Ioo8 574 L&94 Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924029549338 ,.-„„ Cornell University Library Z1008 .S74 1894 Flna mil«RSr!„. < !!!.,. , , , ?. e council with lists olin 3 1924 029 549 338 THE Spenser Society Final Report THE COUNCIL WITH LISTS OF WORKS ISSUED BY €£e ^>ociet]?* PRINTED FOR THE SPENSER SOCIETY. 1894. /y^^. A-^^s\ / — '^$&$!$0^~~' rinted by charles e. simms Manchester. ^be Spenser Society |HE late Mr. John Leigh gave the following account of the origin of the Spenser Society in a statement issued in 1885 : — "In 1867 he (Mr. Leigh) was in London, and calling upon his friend F. J. Furnivall, Esq., the Director of the Early English Text Society, he was asked why we did not do something for our early English literature in Manchester. This led to a conversation, in which Mr. Furnivall urged that a Society should be formed in Manchester to reprint some of the rare works of the sixteenth and seventeenth •centuries. On his return to Manchester he hastened to the Chetham Library to discuss with its learned curator [Mr. Thomas Jones] the scheme suggested by Mr. Furnivall. He found assembled at the Library, Mr. Crossley, the Rev. Mr. Corser, and Mr. Napier, and mentioning the object of his visit, found the project warmly welcomed. Mr. Crossley stated that his friend the Rev. Alexander Dyce, had fre- quently regretted to him that no complete edition of the works of George Wither, or of John Taylor, had ever been found, and expressed a strong desire that a complete col- lection of the works of both writers should be printed if that were possible, but that no publisher would undertake the risk on his own responsibility. Moreover, many of the works would be difficult to procure. Mr. Corser then stated that he believed that he had the largest collection of 4 the writings of both Taylor and Wither that had ever been got together, and that they should be at the command of the Society if it could be established. The five gentlemen then present formed themselves into a Committee, or Council, and Mr. Corser was urged to let himself be nominated the first President. This he declined on account of his advanced age, and Mr. Crossley was then persuaded to take the Presidency." In the original prospectus, issued in April, 1867, reference was made to the fact that the operations of the Early English Text Society having been mainly confined to re- printing the literature of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries, an useful object would be served by the Council devoting themselves to a revival of the works of the two succeeding centuries (sixteenth and seventeenth), a period richly adorned by the contributions of genius, a labour the more interesting and important that many of the poetical works of this later period have become as rare as those of an earlier date. It was the wish of the origina- tors of the Society not merely to produce reprints of the works selected, but to give them, as nearly as possible, the character of facsimiles, and so enable the reader to have the works before him, not in that modern dress which Charles Lamb so emphatically denounced, but in the typo- graphical attire of their day. It was thought desirable in the cases of Taylor and Wither that their prose writings should be included in the Series. During the twenty-seven years of the Society's existence it has issued fifty-three volumes. Of these, nineteen are devoted to the works of George Wither, besides two others which are doubtfully ascribed to him. Eight volumes are taken up by the various writings of John Taylor the Water Poet. Seven are by Drayton. Two, the first and the last of the series, are by John Heywood. Two are by Alexander Barclay. Two contain the interesting Senecan Tragedies. One each bear the names Thomas Watson, Clement Robin- son, Timothy Kendall, John Bodenham, Thomas Church- yard, Francis Rous, Anthony Copley, Henry Willoby, and Thomas Bastard; and one is the anonymous "Zepheria." Spenser's Shephearde's Calendar, edited by Dr. Sommer, but not printed by the Society, was issued to the members in 1888 as an