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62 read, and such is the book itself Whereas the true copie is printed in a Leigable fair character and Brevier notes as it alwaies has been. . . .' These last words certainly imply, that the first edition as well as the rest had the side notes in brevier, while further to emphasize his statement Ponder gives a type specimen of two lines showing exactly what he meant by long primer and brevier. The copy in the British Museum has the side notes in long primer and not brevier. At the same time it is possible that Ponder may have meant his statement to refer to the duodecimo editions only. The second edition, which appeared before the close of the year 1678, answers in every way to Ponder's description, being printed throughout in one fount of type, a clear and readable letter, with the notes in brevier. The third edition, which bears the date 1679, also conforms to the test as regards the notes, though it has several bibliographical features that distinguish it from the second, such as being printed on a different paper and having the first letter of the text enclosed in a worn woodcut frame, as well as a line or headband of common printer's ornaments at the head of the first page of text, instead of a couple of rules. In these two last, however, it closely resembles the copy of the first edition in the British Museum, which has a head-band of printer's ornaments at the head of the first page of text, and what appears to be the identical woodcut frame for the initial A. The fourth edition of the work came out in 1680, and it was during the printing of that edition that Ponder added on the back of the portrait, for want of any