17 C. I, II 'ANTIPAPA[R]CHIA, or kinglie supremacie aboue pontificiall and papale authoritie', the second and third parts, by John Gordon, D.D., Dean of Salisbury (cf. 7 D. XII, &c.). In the (missing) first part the author had carried his survey from Melchisedek to the Ascension of Christ; the two parts here carry it on to the time of Gregory VII. Paper; ff. 55, 52. Quarto. 8 in. x 6 in. Temp. Jas. I. Bound together. Not in the old catalogues.
'A GRACE of a goodfellow appointed to haue bene sayd after a Banket at Yorke, made vpon the good nues and proclamacion thear of the entraunce into reign ouer vs of our sooueraign Lady Elizabeth', &c., in Nov. 1558: an invective against the late Queen's ecclesiastical advisers, in the form of...
ADDRESS to James I from his 'poore oppressed prisner and loyall subiect, Anthonic Atkinson'; 20 Apr. 1603. The writer, apparently a searcher at the port of Hull, refers to a previous book sent to the late Queen, which was 'the cause of the afflictions of Gilbert Wilkinson and myself'. He recomme...
'AN ORATION of Coelius the second Cvrio for the trew and auncyent avthoritie of Christ his chvrche agaynst Antony Florebell of Mvtiny': a translation by John Philpott [Archdeacon of Winchester, Protestant martyr, d. 1555] of the Pro uera et antiqua ecclesiae Christi autoritate in Antonium Floreb...
'OF THE SACRAMENT of thankesgeuing: a short treaties of Peter Martir's making.' A tract on the Eucharist (probably compiled from various works of Peter Martyr Vermigli) addressed to [Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset,] the Lord Protector, and dated Westminster, 1 Dec. [1548]. The contents are sum...
DISSERTATION on a true pastor: a Roman Catholic tract addressed to, and written at the command of, the King [? James I] by W. E. Dedicatory letter beg. 'The lack of practize I haue in wrytinge'; text, 'Since both the lawe of nature'. Paper; ff. 20. Quarto. 81/4 in. x 6 in. Early XVII cent. Boun...
'THE OPENING of the unreasonable writing of our Inglish toung', by John Hart, Chester Herald, 1551. Preceded by a list of contents, a dedication to Edward VI, and 'the authors prologue to his countrey men'. On f. 1 b is a poetical address of four lines from 'the booke to the author', and the rep...
'MYROURE of Lyf': a long religious poem in Northern English, mainly, but not exclusively, founded on the Somme des vertus et des vices (or Somme le Roi) of Frère Laurent. It consists of a commentary on the Lord's Prayer, followed by an exposition of the seven gifts with their corresponding vices...