extra volume. Although " a full biographical and bibliographical ac- count" of John Heywood was promised with the first volume, it seems to have been decided at one of the early meetings of the Council (as stated by Mr. Leigh in 1885), that no lengthy introductions should be written. " The object of the Council was to produce the author himself for study, . . . leaving to future biographers or critics the pro- duction of special editions." This decision was departed from in the fifth issue, "Zepheria," to which a valuable intro- duction was prefixed by Mr. Corser. Short notes were subsequently given by Mr. Crossley and Mr. Leigh in other issues. The present Council cannot help thinking it was unwise to have missed the opportunity of securing adequate notices from such competent hands. The last volume contains an introduction extending to twenty-three pages from the pen of Dr. Ward, and the thanks of the Council and Members are due to Mr. Oliver Elton for kindly contributing a biographical and critical estimate of Drayton. It may fairly be claimed that in type and form of repro- duction the works of the Society have few if any rivals, and the Council feel bound to acknowledge the obligations they are under for this excellence to their printers, Messrs. Charles Simms and Co., of Manchester, who have from beginning to end carried out their work in so faithful and artistic a manner. At first it was found easy to obtain originals from which to make the reprints, chiefly by the courtesy of the Rev. Mr. Corser, Mr. Crossley, and Mr. Leigh, each of whom had in his well-stored library (since dispersed) many ex- ceedingly rare works suitable for the objects of the Society. Originals were also lent by the late Mr. Huth, Mr. R. C. Christie, and Mr. A. H. Bullen, as well as by the Chetham Library and the Manchester Free Library. In time, how- ever, it became increasingly difficult to obtain desirable books, through the reluctance of owners to entrust their treasures to the hands of the printer. Meanwhile many works which it would have been proper to include in the series have been taken up by kindred societies or by independent editors, and in this way the field of operations became circumscribed. The number of members was originally limited to two hundred, and very little difficulty was found in collecting the required number. In course of years this roll became reduced, chiefly by death and by removal to distant parts, until eventually it included only about sixty names. No serious effort seems to have been made to obtain new members to fill up the gaps, until a New Series was started. A circular was then sent out and appreciative notices of the Society's work were kindly inserted in several literary journals, but the result was very disappointing. The Council having taken into consideration the whole circumstances of the case, have reluctantly been forced to the conclusion that the time has come for the Society to be dissolved, and they accordingly have the melancholy duty of making this final statement, and of taking leave of their fellow-members. Members of Council of tbe Spenser Society, 1867*94. Presidents. James Crossley, F.S.A. John Leigh. Adolphus William Ward, Litt.D., Hon. LL.D. Vice-Presidents. John Leigh. The Lord Coleridge. The Very Rev. B. M. CowiE, Dean of Manchester, afterwards Dean of Exeter. Thomas W. Tatton. Treasurers. George William Napier. The Hon. R. E. Howard. Richard Johnson. George Milner. Joseph Thompson. Hon. Secretaries. John Leigh. John Alexander Bremner. Richard Wood. James Croston, F.S.A. W. W. Dawson. Charles W. Sutton. 8 Ordinary Members. Thomas Jones, B.A., F.S.A. The Rev. Thomas CORSER, M.A., F.S.A, T. D. Crewdson. The Rev. W. E. Buckley, M.A. G. H. Midwood. Thomas Schofield. John Eglington Bailey, F.S.A. A. H. Bullen. Xist of ipmblications in oroer of issue. First Year 1867-8. 1. The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood. 2. The Works of John Taylor the Water Poet. 1630. Part I. Folio. Second Year 1868-9. 3. The Works of John Taylor the Water Poet Part II. Folio. 