"Lorde, for it is a good thinge to synge prayses unto oure God. "Collos. iii. Teach & exhorte your awne selves with Psalmes & Hymns & spirituall Songes. Jaco. v. Yf eny of you be mery, "let him singe Psalmes. "To the boke. "Go lytle boke, get the acquaintaunce "And to make theyr songes of the Lorde "And that we all with one accorde "Go lytle boke amonge mens chyldren "Though thou be rude in songe and ryme "In godly sportes to passe theyr tyme." On the reverse, "Myles Coverdale Unto the Christen reader. It "greveth me (most deare Reader) wha I consydre the unthank"fulnesse of men, &c. &c. Yee wolde God that oure myn"strels had none other thynge to playe upō, nether our carters & plowmen other thynge to whistle upon, save Psalmes, hymnes, "and soch godly songes as David is occupied with all. And yf "women syttynge at theyr rockes, or spynnynge at the wheles, "had none other songes to passe theyr tyme withall, tha soch as "Moses sister, Elchanahs wife, Debora, and Mary the mother of "Christ have songe before the, they shulde be better occupied, 61 "then with hey nony nony, hey troly loly, & soch lyke fantasies. Therfore to geve oure youth of Englonde some occasion "to chaunge theyr foule & corrupte balettes into swete songes "and spirituall Hymnes of God's honoure, and for theyr owne "consolacion in hym, I have here (good reader) set out certayne <: cofortable songes grounded on God's worde, and taken some "out of the holy scripture specyally out of the Psalmes of David, "at who wolde God that oure musicians wolde lerne to make 66 theyr songes: As for the come sorte of balettes which now "are used in ye world, I reporte me to every good man's cōsciéce "what wycked frutes they brynge. Alas the worlde is all to "full of vicious and evell lyvers alredy. It is no nede to cast oyle in ye fyre. Oure owne nature provoketh us to vyces (God knoweth) all to sore. No man nedeth entysynge therto.". 66 "Now (beloved reader) thou seist the occasyon of this my small "labour. Wherfore yf thou perceavest, that the very worde of "God is ye master therof, I praye the accepte it, use it, and pro"voke youth unto ye same. And yf thou felest in thine hert, that "all the lordes dealynge is very mercy & kyndnes, cease not then "to be thākfull unto hym therfore: but in thy myrth be alwaye "syngyng of him, that his blessed name may be praysed now and ever. Amen." This title and address occupy 4 leaves, with the signature Then begin, "Goostly Psalmes," &c. in various metres, with musical notes, fol. i. continued to fol. lvi.; on the reverse of the last is a Table of the Songs contained: [among them are, the Magnificat, Nunc dimittis, and Psalms xi. ii. xlv. cxxiii. cxxxvi. cxxvii (2). 1. (2). cxxix. xxiiii. lxvi. xiii. cxlvi. cxxxii, according to the numbering of the Latin Vulgate.] "Imprynted by me Johan Gough, cum privilegio Regali." The signatures run in fours. The type is Gothic. 5-The Psalms. Printed by E. Whitchurch. (1547?) 12°o. Title, in black and red, within a compartment, "The psalter of "David in English truly translated out of Latyn. Every psalme havynge his argument before, declaryng brefely thentēt & sub"staunce of the whole Psalme. Whereunto is annexed in thende "certayne godly prayers thoroweoute the whole yere, comonly "called collettes." On the reverse, a woodcut of David and Bathsheba. "The firste psalme," fol. ii. Psalm cl. ends on fol. cxiii. Table; "Prayers called Collettes," fol. cxiiii-cxxviii. On the last, "Imprynted by Edwarde Whitchurch cum privilegio ad im"primendum solum." Then follow the Song of the three Children, Magnificat, Benedictus, Te Deum, and the Athanasian Creed; occupying 4 leaves, not numbered. The titles of the Psalms, and initials of the verses, are in red. The signatures run in eights. A full page contains 34 lines. 6.-The Psalter, Cranmer's translation, by R. Grafton. 1548. 4o. Title, in black within a border, "The Psalter or Psalmes of "David after the translation of the great Bible, poincted as it "shalbe song in Churches. Cum privilegio &c. 1548." Reverse blank. An Almanac, in black and red on the reverse, a Table of the names of the psalms after the order of the Alphabet. In this page the dividing letters A B & c are printed in red, all the rest in black, 5 pages. Te Deum, &c. 6 pages; altogether 7 leaves. The Text, a ii-s 8 v. On the reverse,. "Imprinted &c. by Richard "Grafton &c. M.D.XLVIII." On recto of the next leaf is Grafton's large device. The Latin titles of the Psalms are in Italics. The signatures run in fours. On к iv b a line has been omitted in the printing, and is pasted on. A full page contains 25, sometimes 26, lines. 7:-The Psalter, Cranmer's version, by E. Whitchurch. 1549. 4o. Title, in black, without a border, "The Psalter &c. (as before) -1549." The Text, A ii-c v. "Te Deum, Benedicite &c." "The "Latany" &c. A Table containing the names of the Psalms, &c. Sign. A-E. Colophon, "Printed at London in Fletestrete at the syngne of the Sunne, by Edward Whitechurch. The Latin titles of the Psalms are in small black letter. The signatures run in eights and fours alternately. A full page contains 25 lines. 8.