty in the Low Countries.
It is quite probable that some of the books reflect family interests.
Robert Southwell's poems (No. 97) and Sybthorpe's controversial piece
(No. 22) — a paradoxical pair — would seem to form part of
a family
collection. Sir Walter Raleigh's work (No. 43) suggests a possible family
interest as well as a political one, for Lady Southwell's first husband, Sir
Thomas Southwell, appears to have bought land from Sir Walter Raleigh
in Ireland. A good number of the books, as one might expect, reflect an
interest in current economic, political, and religious problems.
The literary titles seem to manifest the religious and rhetorical
interests of Lady Anne Southwell, as these are evidenced in her poetry. The
moral allegory of Spenser's Faerie Queene (No. 13), the
religious poetry of John Donne (No. 23), and the moral didacticism of Sir
John Davies' Nosce Teipsum (No. 65) would naturally appeal
to a poet of a strong religious bent. Similarly attractive to her would be
works of academic and rhetorical achievement, such as St. Augustine's
Confessions (No. 76), "Hooker's Ecclesiasticall Politie" (No.
4), and Senecan tragedies (Nos. 48, 66) — though religious tastes
would
also be satisfied here. There are, however, some lighter and more romantic
books, such as Orlando Furioso (No. 10) and Chapman's
three
works (Nos. 74,91,93). One might be disappointed that more of the major
writers of the period are not represented, particularly the playwrights. Yet
such slight representatives of drama in similar inventories of private
libraries during this period is not unusual.
Captain Sibthorpe's inventory, in fact, shows that he and Lady
Southwell had a private library that was quite typical. The proportion of
religious books to the whole number, though perhaps lower than that
obtaining in the whole body of publications of the times, is probably about
what we might expect in the hands of a bookish layman. If, as we can see
from the entries in the Short-Title Catalogue, over half of the
material printed at the time was religious in content, the list of one hundred
and ten books bears evidence that same percentage of what was printed
found its way into the hands of laymen. Sermons and devotional handbooks
were being read and used, especially by the more learned owners like Lady
Southwell.
Nor were the books of general interest lacking. One finds a wide
assortment of standard works of reference for law, history, travel, and
lexicography. Of the purely practical domestic books — manuals and
helps for the householder, such as men like Markham and Brathwaite were
turning out by the dozens — the Sibthorpe shelves contained only
three:
one on herbs (No. 15), one on beekeeping (No. 47), and one on plague
prevention (No. 55). Such books serve to round out a family library and,
together
with the more intellectual works appealing to educated readers, offer a
valuable study of seventeenth-century reading tastes.
The only alteration I have made in the inventory is that of supplying
periods after entry numbers in the second section, Nos. 34-77. Titles of
identification I usually give as they appear in the Short-Title
Catalogue, except in a few cases where the longer title is more
helpful. I have not found it possible to establish dates for first editions of
every work nor have I supplied publication dates for editions other than
those Sibthorpe specifies. If, for example, he lists a folio, I have not cited
dates for quarto or duodecimo publications of the same work. In many
instances, though, I have tried to indicate the popularity of a work.
A List of My Bookes
- 1. Caluins Institutions. in ffolio.
The institution of christian religion, translated by Thomas
Norton, 1561, 1562, 1611, 1634. [STC 4415-16, 4424-25]
- 2. Caluins Sermons vpon Iob: in folio.
Translation by Arthur Golding, 1574 (2 eds.), 1579, 1580, 1584. [STC
4444-47]
- 3. Synopsis Papismi. or a generall veiw of Papistry by And:
Willett. In Quarto. Quarto editions of Synopsis Papismi by
Andrew Willet, 1592, 1594. [STC 2596-97]
- 4. Hookers Ecclesiasticall Politie. in folio.
First edition perhaps as early as 1592. Thirteen folio editions, 1594-97 to
1639. [STC 13712-20a]
- 5. Plinies Naturall History. in folio.
Translation by Philemon Holland, 1601, 1634, 1635. [STC
20029-30a]
- 6. Generall History of the Netherlands. in folio.
Translation by Edward Grimestone (Grimston), 1608, 1609, 1627. [STC
12374-76]
- 7. History of the Romane Emperors. in folio.