4. The Works of John Taylor the Water Poet. Part III. Folio. 5. Zepheria. Third Year 1869-70. 6. The EKATOMIIA0IA or Passionate Centurie of Love, by Thomas Watson. 7. Works of John Taylor the Water Poet, not included in the Folio Volume of 1630. First Collection. Fourth Year 1 870-1. 8. A Handefull of Pleasant Delites, by Clement Robinson, and others. 9. Juvenilia : Poems by George Wither. Part I. 10. Juvenilia : by George Wither. Part II. Fifth Year 1871-2. 11. Juvenilia: by George Wither. Part III. 12. Miscellaneous Works of George Wither. First Collection. 10 Sixth Year 1872-3. 13. Miscellaneous Works of George Wither. Second Collection. 14. Works of John Taylor the Water Poet. Second Collection. Seventh Year 1873-4. 15. Flowers of Epigrarrlmes. By Timothe Kendall. 16. Miscellaneous Works of George Wither. Third Collection. Eighth Year 1874-5. 17. Belvedere. By John Bodenham. 18. Miscellaneous Works of George Wither. Fourth Collection. Ninth Year 1875-6. 19. Works of John Taylor the Water Poet. Third Collection. 20. The Worthines of Wales. By Thomas Churchyard. Tenth Year 1876-7. 21. Works of John Taylor the Water Poet. Fourth Collection. 22. Miscellaneous Works of George Wither. Fifth Collection. Eleventh Year 1877-8. 23. Thule, or Vertues Historic By Francis Rous. 24. Miscellaneous Works of George Wither. Sixth Collection. 25. Works of John Taylor the Water Poet. Fifth Collection. 11 Twelfth Year 1878-9. 26. Halelviah or Britans Second Remembrancer. By George Wither. Part I. 27. Halelviah. Parts II. and III. Thirteenth Year 1879-80. 28. Britain's Remembrancer. By George Wither. Part I. 29. Britain's Remembrancer. Part II. Fourteenth Year 1 880-1. 30. The Hymnes and Songs of the Church. By George Wither. 31. The Psalms of David translated into Lyrick-verse. By George Wither. Part I. Fifteenth Year 1881-2. 32. The Psalms of David. By George Wither. Part II. 33. Paralellogrammaton. By George Wither. 34. Exercises vpon the First Psalme. By George Wither. Sixteenth Year 1882-3. 35. A Fig for Fortune. By Anthonie Copley. 36. Respublica Anglicana or the Historie of the Parlia- ment. By George Wither. 37. A Preparation to the Psalter. By George Wither. Folio. Seventeenth Year 1883-4. 38. The Mirrour of Good Maners. By Alexander Barclay. Folio. 39. Certayne Egloges. By Alexander Barclay. Folio. 12 40. The Great Assises Holden in Parnassus by Apollo and his Assessovrs 41. Vaticinium Votivum ; or, Palaemon's Prophetick Prayer. Eighteenth Year 1884-5. 42. Willoby his Avisa. 43. The Tenne Tragedies of Seneca. Translated into English. Part I. Nineteenth Year 1885-6. 44. The Tenne Tragedies of Seneca. Part II. 45. Poems: By Michaell Draiton. Part I. Twentieth Year 1886-7. 46. Poems : By Michaell Draiton. Part II. 47. Chrestoleros. By Thomas Bastard. NEW SERIES. Twenty-first Year 1887-8. 1. The Poly-Olbion. By Michael Drayton. Part I. Folio. ia. Extra volume. The Shepheardes Calender. By Edmund Spenser. Edited by H. Oskar Sommer, Ph.D. Twenty-second Year 1888-9. 2. The Poly-Olbion. By Michael Drayton. Part II. Folio. 13 Twenty-third Year 1889-90. 3. The Poly-Olbion. By Michael Drayton. Part III. Folio. Twenty-fourth Year 1 890-1. 4. Poemes, Lyrick and Pastorall. By Michaell Drayton. Twenty-fifth Year 189 1-2. 5. Muses Elizium. By Michael Drayton. Twenty-sixth Year 1892-3. 6. The Spider and the Flie, By John Hey wood. Note. — The Annual Subscription to the First Series was two guineas ; that to the New Series one guinea. Lists OF Members were printed with the following issues : 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 23, 39. Balance Sheets for the first and second years in issue No. 5, for third to sixth years in No. 14, and for seventh to tenth years in No. 21. REPORTS were given with Nos. 5 and 21. With No. 40, Mr. J. Leigh gave a note (pp. 4) on the work of the Society. 14 Hlpbabetical 3List of publications. Barclay (Alex.). Certayne Egloges of Alexander Barclay, Priest. Reprinted from the edition of 1570. 1885. Folio, pp. 47 and 1 blank. {Issue No. 39.) The Mirrour of Good Manners. By Alexander Barclay, Priest and Monk of Ely. Reprinted from the edition of 1570. 