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The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753).by Theophilus Cibber.Volume I.GEOFFRY CHAUCER.It has been observed that men of eminence in all ages, and distinguished for the same excellence, have generally had something in their lives similar
- 1 The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753).by Theophilus Cibber.Volume I.GEOFFRY CHAUCER.It has been observed that men of eminence in all ages, and distinguished for the same excellence, have generally had something in their lives similar
- 2 Which is thus rendered into English by Winstanly; Dead in this world, living above the sky, Intomb'd within this urn doth Lydgate lie; In former times fam'd for his poetry, All over England.[Footnote 1: K. Henry V.]JOHN HARDING.John Harding, the famous
- 3 To him More dedicated his Utopia, which of all his works is unexceptionably the most masterly and finished. The Cardinal finding himself too much inc.u.mbered with business, and hurried with state affairs to superintend his education, placed him in Canter
- 4 In the course of his combats for his mistress, his valour and skill in arms so engaged the Duke to his interest, that he offered him the highest preferments if he would remain at his court. This proposal he rejected, as he intended to proceed thro' all t
- 5 A Farewell to the world.A feigned Fancy of the Spider and the Gaul.A doleful Discourse of a Lady and a Knight.The Road into Scotland, by Sir William Drury.Sir Simon Burley's Tragedy.A lamentable Description of the Wars in Flanders in prose, and dedicated
- 6 Hollinshed in his chronicle, vol 2, p. 955, gives a very full account of it. Sir Thomas Moils, knight, then Speaker of the House, gave a special order to the Serjeant of the Parliament to repair to the Compter, and there demand the delivery of the prisone
- 7 A dissuasive letter addressed to Queen Elizabeth; against her marriage with the duke of Anjou, printed in a book called Serinia Ceciliana, 4to. 1663.Astrophel & Stella, written at the desire of Lady Rich, whom he perfectly loved, and is thought to be cele
- 8 was born in London, and educated at Pembroke Hall in Cambridge. The accounts of the birth and family of this great man are but obscure and imperfect, and at his first setting out into life, his fortune and interest seem to have been very inconsiderable.Af
- 9 After our author had spent two years in the study of divinity amongst the priests, he was sent to Diling in Switzerland, where he continued about seventeen years, in explaining and discussing controverted questions, among those he called Heretics, in whic
- 10 Dutch Courtezan, a comedy frequently played at Black Fryars, by the children of the Queen's Revels, printed in London 1633. It is taken from a French book called Les Contes du Mende. See the same story in English, in a book of Novels, called the Palace o
- 11 But the sharpness of the satire is said to have stung the man so severely, that he never forgave it.Shakespear died in the fifty-third year of his age, and was buried on the North side of the chancel in the great church at Stratford, where a monument is p
- 12 29. Julius Caesar, a Tragedy.30. The Tragedy of Macbeth; the plot from Buchanan, and other Scotch writers.31. Hamlet Prince of Denmark, a Tragedy.32. King Lear, a Tragedy; for the plot see Leland, Monmouth.33. Oth.e.l.lo the Moor of Venice, a Tragedy; the
- 13 12. Musophilus, a Defence of Learning; written dialogue-wise, addressed to Sir Fulk Greville.13. Various Sonnets to Delia, 57 in number.14. An Ode. 15. A Pastoral. 16. A Description of Beauty. 17. To the Angel Spirit of Sir Philip Sidney. 18. A Defence of
- 14 [Footnote 2: Wood.]Mr. JOHN FLETCHER Was son of Dr. Richard Fletcher, Lord Bishop of London, and was born in Northamptons.h.i.+re in the year 1576. He was educated at Cambridge, probably at Burnet-college, to which his father was by his last will and test
- 15 40. Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, a Comedy.41. The Scornful Lady, a Comedy; acted with great applause.42. The Sea Voyage, a Comedy; revived by Mr. Durfey, who calls it The Commonwealth of Women. It would appear by the lines we have quoted p.141, life of Sh
