129. CAPELL (Edward).-Prolusions; or, select pieces of Antient Poetry, compil'd with great care from the several Originals, and offer'd to the Publick as Specimens of the Integrity that should be found in the Editions of worthy Authors, in three Parts; containing, I. The notbrowne Mayde; Master Sackviles' Induction; and Overbury's Wife: II. Edward the third, a Play thought to be writ by Shakespeare: III. Those excellent didactic Poems, intitl❜d-Nosce teipsium, written by Sir John Davis: with a Preface, (by Edward Capell.)--CALF EXTRA.-Printed by Dryden Leach, 1760.

130.

Octavo, pp. 372.

£1. 158.

Another copy.-MORоcco.

-Printed by Dryden Leach, 1760.
Octavo, pp. 372.

131. CARTWRIGHT (William).-Comedies, TragiComedies, with other Poems, by Mr. William Cartwright, late Student of Christ-Church in Oxford, and Proctor of the University. The Ayres and Songs set by Mr. Henry Lawes, Servant to his late Majesty in his Publick and Private Musick.-MOROCCO.-London, printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1651.

Octavo, pp. 590.

£2. 2s.

Dedicated by the publisher "To the most renowned and happy mother of all Learning and Ingenuitie, the (late most flourishing) University of Oxford," then follows a prose address to the Reader. After this ensue above fifty commendatory verses by the most eminent wits of the University, viz. the Earl of Monmouth, Sir E. Dering, Bart. Sir R. Stapylton, Jasper Mayne, Edw. Sherburne, James Howell, H. T. and F. Vaughan, Jo. Fell (afterwards Bishop of Oxford), H. Lawes, Isaac Walton, &c. &c. There are separate titles to each portion of this volume, and the present copy has the original portrait by Lombart.

"No man perhaps ever acquired an earlier fame than this amiable youth, or leaving the world at a time of life when men in general begin but to be known, had obtained so universal a homage to his memory from his contemporaries."-Biographia Dramatica.

132. CHAMBERLAYNE (William).-Pharonnida: a Heroick Poem. By William Chamberlayne of Shaftsbury in the County of Dorcet.-RUSSIA.London, printed for Robert Clavell, 1659.

Octavo, pp. 490.

Dedicated "To the right Worshipfull, Sir William Portman, Baronet," after which comes an address to the Reader from the author: The present copy has a fine portrait of him by Hertocks.

"William Chamberlayne is a poet who has told an interesting story in uncouth rhymes, and mingled sublimity of thought and beauty of expression, with the quaintest conceits and most awkward inversions: but he is a poet to whom I am indebted for many hours of delight, and whom I one day hope to rescue from undeserved oblivion." Southey's "Joan of Arc," notes to second edit.

The narrative of this poem is so interesting, that it was turned into prose in 1683, and became a popular novel under the title of "Eromena, or the Noble Stranger."

133. CHAMBERLAIN (Robert).-Nocturnall Lucubrations Divine and Morall. Whereunto are added Epigrams and Epitaphs: written by Rob. Chamberlain.-London, printed by M. F. for Daniel Frere, 1638.

The prose part of this little book is dedicated "To the worshipfull and his honored Master Peter Balle Esquire, Solicitor generall to the Queenes Majestie;" and the poetical portion" To his honored, and dearely affected Master, Mr. William Balle, Son and Heire to the Worshipfull Peter Balle Esquire."-Robert Chamberlain has a copy of verses "To his honoured friend master Thomas Nabbes," before " Springes Glory," 1638: Nash has repaid the obligation by some commendatory verses prefixed to these poems.

134. COLLECTION OF POEMS written upon several occasions by several persons. With many additions, never before in print.-CALF EXTRA.-London, printed for Tho. Collins and John Ford,

135. COLLECTION of the newest and most ingenious Poems, Songs, Catches, &c. against Popery, re

lating to the Times. Several of which never before printed. Four parts.-London, 1689. Quarto, pp. 113.

£2. 158,

136. CROUCH (John).-Londinenses Lacrymæ. Londons second tears mingled with her Ashes. A Poem by John Crouch.-London, printed for T. Palmer, 1666.

Quarto, pp. 12.

£1. 1s.

137. CORBET (Richard).-Certain Elegant Poems, written by Dr. Corbet, Bishop of Norwich.MOROCCO.-London, printed by R. Cotes, 1647. Small octavo, pp. 92. . £1. 11. 6d.

First edition of these Poems, which were posthumous, and dedicated "To the Right Honorable Lady Teynham: her humble Servant N. N. wisheth eternall Beauty, both in this world and the world to come."

138.

Poetica Stromata or a Collection of Sundry Pieces in Poetry: Drawne by the known and approved hand of R. C. (Richard Corbet.)-CALF EXTRA.—Anno 1648.