Historia imperial y caesarea by Pedro Mexia, 1561, trans. by
W. Traheron: The historie of all the Romane Emperors,
1604,
or The imperiall historie: continued by E.
Grimeston, 1623. [STC 17851-52]
- 8. Camerarius Historicall Meditations. in folio.
Philip Camerarius, The walking librarie, trans. by John
Molle,
1621, or another edition with similar title, The living librarie, or
Meditations and Obseruations historical, natural . . ., 1621, 1625.
[STC 4528-30]
- 9. Triumph of God's Reuenge agt Murther. in
folio.
By John Reynolds, 1634-35, 1639, 1640. [STC 20944-45]
- 10. Orlando ffurioso. in folio.
Translation by Sir John Harington, 1591, 1607, 1634. [STC
746-48]
- 11. Salust his history in English: in folio.
The two most worthy and notable histories . . ., translated by
Thomas Heywood, 1608-09; or an earlier translation of second part by
Alexander Barclay, 1520?, 1525?. [STC 21625-27]
- 12. Eusebius Ecclesiasticall History in folio.
The auncient ecclesiasticall histories . . ., trans., by Meredith
Hanmer, 1576-77 (2 parts), 1585, 1607, 1619 (4 parts), 1636-37 (5 parts).
[STC 10572-76]
- 13. Spensers ffayrie Queene.in ffolio.
Folio editions in 1609, 1611-13, 1617. [STC 23083-85]
- 14. Purchas his Pilgrimage. in folio.
Five folio editions, 1613-1626. [STC 20505-09]
- 15. Gerard's Herball in folio.
The 1597 ed. or the enlarged ed. by T. Johnson, 1633, 1636. [STC
11750-52]
- 16. An old Dictionary in folio.
- 17. Markhams Booke of Honour. in folio.
By Francis Markham, 1625. [STC 17331]
- 18. Mountaigne Essayes. in folio.
French folio eds. in 1595, 1635, 1640, 1652. Trans. by John Florio, 1603,
1613, 1632. [STC 18041-43]
- 19. Morrisons Trauells. in folio.
Fynes Moryson, An itinerary . . ., 1617. [STC
18205]
- 20. The Seidge of Breda. in folio.
Hermanus Hugo, The siege of Breda . . ., trans. by
C.H.G[age]. Ghent, 1627 (2 eds.); or trans. by Garret Barry, Louvain,
1628. [STC 13926-26a, 1529]
- 21. Suetonius, of the 12 Caesars, in folio.
Philemon Holland trans. of The historie of twelve Caesars,
1606. [STC 23422-24]
- 22. Sr Chr: Sybthorps booke agt
Popery. in Quarto.
A friendly advertisement to the pretended Catholickes of
Ireland, pub. by Stationers Co., Ireland, 1622, 1623; or A
reply
to an answere made by a popish adversarie, 1625; or A
surreplication to the reioynder of a popish adversarie, 1627. [STC
22522-25]
- 23. Dr. Donnes Poems. in Quarto.
The first collected edition, 1633, the only quarto apparently. [STC
7045]
- 24. Matchiauels Art of Warre. in Quarto.
Trans. by Peter Whitehorne, 1560-88. [STC 17164-66]
- 25. Felthams Resolues. in Quarto.
A popular work from about 1623 on. [STC 10755-61; Wing
F653-58]
- 26. Dr. Kings Lectures. in Quarto.
Bishop John King, Lectures upon Jonas, 1594-1618. [STC
14976-81]
- 27. Mornay, of the truenesse of Christian Religion. in Quarto.
A woorke concerning the trewnesse of the christian religion,
trans. by Sir. P. Sidney and A. Golding, 1587-1617. [STC
18149-52]
- 28. The Treasury of Times. in folio.
The treasurie of auncient and moderne times . . ., tr. out of
P.
Mexia, F. Sansovino, etc., trans., by Thomas Milles, 1613-19. [STC
17936]
- 29. Elian's Tacktickes. in ffolio.
The tackticks of Aelian, or art of embattailing an army. Englished
and
illustrated by J.B[ingham], 1616; (second part) 1629, 1631. [STC
161-63]
- 30. A Bible in Quarto.[fol. 65v]
- 31. The falls of Vnfortuate Princes.in Quarto
Perhaps The falles of vnfortunate princes by John Higgins et
al., 1619, 1620. [STC 13447-48]
- 32. The Art of Riding. in Quarto.