1885. Folio, pp. 83 and 1 blank. {Issue No. 38.) Bastard (Thomas). Chrestoleros. Seuen Bookes of Epigrammes. By Thomas Bastard [1598]. 1888. 4to. pp. 190. {Issue No. 47.) Bodenham (John). Bodenham's Belvedere or the Garden of the Muses. Re- printed from the original edition of 1600. 1875. 4to. pp. xviii. [18], 236 [20]. Introductory Notice by J. Crossley. {Issue No. 17.) Churchyard (Thomas). The Worthiness of Wales. By Thomas Churchyard. Re- printed from the original edition of 1587. 1876. 410. pp. vi. 108. Prefatory Notice by J. Crossley. {Issue No. 20.) Copley (Anthonie). A Fig for Fortune. By Anthonie Copley [1596]. 1883. 4to. pp. 90. {Issue No. 35.) Drayton (Michael). The Muses Elizium. By Michael Drayton, Esquire. Re- printed from the edition of 1630. 1892. 4to. pp. 215 and 1 blank page. {Issue No. 5 New Series.) 15 Drayton (Michael). Poems: by Michael Drayton [1605]. 4to. Part I., 1888. pp. 1-256. Part II., 1888. pp. 257-500. Prefatory Note by John Leigh. (Issues Nos. 45, 46.) Poemes, Lyrick and Pastorall. By Michael Drayton, Esquire [1605]. 1891. 4to. //. 120. With Introduction by Oliver Elton, B.A., issued separately in 1894. (Issue No. 4 New Series.) The Poly-Olbion : A Chorographicall Description of Great Britain. By Michael Drayton [1622]. 1889-90. Folio. Part I., pp. 1-176. Part II.,pp. 177-324. Part III., //. 325-502. With maps and o\hei facsimiles. (Issues Nos. 1, 2, 3, New Series.) Great Assizes. The Great Assises holden in Parnassus by Apollo and his Assessours [1645]. 1885. 4to. pp. 50. Ascribed by some to George Wither. To this Issue a four-page note by John Leigh on the Society's work is prefixed. (Issue No. 40.) Heywood (John). The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood (a.d. 1562). Reprinted from the original (1562) edition, and collated with the second (1566) edition; with an Appendix of Variations. 1867. 4to. pp. 223 and 1 blank. With woodcut full-length portrait of the author at p. 122. (Issue No. 1.) The following notice was prefixed to this volume : — "A Glossary to the present volume has been prepared, and is in MS. ; but the Council, hoping ultimately to place the complete Works of John Heywood in the hands of the Members, have decided upon deferring its issue until it can be given en- larged so as to comprehend the whole of his Works, with the last volume, when they purpose that it shall be preceded by a full Biographical and Bib- liographical Account of the Author and his Writings." It is not known what became of this MS. glossary. The Spider and the Flie. By John Heywood. Reprinted from the edition of 1556. 1894. 4to. pp. xxiii. 456. With cuts. Introduction by Dr. A. W. Ward. (Issue No. 6 New Series.) 16 Kendall (T.). Flowers of Epigrammes. By Timothe Kendall. Reprinted from the original edition of 1577. 1874. 4-to. pp. xvi. 303, and 1 blank. Prefatory Notice by J. Crossley. (Issue No. 15.) Pal^emon. Vaticinium Votivum : or Palsemon's Prophetic Prayer. With several Elegies. 1885. 4to. pp. 118. With an anonymous por- trait at/. 104. Doubtfully attributed to Wither. (IssueNo. 41.) Robinson (Clement). A Handefull of Pleasant Delites. By Clement Robinson and Divers Others. Reprinted from the original edition of 1584. 187 1. 4to. pp. viii. 80. Introduction by J. Crossley. The following names are attached to the songs in this volume : — Leonard Gibson, Thomas Richardson, Peter Picks, I. Tomson, George Mannington. (Issue No. 8.) Rous (Francis). Thule, or Vertues Historic By Francis Rous. 1878. 4to. pp. 152. Introduction by James Crossley. (Issue No. 23.) Seneca. The Tenne Tragedies of Seneca. Translated into English [1851]. 4to. Part I., 1887, pp. vi. 1-224. Part II., 1887, pp. 225-442. Preface by John Leigh. The translators were Jasper Heywood, Alexander Nevill, John Studley, Thomas Nuce or Newce, and Thomas Newton. The last named was the editor of the work. (Issues Nos. 43, 44.) Spenser (E.). The Shepheardes Calendar. By Edmund Spenser. The original edition of 1579 in Photographic Facsimile, with an In- troduction by H. Oskar Sommer, Ph.D., London. 1890. 