Small octavo, pp. 128.

£1. 18.

Second edition, and has every appearance of having been printed either in France or Flanders :—the present copy has a very neat portrait of the author drawn with pen and ink.

139.

Poems. Written by the Right Reverend Dr. Richard Corbet, late Lord Bishop of Norwich.-London, printed by J. C. for William Crook, 1672.

Duodecimo, pp. 148.

£1. 58.

Third edition, and dedicated by the publisher "To the Honorable and truly Noble, Sir Edmund Bacon of Redgrave-Hall in the County of Suffolk, Baronet." Many pieces occur in this edition not in the preceding ones, and this copy is illustrated by much interesting matter in manuscript.

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"Richard Corbet," says Headley, was generous, witty, and eloquent his verses have considerable humour, feeling, and neatAn anecdote in Aubrey's MSS. sufficiently proves that he "After he was a humorist in his actions as well as his verses.was D. of Divinity, he sang ballads at the Crosse at Abingdon;

ness.

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on a market day he and some of his comerades were at the taverne by the Crosse (which, by the way, was then the finest of England, I remember it when I was a freshman, it was admirable curious Gothicque architecture, and fine figures in the nitches). The ballad-singer complayned he had no custome, he could not put off his ballads. The jolly Dr. puts off his gowne, and puts on the ballad-singer's leathern jacket, and being a handsome man, and a rare full voice, he presently vended a great many, and had a great audience."

140. COWLEY (Abraham).—Poetical Blossomes. By A. C. (Abraham Cowley).-MOROCCO.-London, printed by B. A. and T. F. for Henry Seile,

1633.

Quarto, pp. 62.

£16.

A head of Cowley at the age of thirteen, by Robert Vaughan, which is of excessive rarity, and a smaller one by another hand, about the same age, are prefixed to this very fine copy.

141.

Another copy, but without a portrait.-London, printed by B. A. and T. F. for Henry Seile, 1633.

Quarto, pp. 62.

£4.

Cowley published these poems at the age of fifteen, (before he had quitted Westminster School,) according to the received opinion of his birth in 1618; but if the inscription on the print by Vaughan, "Etat: suæ 13, Anno 1633," be correct, his age could only be thirteen on the appearance of this volume. "The Poetical Blossoms of Cowley," says Granger, "which are an abundant proof of his talent for poetry, were generally regarded as an earnest of that fame to which he afterwards rose, and which, in the opinion of some of his contemporaries, eclipsed that of every other English poet. We are even more pleased with some of the earliest of his juvenile poems, than with many of his later performances; as there is not in them every where that redundancy of wit: and where there is, we are more inclined to admire, than be offended at it, in the productions of a boy."-Wood does not appear to have met with this juvenile opusculum, for in describing its contents he calls the first poem "Antonius and Melida," which error has been copied into the last edition of the Biographia Britannica. -Philips and Winstanley have both committed the same blunder, and it is probable that Wood relied upon them without seeking for better information: had he followed Longbaine, he would have been correct in the title, viz. "Constantia and Philetus."

142. COWLEY (Abraham).-The Mistresse, or seuerall copies of Love Verses. Written by Mr. A. Cowley.-London, printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1647.

Octavo, pp. 126.

£2. 12s. 6d.

First edition of these poems: They were reprinted in 1667, in the title-page of which it is falsely asserted that "since the author's death, they were first thought fit to be published."

143.

The Works of Mr. Abraham Cowley: Consisting of those which were formerly printed; and those which he design'd for the Press, publish'd out of the Author's original copies; with the Cutter of Coleman-Street.-London, printed for Jacob Tonson,

144.

1707.

Two vols. octavo. .

18$.

Another set of the same edition, with the additional volume, printed for Charles Harper.-London, 1707—8.

Three vols. octavo.

£1. 10s.

Each of the two preceding articles have portraits, engraved by Vander Gucht, of Cowley, M. Clifford, Dr. Sprat, Lord Falkland, Sir H. Wotton, Charles I. Sir A. Vandyck, Lord Keeper Williams, W. Hervey, Dr. Harvey, Sir W. D'Avenant, Anacreon, Pindar, Dr. Scarborough, Charles II. Catherine Philips, Oliver Cromwell, John Evelyn, Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, and miscellaneous prints. 145. Another edition, but similar in arrangement and contents to the last article.-London, printed for W. Taylor, 1721. Three vols. duodecimo. £1. 1s.

146. CERTAIN VERSES written by severall of the Author's Friends; to be reprinted with the second edition of Gondibert (pp. 24).-London, 1653. The Incomparable Poem Gondibert, vindicated from the Wit-Combats of four Esquires, Clinias, Dametas, Sancho, and Jack Pudding (pp. 28).-RUSSIA.-Printed in the year 1655.

Octavo, pp. 52,

£7. 78.