By John Astley, 1584. [STC 884]
- 33. Blundeuil's Horsemanship. in Quarto.
The fower chiefyst offices belonging to horsemanshippe by
Thomas Blundeville, 4 parts in quarto, 1565-1609. [STC 3152-57]
- 34. A french Testament. in Octavo.
Perhaps one of the many Geneva editions, 1567-1635, or an earlier trans.
by Jacques LeFevre, 1523; Robert Estienne (in Latin and French), 1552;
or Nicolas Barbier, 1556. [None listed in STC]
- 35. Barry's Discourse of Warr. in folio/
Gerrat Barry, A discourse of military discipline, Brussels,
1634.
[STC 1528]
- 36. Barret's Theorike, & Practike, in folio./
The theorike and practike of moderne warres by Robert
Barret,
1598. [STC 1500]
- 37. A Iournall, by Hexham, & others exc. in folio/
Perhaps a collection of pieces bound in one volume. A Journall of
the
taking in of Venlo by Henry Hexham, 1633, a quarto. The
Principles of the Art Militarie; Practised in the VVares of the
Vnited Netherlands 1637, in folio. [STC 13263-64] Hexham also
has
a folio trans. of Mercator's Atlas, 1636, 1638. [STC
17827-28]
- 38. The Souldiers Gramer, in Quarto/
By Gervase Markham, 1626-39. [STC 17391-94]
- 39. The Politicke & Militarie Discourses of
ye Lod. De
La Nowe, in Quarto Trans. by E.A.[ggas]., 1587 (1588). [STC
15215]
- 40. Lawes & Ordinances of Warr. in Quarto
Possibly Lawes and ordinances of warre, established for the better
conduct . . . in the northern parts . . . By . . . the earle of
Northumberland, 1639, 1640. [STC 9335-36]
- 41. Garnet, A Iesuite, & his Confederat's: in Quarto/
A True and Perfect Relation of the Whole Proceedings against . . .
Garnet, a Jesuite, and his confederats, 1606 (3 eds. with variant
titles) [STC 11618-19a]
- 42. An Apologie by KgIames, for ye oath of
Allegiance in
Quarto
An apologie for the oath of allegiance . . ., 1609 or an earlier
ed., Triplici nodo, triplex cuneus: or an
Apologie
. . ., 1607. [STC 1440-41]
- 43. Sr. Walter Raleigh, of ye
Preroguatiue of
Parliamt. in Quarto
Three editions in 1628 (Middelburg,Hamburg,London) and one in 1640.
[STC 20648-50]
- 44. Richard Crompton's Mansion of Magnanimitie in Quarto.
The mansion of magnanimitie; wherein is shewed the
acts
of sundrie English kings, princes, etc., 1599. [STC 6054]
- 45. Hitchcok's Newyeres gift. in Quarto.
Robert Hitchcock, A Pollitique Platt for the honour of the Prince .
.
. Written for an Newyeres gift to Englande. . ., 1580. Running title:
Hitchcocks New Yeres Gift to Englande. [STC
13531]
- 46. Atchesons Militarie Garden; in Quarto
James Achesone, The military garden; or Instructions
for
all young souldiers, Edinburgh, 1629. [STC 88]
- 47. Richard Remnant, touching bees; in Quarto
A discourse or historie of bees, 1637. [STC 20879]
- 48. Lucius Annaeus Seneca, exc. in Quarto
Perhaps a translation of a collection or an individual work, such as A.
Golding, The woorke of L.A.Seneca concerning benefyting,
1578. [STC 22213-29]
- 49. Considerations touching a Warr wth Spaine.
in Quarto
Probably the work by Francis Bacon, 1629. [STC 1126]
- 50. Kg. Iames his Entertainemt,
through London, in
Quarto
Perhaps the works by Ben Jonson: B Jon: his part of
King
James his royall entertainment through his honorable cittie of
London, 1604, or The magnificent entertainment given to
King
James upon his passage through London by Thomas Dekker, 1604.
(4 eds.) [STC 14756, 6510-13]
- 51. A Sermon preached by the B: of London, in Quarto
[marginal note: L Elizabeth.]
Unidentified. Probably a sermon by one of the contemporary bishops such
as Richard Bancroft, John King, or William Laud.