4to. Issued by the Spenser Society by arrangement with Mr. J. C. Nimmo, the publisher of a limited number of copies of the work. Taylor (John). Works of John Taylor the Water Poet, comprised in the edition of 1630. 1869. Folio. //. 630. With facsimile of 17 engraved title-page. Part I.,//. 1-228. Part 11., pp. 229-436. Part III, pp. 437-630. (Issues Nos. 2, 3, 4.) Contents. Engraved title ; title ; dedication ; epistle dedicatory. Errata (verses by John Taylor) ; verses in praise of the author by Abraham Viell, Thomas Brewer, T. G., R. H., Robert Branthwaite, Richard Leigh, William Branthwaite, and Tho- mas Dekkar. A catalogue of all the severall books contained in this volume, p. 9. Taylors Urania,/. 11. The Siege and Sacking of Jerusalem, p. 20. The Life and Death of the Virgin Mary,/. 29. Superbias Flagellum, or the Whip of Pride,/. 38. Against Cursing and Swearing,/. 51. The Fearefull Summer, or London's Calamitie, /. 68. The Travels of Twelve- Pence, p. 76. An Armado, or Navy of Ships and other Vessels who have the art to sayle by Land as well as by Sea, /. 86. The Praise, Antiquity, and Commodie of Beggarie, Beggars, and Begging, /. 105. Taylors Goose,/. 114. Jacke a Lent,/. 123. Taylors Pennilesse Pilgrimage,/. 132. The Great Eater, or part of the Admirable Teeth and Stomacks Exploits of Nicholas Wood of Harrisom, in the County of Kent,/. 152. Sir Gregory Nonsence, His Newes from no Place,/. 161. A very Merrie Wherrie-Ferry Voyage, or Yorke for my Money, /. 167. To the Honour of the Noble Captain O'Toole,/. 177. A Discovery by Sea, from London to Salisbury,/. 181. A Kicksey-Winsey, or a Lerry Come-Twang, /. 196. Taylors Motto,/. 204. Odcombs Complaint, or Coriats Funerall Epicedium,/. 218. The Eighth Wonder of the World, or Coriats escape from bis supposed drowning,/. 223. c 18 Taylor (John). Contents — continued. Laugh and be Fat, or a Commentary upon the Odcombyan Banket,/. 229. Master Thomas Coriats Commendations to his Friends in Eng- land, from Agra, &c.,/. 240. A Bawd,/. 251. A Whore,/. 266. A Thiefe,/. 277. The Vertue of a Jayle, and the necessitie of Hanging,/. 288. The unnatural] Father, or the cruell murther committed by one John Rowse of the towne of Ewall,/. 297. Taylors Revenge, or the Rimer William Fennor, firkt, ferrited, and finely fetcht over the coales,/. 304. Fennors Defence,/. 310. A cast over the Water, given gratis to William Fennor,/. 317. The Praise of Cleane Linnen,/. 326. The True Cause of the Watermens suit concerning Players,/. 333. Wit and Mirth, /. 338. A Dogge of Warre, /. 363, The World runnes on Wheeles, /. 370. The Nipping or Snipping of Abuses, or the Wooll-gathering of Wit,/. 382. A Memonall of all the English Monarchs, from Brute to King Charles,/. 406. A Briefe Remembrance of all the English Monarchs from the Norman Conquest untill this present,/. 434. A Funerall Elegie upon King James,/. 460. A Funerall Elegie upon the death of the Earle of Nottingham, /. 464. A Funerall Elegie upon Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Win- chester, p. 468. A Funerall Elegie upon the death of the Duke of Richmond and Linox, /. 47 1. Prince Henries Funerall Elegie,/. 474. The Muses Mourning, or Funeral Sonnets on the death of John Moray,/. 475. 19 Taylor (John). Contents— continued. A Funerall Elegy on the death of the Earl of Holdernesse,/. 478. The Water Cormorant, p. 483. ' Taylors Water-Worke, or the Scullers Travels, from Tyber to Thames, &c, p. 497. The Dolphins Danger and Deliverance,/. 516. A Brave Sea-Fight in the Gulph of Persia,/. 520. Taylors Pastorall, being both Historicall and Satyricall ; or the Noble Antiquitie of Shepheards with the profitable use of Sheepe,/. 531. The Praise of Hemp-Seed. With the Voyage of Mr. Roger Bird and the Writer hereof, in a Boat of browne-paper, from London to Quinborough, in Kent,/. 544. Taylors Travels to Hamburgh in Germanie, /. 560. Taylors Travels to Prague in Bohemia,/. 574. Prince Charles, His Welcome from Spaine,/. 585. An English-mans Love to Bohemia,/. 590. The Peace of France, with the Praise of Anarchy, /. 