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d into Englishe Tonge (in verse) _Emprented in the exempt Monastery of Taverstock, in Denshire, by me, Thomas Rycharde, Monke of the said Monastery_, 1525, 4to. 261. Caxton's Blanchardyn and Eglantine, or Proude Lady of Love, C.T.--F.D., _printed by Caxton_, folio. [See my edition of the _Typograhical [Transcriber's Note: Typographical] Antiquities_, vol. i. p. 346.] 274. Hawkyng, Huntyng, and Fyshyng, (from Juliana Barnes) B.L. _woodcuts. Lond. Toye, and W. Copland_, 4to. _See MS. notes prefixed._ 275. Hawys's Compendions Story, or Exemple of Vertue, B.L.--C.R. _wood-cuts_, _ib._ _Wynkyn de Worde_, 1533. 276. ---- Passe-Tyme of Pleasure, B.L. _wood-cuts ib. by W. de Worde_, 1517, 4to. 306. Spenser's Shephearde's Calendar. C.T.--F.D., _wood-cuts: first edition, ib._ Singleton, 1579, 4to. 308. Taylor, the water poet (fifteen different pieces by) all of posterior date to the collection of his works. Among them is the Life of Old Par, with Par's head, and 31 plates of curious needle-work. The volume also contains some replies to Taylor. A written list of all the contents is prefixed. Lond. and Oxford, 4to. 330. Tulle of Old Age (translated by William Botoner, or of Worcester) _pr. by Caxton_, 1481. folio. ---- of Friendship, translated by Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester; to which is added another tract written by the same Earl, C.R.--F.D.--L.R. _Explicit per Caxton_, folio.] How shall I talk of thee, and of thy wonderful collection, O RARE RICHARD FARMER?[408]--and of thy scholarship, acuteness, pleasantry, singularities, varied learning, and colloquial powers! Thy name will live long among scholars in general; and in the bosoms of virtuous and learned bibliomaniacs thy memory shall ever be enshrined! The walls of Emanuel College now cease to convey the sounds of thy festive wit--thy volumes are no longer seen, like Richard Smith's "bundles of sticht books," strewn upon the floor; and thou hast ceased, in the cause of thy beloved Shakspeare, to delve into the fruitful ore of black-letter literature. Peace to thy honest spirit; for thou wert wise without vanity, learned without pedantry, and joyous without vulgarity! [Footnote 408: There is but a scanty memorial of this extraordinary and ever respectable bibliomaniac, in the _Gentleman's Magazine_; vol. lxv
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