- 52. An Answer, to an Inuectiue agst. R.C.: in
Quarto
Unidentified, unless it is An Ansvver to a book set forth by Sir
Edward Peyton by Roger Cocks, 1642. [Wing C4874] (A
discourse concerning the fitnesse of the posture by Sir Edward
Peyton, 1642 [Wing P1951], was an attack on Roger Cocks, who had
refused the sacrament to Peyton because the latter insisted on standing not
kneeling.) A second possibility is An Answer to . . . libell by
Richard Cosin, 1584. [STC 5815] See No. 70 below for another work by
same author.
- 53. Lex Palionis exc. Challener; in Quarto.
Perhaps a manuscript error for Lex Talionis; or, A
declamation against Mr Challener, the crimes of the times, and the manners
of you know whom, 1647. [Wing L1861]
- 54. Regis, Reginae, nobiles etc. in Quarto
Reges reginae, nobiles et alij in ecclesia collegiata B.Petri
Westmonasterij sepulti vsque ad annum 1600, rev. 1603, 1606.
[STC
4518-20]
- 55. Directions for ye cure of ye
Plague. in Quarto
Possibly not an exact title. Thomas Thayre, An excellent and best
approved treatise of the plague . . . cure of the plague, 1625, and
similar titles listed for Simon Kellwaye, Canutus, and others. [See STC
23929, 23930,14917,4589-93]
- 56. Ordinances for Sequesteringe Estates. in Quarto
Perhaps A declaration and ordinance . . . for the seizing and
sequestring of the estates, 1643; or An ordinance of the Lords
and Commons . . . for the better execution of the former ordinances for
sequestration, 1644. [Wing E1302, E1941]
- 57. K$Zg;. Charles Declaration, touching Scotland. in Quarto
Many such declarations. For example, The King's Majesties
declaration to all his loving subjects of . . . Scotland . . ., 1643.
[Wing C-2244-45a, C2263,C2298]
- 58. Michael Dalton's Iustice of Peace. in folio.
The countrey justice, conteyning the practise of the justices of the
peace, 1618-35. [STC 6205-11; Wing D143-50]
- 59. Poulton,[1] de pace
Regis. in folio.
De Pace Regis et Regni. viz. A treatise, declaring which be the great
and generall offenses of the Realme . . . Collected . . . by Ferdinand
Pvlton of Lincolnes Inne, Esquier, 1609-23. [STC
20495-98]
- 60. Daniell, of ye history of England. in folio.
The collection of the historie of England by Samuel Daniel,
1618-34. [STC 6248-52]
- 61. Batman, vppon Bartholome, in folio.
A thirteenth-century work by Bartholomaeus Anglicus, trans. by John
Trevisa and rev. by Stephen Batman: Batman vppon Bartholome his
booke De proprietatibus rerum, enlarged and amended, 1535, 1582.
[STC 1537-38]
- 62. The Tryall of witts. in Quarto
Apparently Juan Huarte, Examen de Ingenios. The examination of
mens wits . . . translated out of the Spanish . . . by M.Camillo Camilli
Englished out of his Italian, by R.C.[arew]., 1594-1616. Running
title: A triall of Wits [STC 13890, 13892]. The 1698 ed. by
Edward Bellamy has title: Examen de Ingenios: or the
Tryal of Wits. [STC 13890-95; Wing H3205]
- 63. Britannia's Pastorals. in folio
Poetry by William Browne, 1613-25. [STC 3914-16]
- [fol. 66]
- 64. The Goulden ffleece. in folio
Probably The golden fleece. Whereto bee annexed two
elogies
. . ., by Richard Brathwait, 1611, octavo. No folio listed. [STC
3568]
- 65. Nosce teipsum. in Quarto
Nosce Teipsum . . . two elegies, by Sir John Davies,
1599-1608. [STC 6355-57]
- 66. Seneca, his ten Tragedies in Quarto
The trans. by J. Heywood and others, 1581. (Cf. entry 48) [STC
22221]
- 67. A Seruice booke. in Quarto
- 68. Great Brittans little Calendar. in Quarto.