-The Psalter, Cranmer's version. At Worcester. 1549. 4o. Title, in black and red, within a handsome woodcut border, " The "Psalter or Psalmes of David after the translation of the great Bible, perfectly pointed as it shall be songe in Churches: With a Table shewynge what Psalmes be appointed for every day in "the year. Cum privilegio &c. ANNO DO. M.D.XLIX. Mense Sep"tembris." On reverse, in black and red, "In the end of this "boke is added to. Te Deum," &c. &c. A Calendar, in black and red, 12 pages. An Almanac for xix years, beginning 1548, 1 page. The order how the Psalter is to be read, 1 page. The Text A i-p iiij. A Table of names of the Psalms, 6 pages: on reverse of the last, " Imprinted the fyrst day of Septembre. Anno "Do. M.D.XLIX. At worceter by Jhon Oswen. Cum privilegio ad "imprimendum solum." 9.—The Psalter, by R. Crowley. 1549. 4o. Title, in red and black, "The Psalter of David newely trans"lated into Englysh metre in such sort that it maye the more "decently, and wyth more delyte of the mynde, be reade and songe of al men. Wherunto is added a note of four partes, "wyth other thynges, as shall appeare in the Epistle to the “Readar. Translated and Imprinted by Robert Crowley in the "yere of our Lorde. M.D.XLIX. the xx daye of September. And are to be solde in Eley rentes in Holburne. Cum Privilegio ad "Imprimendum solum." On the reverse is a Table to find all moveable feasts. A Calendar, in red and black, 6 pages. "To "the Christian Reader," (in which, among other things, Crowley announces that he has followed the translation of Leo Judas,) 3 pages. The "note of four parts," 2 pages. A Latin dedication to the President and Fellows of Magdalene College, Oxford, 3 pages. The Text, beginning on sign. A i. ending on Tt ii. Immediately after the Psalms follow the Magnificat, Nunc dimittis, Benedictus, Benedicite, Te Deum, & Quicunque vult; ending on the reverse of u u iiii. The word Finis, but no other colophon. The leaves are not numbered: the signatures run in fours. The whole of the book is in the Gothic letter, except the Latin Dedication, which is in Italics. A full page contains 30 lines. 10. The vii Psalms, by Sir Thomas Wyatt. 1549. 12o. Title," Certayne Psalmes chosen out of the psalter of David, commonlly called thee. vii penytentiall psalmes, drawen into englyshe meter by Sir Thomas Wyat Knyght, wherunto is "added a prologe of ye auctore before every psalme, very pleasaūt " & profettable to the godly reader. Imprynted at London' in "Paules Churchyarde, at the sygne of thee Starre, By Thomas "Raynald. and John Harryngton." On the reverse is a Dedication by John Harryngton to William Marquess of Northampton, 3 pages. "The Prologe of the author" (in verse) 6 pages; which is followed immediately by the Text. The volume is printed in black letter, (except the Latin titles to each Psalm, which are in Roman.) It contains signatures A i-E iv in eights: the leaves are not numbered. On the recto of the last we read, "FINIS. Cum "previlegio ad imprimendum Solum. M.D.XLIX. The last day of "December." A full page contains 24 lines. 11.-Psalms by Sternhold. (Second edition ?) 1549. 12o. Title, within a compartment bearing Edward Whitchurch's cipher at the bottom, "Al such Psalmes of David as Thomas "Sternehold late grome of ye kinges Maiesties Robes didde in his "life time draw into English metre. Newly emprinted by Ed"warde Whitchurche. Cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum." Reverse blank. A Preface to King Edward VI, 4 pages. The Psalmes (thirty-seven in number) by Sternhold commence on sign. A iiii. and end on the recto of c ii with the words, "Finis. Here end "the psalmes drawen into Englisshe metre, by M. Sternholde." On the reverse is a preface by John Hopkins, announcing his addition of seven others to those translated by Sternhold; & iii to н iii. On the reverse of which last we read, "Finis. Imprinted at London by Edwarde Whitchurche. the xxiiii daye of December. Anno. "Doм. 1549." At the end is a spare leaf, containing a woodcut of the church, &c. as in the edition of 1551. The volume is well printed: the psalms are in a large Gothic letter: the titles to each psalm, and the running titles, in Italics; the contents of each psalm (in a four-lined stanza) in a smaller Gothic. The leaves are not numbered: the signatures run in eights. A full page contains 24 lines. The Cambridge copy of this very rare edition is perfect and in fine condition. 12.-Psalms by W. Hunnis. 1550. 12o. Title, within an architectural compartment, having a female figure, seated, at the bottom, " CERTAYNE Psalmes chosen out of "the Psalter of David, and drawen furth into Englysh meter by "William Hunnis servant to the ryght honorable syr Wyllyam "Harberde knight Newly collected and imprinted." On the reverse is an address to the reader, 2 pages; in which Hunnis states that he has "picked out these psalmes folowing which no late "wryter hath hytherto touched," and promises that "other thynges "shalbe taken in hande of me, bothe more wyllynglye and also "finished more exactlye, yf I do perceive these the fyrste fruites "of my labours and paynes to be accepted & taken in good worth. |