Divers ancient monuments in the Saxon tongue : written seven hundred yeares agoe. Shewing that both in the Old and New Testament, the Lords prayer, and the Creede, were then used in the mother tongue: and also, what opinion was then held of the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ. Published by William L'isle of Wilburgham, Esquire to the Kings body. Whereunto is added out of the homilies and epistles of Aelfricus a second edition of a testimony of antiquity touching the sacrament, and a sermon on the Paschall Lambe, and of the sacramentall body and blood of Christ, used to be spoken to the people at Easter, before they should receive the Communion.

Works. Selections
Testimonie of antiquitie.

London : Printed by E[dward] G[riffin and John Haviland] for Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold at the signe of the Marigold in S. Pauls Church-yard, 1638.

[61], 43, 43, [20], 14, 14, [25] p. ; 20 cm (4to)

Parallel Old English and English texts.

A reissue, with cancels for the first two leaves, M1, and O2, of "A Saxon treatise concerning the Old and New Testament", 1623. The four cancels were printed as one quire. Variant: with this quire unseparated.

Griffin's name from STC.

Signatures: pi1 ²pi1 [par.]⁴ a-f⁴ A-V⁴.

Duplicate pagination.

"A testimony of antiquitie" and "A sermon of the Paschall Lambe, and of the sacramental body and bloud of Christ our Saviour" each have separate dated title page; "Here follovveth the words of Elfrike Abbot of S. Albons" and "The Lords prayer, the Creed, and the Ten commandements in the Saxon and English tongue" have divisional titles; register is continuous.

Caption title, p. A1r, reads: That S. Paul, Simon Zelotes, and Ioseph of Arimathea preached the word here in Britanie.

The last leaf is blank.

"A testimony of antiquitie" was first printed separately by John Day ca. 1566.

Identified as STC 15705 on UMI microfilm.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 160.5
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S108569

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 160.5 copy 1

O2 misbound after M1. Bernard Quaritch pencilled note; Hodgson 6/30/27, No. 190. Provenance: Spencer Madan - Harmsworth copy

HH135/3

STC 160.2 Copy 1

STC 160.5 copy 2

Gathering O bound: O2, O1, O4, O3. Provenance: armorial bookplate of Randolph Greenway

ac4662

STC 160.2 Copy 2

STC 160.5 copy 3

Bound in vellum. Lacking R1,2,3,4; V4. M1 and O2 bound between pi1 and pi2; O3 misbound after O4. Provenance: Shipdham Church copy

133920

STC 160.2 Copy 3