- 16 Wood mentions also epigrams, and a translation of several of King David's Psalms, written by Sir John Davies, but never published.NOSCE TEIPSUM.Why did my parents send me to the schools, That I, with knowledge might enrich my mind, Since the desire to kn
- 17 6. Travels of Three English Brothers, Sir Thomas, Sir Anthony, and Mr.Robert s.h.i.+rley, a History, played by her Majesty's Servants, printed in 4to. London, 1607, and dedicated to Honour's Favourites and the entire friends of the family of the s.h.i.+
- 18 Observations touching Trade and Commerce with the Hollanders and other Nations.A Voyage for the Discovery of Guiana.An Apology for the Voyage to Guiana.A Letter to Lord Carew touching Guiana.An Introduction to a Breviary of the History of England; with th
- 19 The Ancient history of the Septuagint, translated from the Greek of Aristeus, London 1633, 4to. This translation was revised, and corrected by another hand, and printed 1685 in 8vo.Declaration of that Paradox or Thesis, that Self-Homicide is not so natura
- 20 Be silent Muse, thy praises are too faint, Thou want'st a power this prodigy to paint, At once a poet, prelate, and a saint.[Footnote 1: Athen. Oxon. vol. I. col. 600--I.][Footnote 2: Winstanley.][Footnote 3: Wood. ubi. supra. fol. 509.]EDWARD FAIRFAX.Al
- 21 Gentleman Usher, a Comedy, printed in 4to. London 1606. We are not certain whether this play was ever acted, and it has but an indifferent character.Humourous Day's Mirth, a Comedy; this is a very tolerable play.Mask of the Two Honourable Houses, or Inns
- 22 14. Every Man in his Humour, a Comedy, acted in the year 1598, by the then Lord Chamberlain's servants, and dedicated to Mr. Camden. This play has been often revived since the restoration.15. Every Man out of his Humour, a comical Satire, first acted 159
- 23 [Footnote 5: Wood.][Footnote 6: The Alchymist, the Fox, and the Silent Woman, have been oftner acted than all the rest of Ben Johnson's plays put together; they have ever been generally deemed good stock-plays, and been performed to many crowded audience
- 24 Which may be thus rendered into English; Here lyeth the first author of this sentence.The itch of disputation will prove the scab of the church.Enquire his name elsewhere.Sir Henry Wotton has been allowed by all critics to be a man of real and great geniu
- 25 4. The Silver Age, 1613; including the Love of Jupiter to Alcmena. The Birth of Hercules, and the Rape of Proserpine; concluding with the Arraignment of the Moon. See Plautus. Ovid. Metamorph. Lib. 3.5. The Brazen Age; an historical play, 1613. This play
- 26 IV.O may her arms wax black and blue Only by hard encircling you: May she round about you twine Like the easy twisting vine; And while you sip From her full lip Pleasures as new As morning dew, Like those soft tyes, your hearts combine.[Footnote 1: Memoir
- 27 A Draught of a Speech concerning Episcopacy, London, 1660, 410.4. A Discourse of the Infallibility of the Church of Rome. Oxford 1645, 410. George Holland, a Cambridge scholar, and afterwards a Romish priest, having written an answer to this discourse of
- 28 WILLIAM DRUMMOND of HAWTHORNDEN Esq; This gentleman was a native of Scotland, and a poet of no inconsiderable rank. We had at first some doubt whether he fell within our design, as being no Englishman, but upon observing that Mr.Langbaine has given a plac
- 29 Love is a joy, which upon pain depends; A drop of sweet, drowned in a sea of sours: What folly does begin, that fury ends; They hate for ever, who have lov'd for hours.[Footnote 1: Crawford's Peerage of Scotland.][Footnote 2: Crawford, ubi supra.][Footn
- 30 A Letter concerning the frequent Injection of Temptations.A Consolatory Letter to one under Censure.A Short Answer to the Nine Arguments which are brought against the Bishops sitting in Parliament.For Episcopacy and Liturgy.A Speech in Parliament.A Speech
- 31 The last satire of this book is a severe one on the clergy of the church of Rome. He terms it POMH-PYMH, by which we suppose he intended to brand Roma, as the Sink of Superst.i.tion. He observes, if Juvenal, whom he calls Aquine's carping spright, were n
- 32 His genius was more turned for tragedy than comedy, which occasioned an old poet to write thus of him: Deep in a dump, John Ford was alone got, With folded arms, and melancholy hat.These particulars I find in Mr. Langbaine, who gives the following account
