Cibber (Colley)-continued. 411 412 A Poem on the Death of our late Soveraign Lady Queen Mary. £4 4s The Tragical History of King Richard III. Altered from Shakespear. Frontispiece. 12mo, unbound. London, 1765 15s 412a CICERO. Marcus Tullius Ciceroes Thre Bookes of Duties, to Marcus his Sonne, turned out of Latine into English, by Nicolas Grimalde: Wher unto the Latine is adioyned. 413 Title within woodcut border. Printed in Black and Italic Letter. 12mo. Fine Copy in full russic. London, Rychard Tottil, 1558. £10 10s *** No earlier edition than this is extant, although the book seems to have first appeared in 1553, and again in 1556. Three Bookes of Duties to Marcus his Sonne, tourned out of Latine into English, by Nicolas Grimald (double columns, English and Latin). Woodcut title. Small 8vo, full morocco gill, g. e. London, R. Tottell, 1583. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT. £4 4s 414 CICERO'S CATO MAJOR; or, a Discourse upon Old Age. Translated. into English and humbly addresst to The Honoured Mrs. Clayton, 1730. The Original Manuscript, beautifully written on 114 pp., with 13 PP. notes at end. 8vo, full red morocco gilt, g. e. £4 4s Translated by W. Freind, the nephew of John Freind, Dean of Canterbury, in 1730, when only 15 years of age. THE CIVIL WAR, COMMONWEALTH AND CROMWELL. CROMWELL'S ACT FOR RENOUNCING ALLEGIANCE TO THE ROYAL FAMILY. 415 An Act for Renouncing and Disanulling the Pretended Title of Charls Stuart, &c. At the Parliament begun at Westminster the 17th Day of September, Anno Domini 1656. 4 pp., small folio, with the Cromwellian Arms on title, unbound. London, Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, 1657 £5 5s Upon the Restoration of Charles II., the House of Commons condemned this and four other of the Cromwellian Acts to be burnt as "treasonable writings." Three of them were burnt at Westminster and two at the Exchange. Pepys, beholding the latter sight from a balcony, was led to moralise on the mutability of human opinion. 416 An Act for the Security of His Highness the Lord Protector his Person, and continuance of the Nation in Peace and Safety. At the Parliament begun at Westminster the 17th day of Sept. 1656. Folio, boards. London, 1657. £5 5s 417 Ascham (Antony). A Discourse: wherein is examined, what is particularly law full during the Confusions and Revolutions of Government, or, How farre a man may lawfully conforme to the Powers and Commands of those who with various successes hold Kingdoms divided by Civil or Forreigne Warres. Three Parts. 418 Small 8vo, calf. London, Printed Anno Dom. 1648. 18s This copy belonged to Robert Macward (1633-1687), covenanting minister, and bears his signature on the title-page and a short note concerning the Author, in his autograph, on the reverse of the title. Macward was banished from Scotland by Charles II. for his dissent "to al acts which are or shall be passed against the covenants and work of Reformation in Scotland." Of the Confusions and Revolutions of Governments. Wherein is examined, How farre a man may lawfully conforme to the Powers and Commands of those who with various successes hold Kingdomes divided by Civil or Forraigne Warrs. Three parts, with several additions. Small Svo, old calf. London, Printed by W. Wilson, 1649. 14s 419 Bridgewater. A Brief Relation of the Taking of Bridgewater by the Parliament's Forces under the command of Sir Tho. Fairfax; together with a Letter concerning the delivering up of Pontefract Castle by Treaty to the use of the Parliament, with, all the things therein. Small 4to, 7 pp., new boards. London, 1645. £1 12s THE HISTORY OF SANDFORD AND MERTON, A WORK Intended for the Ufe of CHILDREN. "SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME, AND FORBID THEM NOT." L ON DON; Printed for J. STOCKDALE, Oppofite Burlington-Houle, Piccadilly. MDCCLXXXIII. See Item No. 561. Civil War-continued. 420 A Catalogue and Collection of all those Ordinances, Proclamations, Declarations, &c., which have been Printed and Published since the Government was established in His Highness the Lord Protector; viz., from Dec. 16, 1653, unto Septemb. 3, 1654. Small folio, original calf. London, 1654. £2 2s 421 Colchester surrendred to the Lord Generall, with the manner of the Agreement; also a List of the names of the Lords, Colonells, and other Officers, taken with Duke Hambleton at Utoxeter. 6 pp., small 4to, new boards. London, 1648. £1 14s 422 Colchester's Teares affecting and afflicting City and Country; dropping from the sad face of a new Warr, threatning to bury her own Ashes that wofull Town. By severall persons of Quality. Small 4to, 15 pp., new boards. London, 1648. £1 15s 423 Colchester. A Great Fight at Colchester upon Tuesday night last, being the 25 of this instant July, and the advancing of General Lucas and his Forces to the very Guards of the Parliamenteers, with the particulars of the Fight and the number that were killed and taken prisoners on both sides, and the springing of a Mine to blow up part of the Leaguer. Likewise a Letter from Colchester concerning the marching of an Army to London. And a Message from Prince Charles to Gen. Lucas. And a bloudy Fight at Deal Castle in Kent. 424 Woodcut of General Lucas on title-page. 6 pp., small 4to, new boards. London, 1648. £2 2s The Particulars of the Fight at Colchester, in which Letter it appears, the Town is besieged, and five hundred of the Enemies were taken Prisoners, and six hundred left the Town, sixty that were killed. buried in one Churchyard, besides what was slain in the other part of the Town. S pp., small 4to, new boards. London, 1648. £1 15s |