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HISTORY OF PRINTING.

imprisonment. The letter-writer describes it as containing ' many foul passages to the vilifying of our religion and exacting of popery,' for which he and his lady, as principal procurers, were fined one thousand pounds a piece, and imprisoned in the tower for a year ; two or three of nis brothers at fire hundrM pounds a piece, and others in other sums."

1614. Died, Isaac CASAUBAN,a learned divine and critic. He was born at Geneva, in the year 1559, and at the age of twenty-three was chosen

Erofessor of Greek in his native city. In 1586 e married a daughter of the second Heniy Stephens the printer, by whom he had twenty children. On the death of Heniy IV. king of France, (1610) he removed to England, wnen James I. settled a considerable pension upon him, besides giving him a prebendal stall in Westminster, and another in Canterbury. He was buried in Westminster abbey.

1614. In this year a poetical tract was pub- lished by an anonymous author, in the dedica- tion to which he has comprehended the greatest number of persons by name in one dedication :

The Martyrdotne of Saint George of Cappa- docia, titular mtron of Englcand, and of the mott noble order of the Garter. It is dedicated " to all the noble, honourable, and worthy in Great Brittaine, bearing the name of George ; and to all other, the true friends of Christian chivalrie, lovers of Saint George's name and virtues."

1614. The feists of the stationers' company were restrained for six months, by order of the lord mayor.

1615. Died, Zacharias Paltbenivs a very learned printer of Francfort on the Maine. His books occur with the following imprints :

Zacharias Palthenins LLD. in 1597. Collegidlki Palthniorum in 1605 — 10. Collegium Musarum Paltheu* in 1612-1614. Officina Haredum Palthen' 1616. Hartmannus Palthenins in 1616-1622.

1615. William Stansby printed the follow- ing curious play, a copy of which is in the Gar- ridt collection :

Exchange Ware and the Second Hand, viz. Band, Ruffe, and Cuffe, lately cut, and now newly deamed up, or a Dialogue, acted in a thew in the fanunu univertitie of Cambridge. The second edition.

London. Printed by W. Stansby, for Myles Partrick, and are to be sold at his shop, neere Saint Dunstanes Church Yard, in Fleet Street.

1615, Nob. The jtut downfall of Ambition, Adultry, and Murder ; at the end of which are added, Tfetton't and Mn. Tumer'i last tears shed for the murder of sir Thomas Overbury, poysoned in the tower ; who for the fact, suffered deserved execution at Tibume, the I4th day of November last, 1615, 4to. Fifteen leaves.

This tract relates to the deaUi of sir Thomas Overbury, an author and a courtier of Urn reign. He assisted Robert Car, earl of Somerset, in his amour with the conntess of Essex, yet he opposed

his marriage with her, for which he incurred the hatred of both. On a frivolous charge he was sent to the tower, where by the contnvance of Somerset and his wife, he was poisoned on the 13th of September, 1613. Sir Thomas Over- biuy was born in Warwickshire, in 1531, and was educated at Queen's college, Oxford. He was the author 'of several pieces in verse and prose, which were reprinted va 1753, in 8vo.

Books are a put of num'a pi«rogatlve. In foimal Ink they thonghta and voices hold. That we to them onr soUtude may give. And make time present travelled that of old. Oar life, Fkme plerceth at the end. And books if farther backward do extend.

1615, Nov. 6. The privilege of printing all bills {or fencing was granted to Thomas Punoot, by the company of stationers.

1616, Feb. 3. James I. by letters patent, dated this day, grants to Ben Jonson a yearly pension of one hundred marks during his life, " in consideration of the good and acceptable service heretofore done, and hereafter to be done by the said Ben Jonson." If the receipt of this royal favour was unconnected, as it appears to have been, with any arrangement in which Daniel was concerned, as poet laureat, we must doubt the fact of Jonson having succeeded that poet in the post. Indeed, it is generally under- stood that the commencement of the above pension is the first clear commencement of the post of laureat. Long before 1616, Ben Jon- son had been fully engaged in the service of the court, which was indebted to biro for some of the most beautiful masques in the English lan- guage. He had also shown his peculiar qualifi- cations for the duty of a laureat, by flattering James as the best of both poets and kings.

1616. Thomas Dawson dwelt at the three Cranes, in the Vintry ; put to the beginning of some of his books a pretty wooden cut, or device, of three cranes in a vineyard, and printed many works for others besides himself. He was in business for the space of twenty-two years, and executed about thirty-three works. In 1595 he printed Seamens Secrets, divided into two parts ; wherein is taught the three kinds of sailing, hori- zontall, paradoxall, and sailing upon a great circle, Spc. by John Davis, of Sundridge, near Dartmouth, gentleman. 4(0. In 1599 he printed the life and deathe of Thomas Wolsey, cardinall ; divided into three parts : his aspiring triumph and death. By nomas Storer, student of Christ- church, in Oxford. In verse. 4to.

Thomas Dawson was master of the stationers' company in 1615; and gave, July 12, 1616, " twenty shillings, towards making up the stairs in the garden, up to the city wall.

1616. The Orthographiail Declaration : con- taining a bri^ advertisement of two new inten- tions called Lineage and Portage, whereby writing paper and parchment are decently ruled and in- clined, for to grosse or write t^wn, after a more dexterous and beneficial manner than is done or performed by the ordinary way of hand-ruling with plummet, ruler, or brass pen. Examples

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