- 33 The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753).by Theophilus Cibber.Volume II.THE LIVES OF THE POETS ANTHONY BREWER, A poet who flourished in the reign of Charles I. but of whose birth and life we can recover no particulars. He was highly este
- 34 The garrison of Newark defended themselves with much courage and resolution against the besiegers, and did not surrender but by the King's special command, after he had thrown himself into the hands of the Scots; which action of his Majesty's Cleveland
- 35 2. Covent Garden, a Comedy; acted in the Year 1632.3. Hannibal and Scipio, an Historical Tragedy, acted in the year 1635.4. Microcosmus, a Moral Masque, represented at a private house in Salisbury Court, printed 1637.5. Spring's Glory, Vindicating Love b
- 36 33. The Opportunity, a Comedy, acted at the private house in Drury Lane by her Majesty's servants; part of this play is taken from Shakespear's Measure for Measure.34. The Wedding, a Comedy, acted at the Phaenix in Drury Lane.35. A Bird in a Cage, a Com
- 37 Time was, when I, a pilgrim of the seas, When I 'midst noise of camps, and courts disease, Purloin'd some hours to charm rude cares with verse, Which flame of faithful shepherd did rehea.r.s.e.But now restrain'd from sea, from camp, from court, And by
- 38 Beauty, thou wild fantastic ape, Who dost in ev'ry country change thy shape!Here black, there brown, here tawny, and there white; Thou flatt'rer which compli'st with every sight!Thou Babel which confound'st the eye With unintelligible variety!Who hast
- 39 XVII.The ghosts, and monster spirits, that did presume A body's priv'lege to a.s.sume, Vanish again invisibly, And bodies gain again their visibility.XVIII.All the world's bravery that delights our eyes, Is but thy sev'ral liveries, Thou the rich dye
- 40 Upon the death of Ben Johnson, which happened in the year 1637, our poet succeeded to his laurel, notwithstanding the violent opposition of his compet.i.tor Thomas May, who was so extremely affected with his disappointment, though he had been a zealous co
- 41 14. News from Plymouth, a comedy.15. Temple of Love, presented by Queen Henrietta, wife to King Charles I and her ladies at Whitehall, viz. The Marchioness of Hamilton; Lady Mary Herbert; Countess of Oxford; Berks.h.i.+re; Carnarvon: The n.o.ble Persian Y
- 42 He from the hills his chrystal springs Down running to the vallies brings: Which drink supply, and coolness yield, To thirsting beasts throughout the field.By them the fowls of heaven rest, And singing in their branches nest.He waters from his clouds the
- 43 Sir ROBERT STAPLETON.This gentleman was the third son of Richard Stapleton, esq; of Carleton, in Mereland in Yorks.h.i.+re, and was educated a Roman Catholic, in the college of the English Benedictines, at Doway in Flanders, but being born with a poetical
- 44 Milton no doubt was highly pleased with such extreme condescension and esteem from a person of the Marquis of Villa's quality; and as an evidence of his grat.i.tude, he presented the Marquis at his departure from Naples, his eclogue, ent.i.tled Mansus; w
- 45 In this task Milton engaged, and prosecuted it with vigour; but the most enthusiastic admirer of that poet, upon reading it will not fail to discover a spirit of bitterness, an air of peevishness and resentment to run through the whole. Milton has been ch
- 46 Thus far this learned prelate, whose testimony in favour of women is the more considerable, as he cannot be supposed to have been influenced by any particular pa.s.sion, at least for Mrs. Philips, who was ordinary in her person and was besides a married l
- 47 The lady undertook a voyage into England, in order to obtain some of the marquis's rents, to supply their pressing necessities, and pay the debts they had been there obliged to contract; and accordingly went with her brother to Goldsmith's Hall, where,
- 48 In 1617 his father died, who left him a great estate; and having interest at court, he was by letters patent, dated Nov. 3, 1620, raised to the dignity of a peer of the realm, by the stile and t.i.tle of baron Ogle, and viscount Mansfield; and having no l
- 49 Having formed this resolution, he desired the earl of Warwick, who had an interest with the prevailing party, to procure a licence for him to go to the Spa. He communicated his scheme to some confirmed royalists, in whom he thought he could confide, and h