595. Heavens Blessing and Earths Joy, or a true relation of the sup- posed Sea-Fights and Fire-workes, as were accomplished before the Royall Celebration of the all beloved Marriage of . . . Fredericke and Elizabeth,/. 599. Taylors Farewell to the Tower Bottles, /. 608. Verbum Sempiternum, /. 613. Salvator Mundi,/. 617. The Book of Martyrs,/. 620. Gods Manifold Mercies in these Miraculons Deliverances of Our Church of England,/. 628. Works of John Taylor the Water Poet, not included in the folio volume of 1630. First Collection. 1870. 4to. Prelim- inary Notice by J. Crossley. (Issue No. 7.) Contents. 1. Taylor on Thame Isis. 1632. //. 28. 2. The Old, Old, Very Old Man : or, the Age and Long Life of Thomas Par. 1635. pp. 32. With woodcut portrait of Old Parr. 20 Taylor (John). Contents — continued. 3. Part of this Summers Travels. Or news from Hell, Hull and Halifax, &c. 1639. //. 52. 4. The Praise of the Needle. 1640. 4 leaves, and 2 en- gravings. 5. Differing Worships, or the Oddes, between some Knights Service and Gods. 1640. pp. 34. 6. A Swarme of Sectaries and Schismatiques. 1641. pp. 34 including 3 blank. Cut on title-page. 7. Religious Enemies. 1641. //. 8. Cut on title-page. 8. The Liar. 1641. pp. 8, including 2 blank. Cut on title-page. 9. A Pedlar and a Romish Priest. 1641. pp. 24. 10. A Tale in a Tub. 1641. pp. 8. 11. A full and compleat Answer against the writer of ... A Tale in a Tub, &c. 1642. pp. 8. Cut on title-page. 12. A Plea for Prerogative, or Give Csesar his Due. 1642. pp. 8. Cut on title-page. 13. The Whole Life and Progresse of Henry Walker the Iron- monger. 1642. //. 8. 14. Mad Fashions, Od Fashions, &c. 1642. pp. 8. Cut on title-page. 15. An Apology for Private Preaching. 1642. pp. 8. 16. A Cluster of Coxcombes. 1642. pp.8. Cut on title-page. 17. Aqua-Musse, or Cacafogo, Cacadaemon, Captain George Wither Wrung in the Withers. 1644. pp. 16. 18. The Complaint of Christmas. 1646. pp.8. 19. The King's Welcome to Hampton Court. 1647. pp. 8. 20. An Ironicall Expostulation with Death and Fate, &c. 1648. pp. 8. 21. John Taylor's Wandering, to see the Wonders of the West. 1649. pp. 23 and 1 blank. 22. The Number and Names of the Kings of England and Scotland. 1649. pp. 32. 23. Christmas In and Out. 1652. pp. 16. 24. A Short Relation of a Long Journey. 1653. //. 48. 21 Taylor (John). Works of John Taylor the Water Poet, not included in the folio Edition of 1630, Second Collection. 1873. 4to. {Issue No. 14.) Contents. 1. The Suddaine Turne of Fortunes Wheele. 1631. From the original manuscript in the possession of the Rev. T. Corser. 187 1. pp. 24. 2. The Fearefull Summer, or Londons Calamitie. 1636. //. 23 and 1 blank. Cut on title-page. 3. The Carrier's Cosmographie. 1637. pp- 24. 4. Drinke and Welcome. 1637. pp. 26. 5. John Taylor's Last Voyage. 1641. pp. 32. 6. The Irish Footman's Poetry. The author George Richard- son. 1641. pp. 11 and 1 blank. 7. The Devil turn'd Round-Head. 1642. pp. 8. Cut on title-page. 8. The Head of all Fashions. 1642. pp. 8. Cut on title- page. 9. Crop-Eare Curried, or Tom Nash his Ghost. 1644. //. ii. 40. 10. Mad Verse, Sad Verse, Glad Verse and Bad Verse. 1644. pp. 8. 11. No Mercurius Aulicus. 1644. //. 8. 12. John Taylor being yet unhanged, sends Greeting to John Booker. 1644. //. 8. 13. Rebells Anathematized and Anatomized. 1645. pp. 8. 14. The Causes of the Diseases and Distempers of this King- dom. 1645. pp. ii. 10. 15. Ale Ale-vated into the Ale-titude. 1651. pp. 29 and 1 blank. 16. Epigrammes written on purpose to be read. 1651. pp. 28. 17. The Certain Travailes of an Uncertain Journey. 1653. pp. 27 and 1 blank. 22 Taylor (John). Works of John Taylor the Water Poet. Not included in the folio edition of 1630. Third Collection. 1876. 4to. (Issue No. 19.) Contents. 1. A Bawd. A Vertuous Bawd. 1635. //. 48. Cut on title-page. 2. Taylors Travels and Circular Perambulation. 1636. pp.62. 3. Bull, Beare, and Horse, &c. 1638. pp. 69 and 1 blank. 4. Taylors Feast. 1638. //. 107 and 1 blank. 5. A Sad and deplorable loving Elegy to Richard Wyan. 1638. Folio broadside. 6. John Taylors Manifestation and just Vindication against Josua Church. 