By Samuel Garey, in 3 parts, 1618. [STC 11597]
- 69. Robt. Bruce, his 16 sermons. in Quarto
The way to true peace and rest; delivered in XVI sermons,
1617. [STC 3925][STC 3925]
- 70. Conspiracie for prtended
Reformation — in Quarto
By Richard Cosin, 1592. [STC 5823]
- 71. Iohn Copley, a Seminary Priest, touching Religion. in Quarto
Doctrinall and morall observations concerning religion, 1612.
[STC 5742]
- 72. The Triumph of faith exc. in Quarto
A work by Guillaume de Saluste du Bartas, trans. by J. Siluester, 1592.
[STC 21672]
- 73. A Sermon, called great Britains Salomon. in Quarto
By Archbishop John Williams, 1625 (2 eds.). [STC 25723-23a]
- 74. The Teares of peece. in Quarto
Euthymiae raptus; or the teares of peace by
George
Chapman, 1609. [STC 4976]
- 75. The Bee hiue, of ye Romish Church. in
Octauo
The beehive of the Romish church by Philips van Marnix
(pseud. Isaac Rabbotenu), 1571, trans. G.Gilpin, 1579-1636. [STC
17445-49]
- 76. The Confession of St. Augustine. in octauo
Probably the trans. by Sir Tobie Matthew, 1620, 1623, or the second ed.
of W. Watt's trans., 1638. [STC 910-11,913]
- 77. Aduancement of Learning by Sr fran: Bacon
in quarto.
The twoo bookes . . . Of the proficience and advancement of
learning, 1605-1640. [STC 1164-67]
- 78. Sr francis Bacons Apologie in certaine
Imputacõns
concerning the late Earle of Essex. in octauo.
Two editions each year, 1604, 1605. [STC 1111-14]
- 79. The Magazine of Honour in quarto.
The Magazine of honour . . . Collected by Master [William]
Bird. But perused and enlarged by that learned and iudicious lawyer.
Sir Iohn Doderidge [Doddridge], 1642. [Wing B2955] Octavo, not
quarto.
- 80. The Christians mourninge Garment in octauo.
A sermon by William Worship. Seven editions, 1603-36 (1603 ed. was
third ed.) [STC 25987-93]
- 81. Shadowes without Substance in quarto.
Shadowes without substance or pretended new lights . . . further
discovered in way of reioynder unto Mr. J. Saltmarsh his reply, entituled
Shadowes flying away, by Thomas Gataker, 1646, 1647. [Wing
G326-26a]
- 82. Articles agreed upon by ye
Archbishops &ra
in quarto.
Articles agreed vpon by the arch-bishops and bishops.
1642-75,
or one of another date. [Wing C3998-4009]
- 83. Ierusalem's Peace in a Sermon in octauo./
A sermon by Henry Hooke, 1604. [STC 13704]
- 84. Warlike Directions or ye souldiers Practice
in octauo.
By Thomas Fisher, 1643 (second ed.), 1644. [Wing F1060-61]
- 85. A Discourse of Valour in octauo.
The ghosts of the deceased Sieurs, de Villemor and de Fontaines .
.
., With the discourse of valour by Guillaume de Chevalier and
trans.
by T. Heigham, 1609, 1610, 1624. (First ed. pub. in Parts) [STC
5129]
- 86. The Funeralls of Henry Prince of Wales in quarto.
Possibly The funeralls of the high and mighty prince Henry,
1613; or Funerall elegies vpon . . . death of . . . Prince
Henry
by Robert Allyne, 1613; or An epicede or funerall song; on the death
of Henry Prince of Wales. With the funeralls . .
. by George
Chapman, 1612. [STC 13157, 384, 4974]
- 87. Animadversions vpon those notes &ra.
in quarto.
Probably Animadversions vpon those notes which the late Observator
hath published upon the Seven Doctrine and Positions which the King by
way of recapitulation (he saith) layes open so offensive 1642 (2
eds.).
A reply to Observations upon some of His Majesties late
answers by Henry Parker. [Wing A3209-10]
- 88. A Dialogue betweene a Parliamt. man &
a Roman
Catholick. in quarto.
A dialogue or discovrse between a Parliament-man and a
Roman-Catholick, touching the present state of recusants in
England,
1641. [Wing D1368]
- 89. The Catholick Moderator &ra in quarto.
Jacques Davy du Perron (Cardinal), The Catholike moderator. First
written in French by a Catholike Gentleman (H.C.,i.e.