- 50 No sooner had Mr. Head a little recovered himself, than we find him cheated again by the syren alurements of pleasure and poetry, in the latter of which, however, it does not appear he made any proficiency.He failed a second time, in the world, and having
- 51 Leviathan, or the Matter, Power, and Form of a Commonwealth, London 1651 in fol. reprinted again in fol. 1680; a Latin Version was published at Amsterdam 1666 in 4to; it was likewise translated into Low Dutch, and printed at Amsterdam 1678 in 4to. To the
- 52 Langbaine) why the author calls this Ovid's Tragedy, except that he lays the scene in Tomos, and makes him fall down dead with grief, at the news he received from Rome, in sight of the audience, otherwise he has not much business on the stage, and the pl
- 53 She was a great proficient in the art of painting, and drew King James II, and his Queen; which pieces are also highly applauded by Mr.Dryden. She drew several history pieces, also some portraits for her diversion, exceeding well, and likewise some pieces
- 54 SAMUEL BUTLER, The celebrated author of Hudibras, was born at Strensham in Worcesters.h.i.+re, 1612; His father, a reputable country farmer, perceiving in his son an early inclination to learning, sent him for education to the free-school of Worcester, un
- 55 In 1654 he wrote a panegyric on Oliver Cromwell, as he did a poem on his death in 1658. At the restoration he was treated with great civility by King Charles II, who always made him one of his party in his diversions at the duke of Buckingham's, and othe
- 56 To pardon willing; and to punish, loath; You strike with one hand, but you heal with both.Lifting up all that prostrate lye, you grieve You cannot make the dead again to live.When fate or error had our Age mis-led, And o'er this nation such confusion spr
- 57 The virtues in thee, Charles, inherent, Altho' thy count'nance be an odd piece, Prove thee as true a G.o.d's Vicegerent, As e'er was Harry with his cod-piece: For chast.i.ty, and pious deeds, His grandsire Harry Charles exceeds.III.Our
- 58 If, of all Christian blood the guilt Cries loud of vengeance unto Heav'n, That sea by treach'rous Lewis spilt, Can never be by G.o.d forgiv'n: Worse scourge unto his subjects, lord!Than pest'lence, famine, fire, or sword.XXV.That false
- 59 Footnotes: 1. See the Life of Sheffield Duke of Buckingham.2. The d.u.c.h.ess of Portsmouth.GEORGE VILLIERS, Duke of BUCKINGHAM.Son and heir of George, duke, marquis, and earl of Buckingham, murdered by Felton in the year 1628. This n.o.bleman was born at
- 60 In squandering wealth was his peculiar art; Nothing went unrewarded but desert.Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate.He laught himself from court, then sought relief, By forming parties, but could n
- 61 Otway was exposed to powerful enemies, who could not bear that he should acquire fame, amongst whom Dryden is the foremost. The enmity between Dryden and Otway could not proceed from jealousy, for what were Otway's, when put in the ballance with the
- 62 This n.o.bleman was born in Ireland during the lieutenancy of the earl of Strafford, in the reign of King Charles I. Lord Strafford was his G.o.dfather, and named him by his own surname. He pa.s.sed some of his first years in his native country, till the
- 63 The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753).by Theophilus Cibber.Vol. III.Sir JOHN DENHAM.An eminent poet of the 17th century, was the only son of Sir John Denham, knight, of Little Horsley in Ess.e.x, and sometime baron of the Exchequer in
- 64 Mrs. APHRA BEHN, A celebrated poetess of the last age, was a gentlewoman by birth, being descended, as her life-writer says, from a good family in the city of Canterbury. She was born in Charles Ist's reign[1], but in what year is not known. Her fath
- 65 "Thus eight o'clock is marked agreeable to reverie; nine o'Clock, design to please no body; ten o'clock, reading of letters, &c."To which is added, as from Damon to Iris, a description of the case of the watch.6. The Lady's L
- 66 'He had, besides all this, a variety in his genius, which few capital actors have shewn, or perhaps have thought it any addition of their merit to arrive at; he could entirely change himself, could at once throw off the man of sense, for the brisk, v
