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THE WORKS OF SIR DAVID LINDSAY
1580
The Works of Sir David Lindsay, ? 1579-1580.
[Line of ornaments] / C The war Ids of the fa= / mous
and worthie Knicht Schir Dauid Lyndesay / of the Mont, Alias,
Lyoun King of Armes. / Newlie correctit, and vindicate from
the / Former errouris quhairwith thay / war befoir corruptit:
and aug [hole in page] / mentit with sindrie warkis / quhilk was
not befoir / Imprentit. / ^ The contentis of the Bulk, and quhat
warkis ar / augmentit, the nixt syde sail schaw. / Viuet etiam
post funera virtus. / ^[ IOB VII. / Militia est vita hominis
super terram. / [Upper portion of the small device of John
Ross, McKerrow, Devices, 187, with, on the right, the upper
portion of what appears to be either the top of an ornamental
initial, or the top of an additional device.]
Quarto. Collation: A-X8. The colophon in X8b consists
of the large device of John Ross, with the initials I. R.,
McKerrow, Devices, 189. Blackletter, with signatures in
Roman, 35 lines to the page. Printed by John Ross for
Henry Charteris. The date of 1580 is conjectural. Of the
two copies of this issue, identified by a diamond on A8b,
there only remains this fragmentary title. Size jff x 4!".
Copies Known :
1. Bodleian. 8°. L. 24. Art. Seld. Lower half of the title tom
away, but the fragment is conjunct with A8, thus proving its authen¬
ticity. The portion of the device, now revealed, had been pasted
over by a paper used to repair the lower half of the page, bearing the
press-mark. Laing has a pencil note on a fly-leaf : ‘ This is probably
the edition Imprentit at Edinburgh be Henry Charteris mdlxxxii.
(1582.) DL.’ Later Laing seems to have revised this note by going
over it with a soft pencil, striking out ‘ probably.’ At the top of the
same fly-leaf is the comment: ‘ But Mr J. P. Edmond who has seen
that edition says it is different. 10. 6. 87. EBN.’ A tracing of the
Edinburgh 1582 copy was sent to Bodley for comparison, and showed
that the two titles are very diflerent. This tracing is pasted in the
volume.
2. Peterborough Cathedral Library. Title missing, otherwise intact,
and identical with the Bodleian copy. Press-mark S 30. Probably
one of Bishop White Kennett’s books, but his monogram is missing
with the title. Erroneously identified as 1568.