H.Connestable), trans. W.W., 1623 (3 impressions), 1624. [STC
6377-80]
- 90. The Swaggering Damsell a Comedie. in quarto.
By Robert Chamberlain, 1640. [STC 4946]
- 91. Eugenia or True nobilities Trance in quarto.
Eugenia: or true nobilities trance, for
death of William
Lord Russell by George Chapman, 1614. [STC 4975]
- 92. The Martyrdome of King Charles &ra
in quarto.
Perhaps The martyrdome of King Charles by Bishop Henry
Leslie, 1649 (3 eds.), 1660, at The Hague. Other similar titles listed. [Wing
L1163-66]
- 93. Andromeda Liberata, or ye Nuptialls
&ra in quarto.
By George Chapman, 1614. [STC 4964]
- 94. An Abstract out of ye Records of
ye Tower
&ra in quarto
By Robert Cotton, 1642. [Wing C6476]
- 95. An Apologie for ye Armie by Dauid Ienkins
in quarto.
Two editions in 1647. [Wing J582-83]
- 96. A Post with a Packquet of mad Letters in quarto./
A poste with a packet of madde letters by Nicholas Breton,
1602. Eleven eds. with some titles altered, 1602-37. [STC
3684-94]
- 97. Saint Peters Plaint in quarto./
Saint Peters complaynt. With other poems (pub. anon.) by
Robert Southwell, 1595. Nine editions, 1595-1634. [STC 22956-62,
22967]
- 98. Doctor Ridley vpon ye Lords supper in
octauo.
A brief declaracion of the Lordes Supper by Nicholas Ridley,
bishop of London, 1555-86. (1574 ed. pub. with conferences between
Ridley and Latimer.) [STC 21046-47, 21050]
- [Fol. 64v. The list is continued under the caption: "These are
likewise bookes belonginge to me."]
- 99. Priuate deuotions in duodecimo
Possibly A Collection of priuate devotions . . . by Bishop
John
Cosin (pub. anon.), 1627-1638; or Ancilla pietatis, or the handmaid
to private devotion by Daniel Featley, six eds., 1626-39, [STC
5816-19, 10725-29]
- 100. The Crummes of Cumforte in duodecimo
By Michael Sparke, The crums of comfort: with godly
prayers, 1628 (Ent. 7 Oct., 1623) (seventh ed.). [STC
23016]
- 101. Meditations and Vowes in octauo.
Possibly Meditations and vowes . . . by Joseph Hall, though
listed only in duodecimo. Six eds., 1605-21. [STC 12679-84]
- 102. A new & admirable Inuention &ra
in duodecimo.
Many similar titles but unidentified.
- 103. The truth of our Tymes in actauo.
The truth of our times by Henry Peacham the Younger, 1638,
in duodecimo, not octavo. [STC 19517]
- 104. Select Cases of Conscience &ra in
octauo.
Possibly Select Cases of Conscience touching vvitches and
witchcraft by John Gaule, 1646, in duodecimo, not octavo. [Wing
G379]
- 105. The Temple in Sacred Poems in octauo.
Apparently the fifth edition of George Herbert's poems, 1638; earlier
editions in duodecimo. [STC 13188]
- 106. The Practice of Pietie in Octauo.
By Lewis Bayly. More than fifty eds. from 1613 on. The twenty-fifth By
Lewis Bayly. More than fifty eds. from 1613 on. The twenty-fifth, ed.,
1630; the thirty-third ed., 1635; and thirty-sixth ed., 1636, in octavo. [STC
1602-23]
- 107. The English Dictionarie in Octauo.
The English dictionarie by Henry Cockeram, six eds., all
octavo, 1623-39. [STC 5461-66]
- 108. The Christian Warrfare in quarto.
By John Downame. Quartos in 1604, 1608, 1611. [STC 7133-38]
- 109. The Dippers dipt by Doctor ffeatley in quarto
[Title in Greek followed by English] . . . the Dippers dipt. Or The
Anabaptists duck'd and plung'd over head and eares, 1645-60.
[Wing
F585-90]
- 110. A Great Bible in folio.
A pulpit Bible, regularly known as the Great Bible. First ed. in 1539, and
last ed. listed for 1569. [STC 2068-2105] In view of the early date for these
entries, one might assume that the book here is merely a big
Bible.
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