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HISTORY OF PRINTING.
1693. Green's neici, both from Heaven and Hell, prohibited thefint for vnitituf of boohes, and banished out of the last for displaying of conny catchers. Commended to the presse by R. B- Londoner. 4 to.
1592. Petrus Blastus Kmita was settled at Lubiecz, a town of Lithuania, and printed principally for the Unitarians, the press was put down by authority in 1655 or 1656.
1592. Jameh Mattayer, a printer at Tours, in France, styles himself ordinarie to the king, Palere art abstine, 1592, 4to.
1592. Jo ANN Es Ag ricola printed at Inspruck, capital of the Tyrol, a splendid volume of Annals of thedeedsof the Austrian Princes.* Catalogues sometimes announce a much earlier Ins]iruck book, namely, of the year 1 569, viz. Tertii Ber- gomatii imagines Aimtriatce Gentis; but this book, although a very good one, contains nothing besides engrarings.
1592. Conspiracie, for pretended rtformalion, viz. presbeteriall discipline. A treatise discover- ing the late disignmenlt and courses held for ad- vancement thereof by William Hacket yoeman, Edmund Coppinyer, and Henry Artltinglon, gent, out of otiters depositions and their ottme letters, writings, and confession* upon examina- tion; together with some part of the life and con- ditions, and lite two enditemenls, arraignments, and execution of the sayd Hacket,-[ ^r. At London : printed by Christopher and Robert Barker. 4tu.
1592. William Kernev, or Kearney, dwelt in Adling-street, witb'n Cripplegate,and printed four books, dated 1591 and 1592.
1592. William Saunderson printed a book entitled, The globes coelestiall and terestiall, set forth inplaine, by Emery Molineux. 12mo.
- Copies of this work mre found In the PlneUi catalogne;
Bodleian, Oxford; and Trinity collet, Dublin.
t William Haclcett, a fanatic, after a very profli^ib life, tumeit prophet, and signified the ilesolation of England. He propbeued at Yorli and Lincoln; where, for his bold- ness, he was whipped publicly, and condemned to be banished. He had an extraordinary fluency of speech, mnd much assurance in his prayers; for he said, that if •11 England should piay for rain, and he should pray to the contrary, i*- should not rain. Haclcett had two_ brother prophets Joined with him, Edward Coppinger, named the prophetof mercy, and Henry Aithlngton, the prophet of Judgment. Coppinger, the merciful prophet, declared that Hackett was tiie sole monarch of Europe; and at length they proclaimed him, July 16, 1592. On the 28th of the same month, however, the monarch of the whole earth, who had also personated divinity, was hanged and quar- tered. Coppinger famished himself in prison, and Ar- thington was pardoned. Fitz Simon relates, that in a quarrel Hackett bad at Oundle. " He threw down his adversary, and bit oflThis nose; and, instead of returning it to the surgeon, who pretended to set it on again, while the wound was fresh, ate it. — Camden. Hackett, on the scalTold, made a blasphemous prayer, which is recorded by Fitz Simon and Camden, too horrid to be repeated. He hated queen Elizabeth, and tried to deprive her of her crown; be confessed to thejudgfs that hehatl stabbed the effigies of the princess to the heart, with an iron pin; and a little before he was hanged, being an accomplished swearer, he cursed her with all manner of imprecations.
TAe seduction of Arthin^tan, by Hacket^ eepecintlie with some tokens of his nnfained reperUance and submission. Written by the said Henrie Arthingtonj the third person in that vofuU tragedf. London : imprinted by Robert Barker. 4to.
1593. Died, William Norton, an original member of the stationers' company, and one of the first six who came on the livery after the renewal of their charter; for several Tears he filled their various high offices, and died serving the office of master. By his will which is dated January 5, 1593, and was deposited with the company, in which be gave £6 13>. 4d. yearly to them, to be lent to young freemen; and the like lum to Christ's hospital, [of which he was sometime treasurer.* His name stands second on the list of their benefactors.
He dwelt at the King's Anns, in St. Paul's church yard; was fined for keeping open shop on St. Luke's day, and also on Sundays.
On a tomb in the old church of St. Paul was thisinscription concerning his family. — Preserved by Dugdale : —
William Norton, citizen and stationer of Ix>ndon, and treasurer of Christ's Hospital, died anno ljg3, aged M years, and had issue one only son. His nephew, John Norton, esq. stationer, and some time alderman of this city, died without issne, anno IBU, aged 55 year«. Also Bonham Norton, of Church-Stretton, In the county of Salop, esq. stationer, and some time alderman of this city, son of the aforesaid William, died April 5, anno 1635, aged 7U years. He hail issue by Jane, daughter of Thomas Owen, esq. one of the judges of the Common Fleas, nine sons and four daughters, whereof three sons were here buried; Thomas and George unmarried , and Arthur, who married the only child of George Noiton, of Abbot's Leigh, in the county of Somerset, esq. and baring by her issue two sons, died October 1 1, anno 1635, aged 38 years, Jane Norton, the said widow of Bonham aforesaid, caused this monoment to be erected near the iepalchres of the de- ceased.
William Norton's device alluded to his name; it consisted of the annexed figure, and repre- sents a Sweet William growing through a tun, inscribed with the letters NOR.
1593. Hugh Jackson dwelt in Fleet-street, a little beneath the Conduit, at the sign of St. John the Evangelist. In 1577, he printed the Garden of Eloquence, conteyning the figures of grammar and rhetorie, Src. by Henry Peachara, minister. 4to. Four works only bear his imprint.
1593. Mrs. Charlewood, widow of Jahn Charlewood, Printed Spectacles for a blind Pa- pist, 8vo. made by J. S. printed with Edward vVhite. Mrs. Charlewood printed four works.
- The above sum of se6 13s. id. is annually paid by
Christ's Hospital to the company of stationers; who. In return, pay to the hospital, jK6 annually, the cUt of Mrs. Bishop , and tl* (in bibles) the gift of JMrs. Meredith.— Ifichols.
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