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BOOKS PRINTED BY
f Statutes.
882. Statutes. TVithont Place or Date. Folio.
This truly valuable and uncommon volume was obtained of Mr.
Triphook, the bookseller, for a comparatively moderate sum.* In the
Gentleman's Magazine, vol. lxxxi, p'. i. tlie following full, and it is
deemed satisfaetory, account of it was given by me to the public.
‘ It. will be seen, in my first volume of Ames, p. 354, that only a
fragment of the Statutes printed by Caxton was then known. By
great good fortune, a copy of a complete series of the acts, passed in
Henry the VHth’s reign, up to the period of Caxton’s decease, and
printed by Caxton himself, is now deposited in the noble library of
Earl Spencer. Erom this copy I proceed to submit the following
account; adhering to the ancient orthography only in the opening
sentence.
* The kynge our souereyn lorde henry the seuenth after the conquest
by the grace of god kyng of Englonde and of Fraunce and lorde of
Irlonde at his parlyamet holden at Westmynster the seuenth daye
of Nouembre in the first yere of his reigne, To thonour of god and holy
chirche, and for the comen profyte of the royame, bi thassent of the
lordes spirituell and temporell, and the comens in the sayd parliamet
assebled, and by autorite of' the sayd parlyamente, hath do to be made
certein statutes & ordenaunces in maner & fourme folowyngSign.
a ij, recto.
In this Session of Parliament the following acts were passed : [The
titles are here printed in modern orthography.]
1. Fermedowne.
2. Against strangers ma'de denizens to pay customs, &;c.
3. iVo protection [fo] be allowed in any court at Calais.
4. Corrections of Priests for incontinence.
5. Against Tanners &; Cordiners.
6. Felde [b? bateyll].
7. Against Hunters.
8. For P\,cparations of the Navy.
* It was discovered to be a production of Caxton’s press, in a volume ot some tracts
printed by W. de Worde. Mr. Tripbook liad made up bis mind to dispose of this volume
for about 31. 3s.: but Lord Spencer, on its being ascertained to be a genuine production oi
Caxton’s press, very readily presented bim with 50 guineas for the Statutes alone; return-
ing the other tracts.
BOOKS PRINTED BY
f Statutes.
882. Statutes. TVithont Place or Date. Folio.
This truly valuable and uncommon volume was obtained of Mr.
Triphook, the bookseller, for a comparatively moderate sum.* In the
Gentleman's Magazine, vol. lxxxi, p'. i. tlie following full, and it is
deemed satisfaetory, account of it was given by me to the public.
‘ It. will be seen, in my first volume of Ames, p. 354, that only a
fragment of the Statutes printed by Caxton was then known. By
great good fortune, a copy of a complete series of the acts, passed in
Henry the VHth’s reign, up to the period of Caxton’s decease, and
printed by Caxton himself, is now deposited in the noble library of
Earl Spencer. Erom this copy I proceed to submit the following
account; adhering to the ancient orthography only in the opening
sentence.
* The kynge our souereyn lorde henry the seuenth after the conquest
by the grace of god kyng of Englonde and of Fraunce and lorde of
Irlonde at his parlyamet holden at Westmynster the seuenth daye
of Nouembre in the first yere of his reigne, To thonour of god and holy
chirche, and for the comen profyte of the royame, bi thassent of the
lordes spirituell and temporell, and the comens in the sayd parliamet
assebled, and by autorite of' the sayd parlyamente, hath do to be made
certein statutes & ordenaunces in maner & fourme folowyngSign.
a ij, recto.
In this Session of Parliament the following acts were passed : [The
titles are here printed in modern orthography.]
1. Fermedowne.
2. Against strangers ma'de denizens to pay customs, &;c.
3. iVo protection [fo] be allowed in any court at Calais.
4. Corrections of Priests for incontinence.
5. Against Tanners &; Cordiners.
6. Felde [b? bateyll].
7. Against Hunters.
8. For P\,cparations of the Navy.
* It was discovered to be a production of Caxton’s press, in a volume ot some tracts
printed by W. de Worde. Mr. Tripbook liad made up bis mind to dispose of this volume
for about 31. 3s.: but Lord Spencer, on its being ascertained to be a genuine production oi
Caxton’s press, very readily presented bim with 50 guineas for the Statutes alone; return-
ing the other tracts.