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whare on my Lorde's bokes to stand," and "Item, 2 pare of sloppes of yellow cotten,"-the books then forming his Library are enumerated as follow.-"Item, thone part of Tullie o Item, Locci I? "Flacci," meaning Horace] et Aeneadas 5a Item, Anthonius Luscus " Item, a boke to play at Chistis, in Aglishe. Item, a bake to speake and write Frenche. Item, 2 bokes of Cosmografye. Item, a old paper bake. Item, Hormans Volgaries [Vulgaria]. Item, the Kyngis Grammar. Item, Sidrack and King Bockas.55 Item, a plaine declaration of the Crede." Item, Carmen Buco Colphurnii [Bucolicum Calphurnii].57 Item, a paper boke. Item, Epistles from Seneca to Paule. Item, aponapis[?] of Mr. Monsons. Item, a Frenche boke of Christ and the Pope. Item, a boke of Arthmetrik in Lattyn. Item, a Tragidie in Anglishe of the unjust supremicie of the Bisshope of Rome. Item, a Play of Love [by John Heywood]. Item, a play called the 4 pees [P's by Heywood]. Item, a play called Old Custome. Item, a play of the Weither [by Heywood]. Item, a boke to write the Roman hand. Item, a paper boke of Synonimies. Item, a Greke Grammar. Item, a Catachismus. Item, Apothegmata. Item, the Debate between the HeraIdes [? temp. Richard II., recently published]. Item, Tallies Office. Item, Sententiae Veterum Poetarum. Item, a bake of Phisick, in Greeke. Item Aurilius Augustinus. Item, a boke of Conceits. Item, a Italian bake. Item, a Italian bake. Item, ad Herenium. Item, a Terence. Item, an Exposition of the Crede, in French. Item, a Testament in Frenche, covered with black velvet. Item, an Anglishe Testament. Item, 3 little tables." Against these books, the consecutive numbers, 2, 4, 8, r6, are placed, denoting the shelves probably on which they stood [? folio, quarto, etc.] 5s
It will be noticed that the solid works here are schoolbooks, presumably accumulated for one or more of the children. There is nothing to indicate any particular interest in any other form of learning or literature. Northumberland doubtless felt it to be the proper thing to see that his children had the polite drubbing of the day, and in accord with his official duty Ascham makes the most of the fact as he performs the rhetorical honors of the occasion. No doubt Soranzo was quite correct as to Dudley's real interests, and as to his management of Edward.
" Probably one volume of a two-volume set of Cicero.
as The Virgil item is evidently an abbreviation of some such tide as "P. Vergilii Maronis Bucolicorum, Georgicorum, et Aeneidos," etc., the "Locci" being probably some form of abbreviation of "Bucolicorum;" it is not likely that Horace is involved (cf. B. M. Catalogue for such an edition at Basle in 1534, the only one of this type there given).
sr Most likely "Anthoni) Lusehi Vicentini.... Inquisitio sup xi. orationes Ciceronis ad fratrem slum."
"Sidrach le grant philosophe Fotaine de toutes sciences Contenant mille nonante & quatre demgdes at les soluties dicelles," etc.
" Probably Erasmus, D., "A playne and godly exposytion or declaratiil of the cbmune Crede" (U. M. *rog8 from Cambridge University Library; S. T. C. roso4).
" Calpurnius Siculus, Carmen Eutolicum.
" Hirt. MSS Comm., Second Report, Appendix, p. soab from a MS now in the Bodleian.
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