1642. pp. 8. 7. Truth's Triumph. 1643. pp. 8. 8. Oxford Besiedged. 1645. pp. 8. The Works of John Taylor the Water Poet, not included in the folio edition of 1630. Fourth Collection. 1877. 4to. (Issue No. zi.) Contents. 1. Taylors Arithmeticke. n.d. pp. 8. 2. The Generall Complaint of the Commons of England, n.d. pp.8. 3. A Most Learned and Eloquent Speech Spoken by Miles Corbet, n.d. pp. 8. 4. The Honorable and Memorable Foundations, &c, of divers Cities, Townes, Castles, and other Pieces of Antiquitie. 1636. pp. 61 and 1 blank. 5. A Valorous and Perillous Sea-Fight. 1640. pp. 23 and 1 blank. With woodcut. 6. The Complaint of M. Tenter-hooke the Proiector, and Sir Thomas Dodger the Patentee. 1641. Folio broadside. 7. Englands Comfort and Londons Joy. 1641. pp.8. With four woodcuts. 8. A Reply as True as Steele. 1641. pp. 8. With cut on title-page. 23 Taylor (John). Contents — continu ed. 9. The Hellish Parliament. 1641. pp. 8. Cut on title-page. 10. A Delicate, Dainty, Damnable Dialogue, between the Devill and a Jesuite. 1642. pp.8. Cut on title-page. 11. To the Right Honorable Assembly, &c., the Humble Petition of the Company of Watermen. 1642. pp. 11 and 1 blank. 12. An humble Desired Union betweene Prerogative and Priviledge. 1642. pp. 8. 13. Mercurius Infemalis. 1644. //. 8. 14. Tailors Travels from London to the Isle of Wight. 1648. //. 12. 15. Ranters of both Sexes. 1651. pp. 8. 16. The Essence, Quintessence, Insence, &c, of Nonsence upon Sence. 1653. pp. 23 and 1 blank. The Works of John Taylor the Water Poet, not included in the folio volume of 1630. Fifth Collection. 1878. 4to. Issue No 25.) Contents. 1. Faire and Fowle Weather. 16 15. pp. 16. 2. Mercurius Aquaticus. 1643. PP- 22 - 3. The Conversion, Confession, Contrition . . . of a . . . Re- bellious Round-Head. 1643. pp. 16. 4. A Letter sent to London from a Spie at Oxford. 1643. //. 16. 5. An Honest Answer to the late published Apologie for Private Preaching, n.d. pp. 8. 6. The Noble Cavalier Caracterised and a Rebellious Caviller Cauterised, n.d. pp. 8. Watson (Thomas). The 'ekatomiiaoia, or Passionate Centurie of Love. By Thomas Watson. Reprinted from the original edition of {circa) 1581. 1869. 4to. pp.116. (IssueNo. 6.) 24 Willoby (Henry). Willoby his Avisa [Reprinted from the fifth edition of 1635, with Epistle Dedicatorie and Epistle to the Reader by Hadrian Dorrell]. 18S6. 4to. pp. iii. 163 and 1 blank. Prefatory Note by John Leigh. (Issue No. 42.) Wither (G.). Britain's Remembrancer (cid idc xxviii). By George Wither. 4to. Part L, i88o,pp. 1-296. Part II, 1880,//. 297-580. (Issues Nos. 28, 29.) Exercises upon the First Psalme. Both in Prose and Verse. By George Wither [1620]. 1882. 4to. pp. 188. (Issue No. 34.) Halelviah; or Britains Second Remembrancer (1641). By George Wither. 4to. Part I., 1879, pp. 1-245 an ^ * blank. Parts II. and III., 1879,//. 247-524. (Issues Nos. 26, 27.) The Hymnes and Songs of the Church. By George Wither. [1623]. 1881. 4to. pp. 224. (Issue No. 30.) Juvenilia. Poems by George Wither. Contained in the Collections of his Juvenilia which appeared in 1626 and 1633. 4to. 187 1. Part I., pp. viii. 1-336. With engraved portrait and engraved title-page. Part II., pp. 337-620. Part III., pp. 621-941 and 1 blank. With engraved title-page to Wither's motto. Title-pages for each part at end of No. 11. (Issues Nos."9, 10, n.) Contents. 1. Abuses Stript and Whipt. 1622. p. 5. 2. Certaine Epigrams, p. 349. 3. Prince Henries Obsequies. 1622. p. 369. 4. A Satyre, written to the Kings Most Excellent Maiestie. 1622. p. 413. 5. Epithalamia. 1622. /. 451. 6. The Shepherds Hunting. 1622. /. 485. 7. Fidelia. 1622. /. 596. 8. Wither's Motto, p. 621. 9. Faire- Virtue, the Mistresse of Phil'arete. 1622. p. 705. 25 Wither (G.). Miscellaneous Works of George Wither. First Collection. 1872. 4to. Preliminary Notice by J. Crossley, in which "a memoir of George Wither, with a full bibliography of his writings " is promised. It is not known whether this memoir was prepared. (Issue No. 12.) Contents. 1. The Schollers Purgatory, discovered in the Stationers Com- monwealth. (Circa 1625.) pp. 139 and 1 blank. 