- 67 [Footnote 1: General Dictionary. See the article Shadwell.]Sir WILLIAM KILLEGREW.The eldest son of Sir Robert Killegrew, Knt. chamberlain to the Queen, was born at the Manor of Hanworth, near Hampton-Court, in the month of May, 1605. He became a gentleman
- 68 &c.2. Ermina, or the chaste lady; printed in octavo, London 1665.3. Love's Dominion; a dramatic piece, which the author says, is full of excellent morality; and is written as a pattern of the reformed stage, printed in octavo, London 1654, and dedica
- 69 In 1695 Mr. Dryden published a translation in prose of Du Fresnoy's Art of Painting, with a preface containing a parallel between painting and poetry. Mr. Pope has addressed a copy of verses to Mr. Jervas in praise of Dryden's translation. In 16
- 70 19. The Kind Keeper; or Mr. Limberham, a Comedy, acted at the duke's theatre, printed in 4to. 1680. It is dedicated to John lord Vaughan. Mr.Langbain says, it so much exposed the keepers about town, that all the old letchers were up in arms against i
- 71 The Grumbler, a Comedy of three acts, scene Paris.The Tyrant King of Crete, a Tragedy.Sedley's poems, however amorously tender and delicate, yet have not much strength; nor do they afford great marks of genius. The softness of his verses is denominat
- 72 3. Calisto, or the Chaste Nymph, a masque, 1675; written by command of the queen, and oftentimes performed at court by persons of quality. It is founded on a story in Ovid's Metamorphoses, lib. 2.4. The Country Wit, a Comedy; acted at the duke's
- 73 In justice, you cannot refuse, To think of our distress; When we for hopes of honour lose, Our certain happiness; All those designs are but to prove, Ourselves more worthy of your love.With a fa, &c.XI.And, now we've told you all our loves, And likew
- 74 In the beginning of the year 1700, Farquhar brought his Constant Couple, or Trip to the Jubilee, upon the stage, it being then the jubilee year at Rome; but our author drew so gay, and airy a figure in Sir Harry Wildair, so suited to Mr. Wilks's tale
- 75 This gentleman is author of eleven plays, which gives him a kind of right to be named in this collection. Some have been of opinion, he was a poet of a low rate, others that he was only a wit collector; be this as it may, he acquired, some distinction by
- 76 Ill grounded pa.s.sions quickly wear away; What's built upon esteem can ne'er decay.Mr. Walsh was of an amorous complexion, and in one of his letters mentions three of his amours, in pretty singular terms. 'I valued (says he) one mistress,
- 77 That scenic virtue forms the rising age, And truth displays her radiance from the stage.The following are Mr. Betterton's dramatic works; 1. The Woman made a Justice; a Comedy.2. The Unjust Judge, or Appius and Virginia; a Tragedy, written originally
- 78 The poetical Works of this Lady consist chiefly in the Song of the Three Children Paraphrased, some Pindaric Odes, Familiar Epistles, and Songs.We shall select as a specimen, a Dialogue between Lucinda and Marissa, occasioned by the death of her Ladys.h.i
- 79 A gentleman, a friend of Mr. Maynwaring, visiting him some time after, upon the death of Mr. Dryden 'Boileau, said that he was wonderfully pleased to see by the public papers, that the English nation had paid so extraordinary honours to one of their
- 80 Thou, who dost all my worldly thoughts employ, Thou pleasing source of all my earthly joy: Thou tenderest husband, and thou best of friends, To thee, this first, this last adieu I send.At length the conqueror death a.s.serts his right, And will forever ve
- 81 3. Several Epistles to his Friends under affliction.4. Upon the Divine Attributes.5. A Prospect of Death.5. Upon the General Conflagration, and the ensuing Judgment. There were two pieces of our author's, published after his death by his friend Phila
- 82 'Solon ordained, that the guardians of orphans should not cohabit with their mothers: And that no person should be a guardian to those, whose estate descended to them at the orphan's decease. That no seal-graver should keep the seal of a ring th
- 83 Lord Hallifax died in the 54th year of his age, on the 19th of May 1715, and on the 26th of the same month, was interred in general Monk's vault in Westminster-Abbey: leaving no issue, his t.i.tles devolved on his nephew, George late earl of Hallifax
