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 HEBREW LEXICON. 419 issue of 1632. It is hardly fair to say, as Haddan does, that Nichols c circumstantially describes the book as "labore Herberti Thornedick, June 22, 1632." What Nichols really says is: He published also the following books : I. Epitome Lexici Hebraic!, Syriaci, Rabbinici, & Arabici, una cum Observationibus circa Linguam Hebraeam & Graecam ; Labore Herberti Thornedick. June 22, 1632. (William Jones.) 1 It will be remembered that the Thorndike issues are both dated 1635, and that, as Haddan remarks, there is no ' Preface or other document prefixed or subjoined, to which another date might be attached.' ' The only conjecture, and that a pro- bable one. . . seems to be, that the book appeared first in 1632, and again, twice, and each time with a new title-page, in 1635; a practice exceedingly common at the time.' The conjecture would have passed muster if Nichols had given only the year 1632, but the addition 'June 22nd,' in the absence of any preface to which it could have been sub- joined, suggests nothing as much as an extract from the Stationers' Registers. And sure enough under the date in question we find the following entry: 2 William Jones. Entred for his Copy ... a booke called Epitome Lexici Hebraici Syriaci Rabeinici et Arabici vna cum obseruationibus Circa linguam Hebream et Grecam authore Harberto Thornidicke. vj d. This is interesting, quite apart from the special question under discussion, as showing, what has I 1 Nichols' 'Leicestershire,' iv, p. 133. 2 Arber, Stat. Reg. IV, 280.