2. Campo-Muse, or the Field Musings of Captain George Wither. 1643. PP- 7^. With engraved frontispiece. 3. Se Defendendo. A Shield, and Shaft, against Detraction- (1643.) pp. 15 and 1 blank. 4. Letters of Advice : touching the Choice of Knights and Burgesses. 1644. //• l( >- ,, 5. The Doubtfull Almanack, n.d. pp. 8. 5a. Major Wither's Disclaimer: being a Disavowment of a Late Paper entitled The Doubtfull Almanack. 1647. PP- 8 - 6. What Peace to the Wicked ? 1646. pp.6. 7. Carmen Expostulatoriun. 1647. pp. 24. 8. Amygdala Britannica, Almonds for Parrets. 1647. pp. 10. 9. A Single Si Quis, and a quadruple Quere. (1648.) //. 4. 10. Vaticinium Causale. 1655. pp. 14 11. The Petition, and a Narrative of Geo. Wither, Esq. (1658 or 1659.) pp. 7 and 1 blank. 12. Epistolium-Vagum-Prosa-Metricum. 1659. pp. 32. 13. Verses intended to the King's Majesty. 1662. pp. 13 and 1 blank. Miscellaneous Works of George Wither. Second Collection. 1872. 4to. (Issue No. 13.) Contents. 1. Vox Pacifica. 1645. //. 214. 2. Carmen Eucharisticon. 1649. pp. 8. 3. A Suddain Flash. 1657. //. 74. 4. A Triple Paradox. 1661. pp. 80. 5. A Proclamation in the Name of the King of Kings, &c. 1662. pp. 69 and 1 blank. 26 Wither (G.). Miscellaneous Works of George Wither. Third Collection. 1874. 4to. {Issue No. 16.) Contents. 1. The Two Incomparable Generalissimo's of the World. 1644. Fol. single leaf. 2. Justitiarius Justificatus. 1648. pp. 15 and 1 blank. 3. The Dark Lantern, &c. Wherunto is annexed a Poem, concerning a Perpetual Parliament. 1653. //. 82. 4. Westrow Revived. A Funerall Poem without Fiction. 1653- PP- 7 2 - 5. An Improvement of Imprisonment, &c. 1661. //. 125 and 1 blank. 6. Tuba-Pacifica. 1664. //. 32. 7. Sighs for the Pitchers. 1666. //. 48. Miscellaneous Works of George Wither. Fourth Collection. 1875. 4to. (IssueNo. 18.) Contents. i. Prosopopoeia Britannica: Britans Genius, or Good-Angel, personated. 1648. pp. 118. 2. Salt upon Salt : made out of certain Ingenious Verses upon the late Storm and the Death of His Highness ensuing. 1659. pp. 71 and 1 blank. 3. The Prisoners Plea: Humbly offered in a Remonstrance; with a Petition annexed, to the Commons of England, &c. 1661. pp. 62. 4. A Memorandum to London, occasioned by the Pestilence. 1665. //. 80. 5. Vaticinia Poetica. 1666. pp. 28. 6. Three Private Meditations. 1666. pp. 48. Miscellaneous Works of George Wither. Fifth Collection. 1877. 4to. (Issue No. 22.) Contents. 1. Opobalsamum Anglicanum. 1646. pp. 26. 2. Three Grains of Spirituall Frankincense. 1651. pp. 14. 27 Wither (G.). Contents — continued. 3. Fides-Anglicana, or a Plea for the Publick-Faith of these Nations. 1660. pp. 96. 4. Furor-Poeticus (i.e.) Propheticus. A Poetick-Phrensie. 1660. pp. 48. 5. Speculum Speculativum : or a Considering-Glass. 1660. //. 176. The Miscellaneous Works of George Wither, Sixth Col- lection. 1878. 4to. (Issue No. 24.) Contents. 1. Ecchoes from the Sixth Trumpet. 1666. [Included in] Fragmenta Prophetica, or the Remains of George Wither, Esq. ; being a Collection of the Several Pre- dictions dispers'd throughout his Works. 1669. With portrait, pp. 224. 2. Reasons humbly offered in Justification of an order granted to Major George Wither, by the Honourable House of Commons. 1642. Folio, pp. 4. Paralellogrammaton. By George Wither [1662]. 1882. 4k). //. 138. (Issue No. 33.) A Preparation to the Psalter. By George Wither, 1619. 1884. Folio, pp. 160. With engraved title-page. (Issue No. 37.) The Psalms of David translated into Lyrick- Verse. By George Wither [1632J. 4to. Part I., 1881. pp. 1-130. Part II., 1881. pp. 131-316. (Issues Nos. 31, 32.) Respublica Anglicana, or Historie of the Parliament. By George Wither [1650]. 1883. 4to. pp. 55 and 1 blank. With Introductory Notice by J. Crossley, who raises a doubt as to the authorship of this piece. (Issue No. 36.) ZEPHERIA. Zepheria. Reprinted from the original edition of 1594. 1869. 4to. pp. xii. 44. Introduction by Rev. Thomas Corser. (Issue No. 5.) CHARLES SIMMS & CO., PRINTERS, 68, KING STREET, MANCHESTER". if sf