- 84 [Footnote 1: Dennis's Letters, vol. i. p. 213.]NAHUM TATE Was born about the middle of the reign of Charles II. in the kingdom of Ireland, and there received his education. He was a man of learning, courteous, and candid, but was thought to possess n
- 85 Sir SAMUEL GARTH.This gentleman was descended from a good family in Yorks.h.i.+re; after he had pa.s.sed through his school education, he was removed to Peter-house in Cambridge, where he is said to have continued till he was created Dr.of Physic July 7,
- 86 The next tragedy Mr. Rowe wrote was his Ulysses, acted at the queen's Theatre, in the Hay Market, and dedicated to the earl of G.o.dolphin. This play is not at present in possession of the stage, though it deserves highly to be so, as the character o
- 87 Whoever has the least spark of generosity in his nature, cannot but highly applaud this tender conduct of his lords.h.i.+p's, towards his Sovereign in distress; and look with contempt upon the slowness of the council in dispatching a force to his rel
- 88 Thus far the testimony of the marquis of Hallifax in favour of our author's performance, and we have good reason to conclude, that the translation, is not without great merit, when so accomplished a judge has praised it.We cannot be certain in what y
- 89 A Discourse on Ancient and Modern Learning; the time when it was written is uncertain, but probably as early as the former. It was preserved amongst the ma.n.u.scripts of lord Somers, which, after the death of Sir Joseph Jekyl, being publickly sold, this
- 90 This author's other works are chiefly these, The Post-Boy Robb'd of his Mail, or the Packet Broke Open; consisting of Five Hundred Letters to several Persons of Quality, &c. 1692.He published the Miscellaneous Works of Charles Blount, Esq; to wh
- 91 19. The Comical History of Don Quixot, Part the Second; acted at the Queen's Theatre 1694, dedicated by an Epistle, in heroic Verse, to Charles Earl of Dorset and Middles.e.x, &c. This play was likewise acted with applause.20. Don Quixot, Part the Th
- 92 11. The Ambitious Slave, or a Generous Revenge; a Tragedy; acted at the Theatre Royal, 4to. 1694. This play met with ill success. 12. The World in the Moon, a Dramatic, Comic Opera; performed at the Theatre in Dorset-Garden, by his Majestys Servants, 1698
- 93 The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753).by Theophilus Cibber.Vol. IV.Dedicated to the Right Honourable PHILIP Earl of CHESTERFIELD.Correctly printed in a neat Pocket Volume (Price Bound Three s.h.i.+llings,) The Second Edition of LES MO
- 94 But each in some peculiar grace shall s.h.i.+ne!Or to excel in courts, and please the fair!Or Conquest gain thro' all the wat'ry war!With harmony divine the ear to charm!Or souls with more melodious numbers warm!By wond'rous memory shall so
- 95 Congreve himself. So n.o.bly elevated are his thoughts, his numbers so harmonious, and his turns so fine and delicate, that we cry out with Tully, on a like occasion, 'Nostrae spes altera Romae!'The Court of Neptune, was written on king William&
- 96 Numb. 230. All, except the last Letter.Numb. 231. A Letter on the awe of appearing before public a.s.semblies.Numb. 237. On Divine Providence.Vol. IV. Numb. 252. A Letter on the Eloquence of Tears, and fainting fits.Numb. 302. The Character of Emilia.Numb
- 97 Sir, either is a good a.s.sistant, Said one, who sat a little distant: Truth decks our speeches, and our books, And modesty adorns our looks: But farther progress we must take; Not only born to look and speak, The man must act. The Stagyrite Says thus, an
- 98 Mrs. SUSANNA CENTLIVRE, This lady was daughter of one Mr. Freeman, of Holbeack in Lincolns.h.i.+re. There was formerly an estate in the family of her father, but being a Dissenter, and a zealous parliamentarian, he was so very much persecuted at the resto
- 99 Fraught with his mandates from the realms on high, Unnumber'd hosts of radiant heralds fly; From orb to orb, with progress unconfin'd, As lightn'ing swift, resistless as the wind.His word in air this pondr'ous ball sustain'd."
- 100 Ex Equestri Familia STEPNEIORUM, De PENDEGRAST, in Comitatu PEMBROCHIENSI ORIENDUS, WESTMONASTERII natus est, A.D. 1663.Electus in Collegium Sancti PETRI WESTMONAST. A, 1676.Sanctae TRINITATIS CANTAB. 1682.Consiliariorum quibus Commercii Cura commissa est