circumstances it has been deemed advisable to follow an edition published during the life of the author, namely, that printed in folio by William Stansby for Walter Burre, Lond. 1614; and it is nobis perpetuus. Ed. Oldys.amor Dei est nodus perpetuus. Ed. 1614. ib. p. 80. 1. 23. It is also written that Berosus. Ed. Oldys. -It is also written in Berosus. Ed. 1614. ib. p. 168. 1. 4. from bottom. impartial crown. Ed. Oldys.imperial crown. Ed. 1614. ib. p. 291. 1. 9. from bottom. to make the careless most afraid. Ed. Oldys.—to make the careless Moors afraid. Ed. 1614. ib. p. 313. l. 18. whereof Hamatheus was present. Ed. Oldys.-whereof Hamatheus was parent. Ed. 1614. ib. p. 323. 1. 21. whose issues of Cham. Ed. Oldys.—whose issues, and the issues of Cham. Ed. 1614. ib. p. 350. 1. 8. from bottom then are those of whom virtue is extinguished. Ed. Oldys.—then are those in whom virtue is extinguished. Ed. 1614. ib. p. 370. 1. 6. from bottom. a man of shape and fierce disposition. Ed. Oldys.—a man of sharp and fierce disposition. Ed. 1614. ib. p. 373. 1. 2. transport and spread this invention. Ed. Oldys.-transport and speed this invention. Ed. 1614. Vol. II. p. 76. 1. 20. to observe the short year after the moon. Ed. Oldys.—to observe the short year of the moon. Ed. 1614. ib. p. 80. 1. ult. after which Moses called on God for succour, received encouragement, and commanded to go on. Ed. Oldys.—after which Moses calling on God for succour, received encouragement, and commandment to go on. Ed. 1614. ib. p. 115.1. ult. of distinction of clean beasts. Ed. Oldys.-of distinction of clean and unclean beasts. Ed. 1614. ib. p. 196. l. 24. but now I am preparing homeward again in safety. Ed. Oldys.-but now I am repairing homeward again in safety. Ed. 1614. ib. p. 210. 1. 2. urged by the multitude of the people. Ed. Oldys.-urged by the murmur of the people. Ed. 1614. ib. p. 233. 1. antepenult. perfidiously. Ed. Oldys.—infideliously. Ed. 1614. ib. p. 290. 1. 5. from bottom. rubbish. Ed. Oldys.—rubble. Ed. 1614. Vol. III. p. 39. 1. 2. worth. Ed. Oldys.-wrath. Ed. 1614. ib. p. 123. l. 13. by way of security. Ed. Oldys.-by way of scrutiny. Ed. 1614. ib. p. 217.1. 16. which caused the Greeks to make many fires, and some of his men &c. Ed. Oldys.-which caused the Greeks to make many fires, and scatter themselves abroad in the villages. Teribazus also made many fires, and some of his men &c. Ed. 1614. confidently hoped that the reader will derive no small benefit by this return to the earlier and, it is presumed, the only authorized text. The Miscellaneous Pieces, first collected and published by Mr. Birch in two octavo volumes, London, 1751, have been carefully collated, wherever a MS. could be consulted; and, although the work has not been encumbered with the various readings, it may be stated with truth that the text has been materially corrected throughout. This remark applies more particularly to the Letters, which have, nearly all of them, been compared with several very early copies, and may now be considered as more nearly restored to what Ralegh himself wrote, than in any previous edition. The Poems have been taken from a collection first made by sir Egerton Brydges, bart., and printed at his private press at Lee Priory, 1813. Many of these have been collated with early MS. copies, and several additional Poems are now inserted from MSS. in the Bodleian library and Ashmolean museum; together with three pieces alluded to in Oldys's Life, p. 423. note, as originally printed in a very rare poetical collection, which has been discovered among Mr. Malone's books. The other more important additions are, A Treatise of the Soul: from a MS. in the Ashmolean museum. A Discourse of Tenures, which were before the Conquest: from a MS. of archbishop Sancroft. A Relation of the Cadiz Action: from the same collection. Sir Walter Ralegh's Opinion on the earl of Es sex's Queries, touching a probable Invasion: from a MS. of bishop Tanner. Various Letters; and an Appendix of curious papers relative to sir Walter Ralegh and his times; together with the two biographical accounts by Oldys and Birch. THE LIFE |