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HISTORY OF PRINTING.

in 1630. These last landed at the place since ' called Charlestown, opposite to Boston, where ' they pitched their tents, and built a few huts for shelter. In 1631, they began to settle at Com- biidge, four miles from the place where they firs^ landed. They also began a settlement on the identical spot where Boston now stands. In 1638, they built an academy at Cambridge, which in process of time was increased to a col- lege : and in the autumn of the «ame year, they opened a printing-house in that place. In Janu- ary, 1639, printing was first performed in that part of North America which extends from the gulf of Mexico to the Frozen Ocean.

" For this press our country is chiefly indebted to the rer. Mr. Glorer, a nonconformist minister, who possessed a considerable estate, and had left his native country with a determination to settle among his friends, who had emigrated to Massa- chusetts; because in this wilderness he could freely enjoy with them those opinions which were not countenanced by the government and a ma- jority of the people of England."

The ancient records of the college mention Mr. Joss or Jesse Glover gave to the college " a font of printing letters," and some gentlemen of Amsterdam " gave towards furnishing of a print- ing press with letters, forty-nine pounds and something more." The college employed their press under the management of Stephen Daye, a rather incompetent person, as appears, for about ten vears, at the end of which time it was placed under the care of Stephen Green. It was thirty-five years after its appearance at Cam- bridge, before the art had proceeded as far as Boston; and fift;^ years before its coming to Philadelphia, which was the next step. The first work issued from the Cambridge press was the FreemarVt Call, and the second, an Almanack for New England, both in 1639; the first book printed was the New England version of the psalms, an octavo volume of 300 pages.

1638, Jun« 4. In Massinger's play ofthefin^ and the Subject, licensed on this day, there is the following passage : " Monies ?. We'll raise supplies what way we please, and force you to subscribe to blanks, to which we'll mulct you as we shall think fit." The king upon reading this play over at Newmarket, wrote opposite the above passage, this it too insolent, and to be changed.

1638. RiCHABD HoooKiNsoNNE printed the Tragedy ofJtdia Agrippinfi, Empretse of Rome. By Thomas May, Esq. 12mo. Loudon: printed for Thomas Walkly, and are to be sold at his shop, at the Flying Horse, neare Yorke House.

Thomas May was the translator of Lucan's Pharsalia, and author of many valuable produc- tions. He wrote five dramatic pieces. He died at London, Nov. 16, 1650, and was buried in St. Margaret's church-yard.

1638. George Anuerson printed the follow- ing work in the city of Glasgow, and which is considered the earliest specimen executed in that place : The Protestation of the general assemblie of the church of Scotland, and of the noblemen ^e. tubicribert of the Covenant lately renewed.

made in the High Kirk, and at the Mertate Crosse of Glasgow the 28 and 29 of Notemher 1636. [A rude woodcut.] Glasgow, by George Anderson,in the yeare of grace 1638 4(o. (pp. 13.) A copy of this scarce piece is in the libiuy at Cashel.

1638. Thomas Bdck and Rooeb Daniel, printed at Cambridge a beautiful edition of the bible, in folio, with the following title :

77l« Holy Bible : containing the Old Testa- ment and the New : newly translated o%U of the original tongues, and with the former trans- lations diligently compared and revised, by Us Majesty's special command, ^c*

17.38. John Okes dwelt at the Hand, near Holbom Bar, and printed the following work : Porta Pietatis, or the Port or Harbour of Piety. Exprest in sundrie Triumphes, Pageants, and Shares, at the Initiation of Right Honowrahle Sir Maurice Abbot,! Knight, into the Major- alty of the famous and farre renowned city London. All the charge and expense of the laborious projects, both by water ana La»<i, being the sole undertaking of the right worshipfull Company of the Drapers.

Written by Thomas Heywood. Redeant Spectacula.

In the following year Okes printed a similai work, written by Heywood, for the inangnralios of Henry Garway, of the company of drapers.

1638. Lambert Osbaldeston, M.A., head mas- ter of Westminster school, and a prebend of Westminster abbey, was found guiltr in the court of star chamber, of certain libellous pas- sages in a letter written by him to Dr. Williams, dean of Westminster, and bishop of Lincoln^ wherein he styled archbishop Laud " the little vermin, the urchin, and hocus pocus;" for which he was sentenced to hare his eare tacked to the pillory in the presence of his scholars ; and to pay a fine of £3,000. The former part of this cruel sentence he avoided by withdrawing from Westminster. He was, however restored by the

learned and in^nloas sir Phlli]) Warwick, secretary to the lord treasurer, and clerk of tbc sigTict > who employc4 mach of his time, even to the year of his death, in 1663, ia writing commentaries upon the text, on the margins, la abundance of places, it came afterwards into the poftMft- slon of sir William Borrell, at whose death it was sold for thirteen jHiunds Jive MhiltingM, in Miy^ 17(10. I shall only make this one remark uix)n this beaatifol edition : ttMt there has on? erratum escaped in it, rei>eated in many fol- lowing editions (as may be seen in Howel's Hittory of the Ootpel) which, faTomln;^ the independent scheme, made it suspected to have been done by the contrivance of some of that faction. It Is only In having placed the second person plural, for the first, ye for we, in the Acts of the Apostles, chap. vi. verse 3. For it is there stated that the choten persons, there mentioned, are meant to be ap- pointed, by we, the apottlea, not by ye, the electors. — Lewis' History of the Translation of the Bible, 1739.
 * In the year l66s, tbis copy was beqneathed to tbc

t Sir Maurice Abbot died January 10, 1640.

t John Williams, D.D., was born at Aber Conway, in Caniaivonsbire, March 25, 15BS; was educated at Cam- bridge, and became an eminent theological writer. He was very high in the favour of James 1., to whom be was lord keeper. Bis church preferments were many ; and at his death was archbishop of York, wUchtook place Uaicfe 3i, ItiO.

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