Life and Works of Henry King. 265 



below it in a different hand, "I purchased this Book of Dan. Prime 

 Oxon, it was from the collection of L. Chedworth's ancestors, who were 

 related to the Kings, & the above Ladies name appears in very many 

 of those Books." This copy is beautifully bound (by C. Lewis, as 

 a MS. note informs us), and is in perfect condition. 



(g) With the 1664 title-page; in the Library of Yale University, 

 in New Haven ; shelf-number. In K582 657 b. This copy is in good 

 condition, except for the fact that several marginal printed scholia 

 are defective where the leaves have been evenly cut for binding. 



(h) With the 1664 title-page ; in the possession of the present writer. 

 This copy contains the bookplate of Francis Edward Freeland;^ it 

 is in perfect condition, except for the loss of the first blank fly-leaf, 



(i) With the 1700 title-page ; in the Library of Columbia LTniversitj', 

 in New York ; shelf-number, B823 K58. There are a few MS. notes 

 on the title-page and elsewhere, such as the inscription, "See Westn 

 Book Election 1608 " ; this is obviously a reference to Welch's "Alumni 

 Westmonasterienses," p. 77. This copy is handsomely bound, and is 

 in perfect condition except for some clipping of the marginal sidenotes. 



Three important questions remain to be considered in connection 

 with this edition : the first, in regard to the authorship of the volume, 

 has long since been satisfactorily settled ; the second, in regard to 

 the significance of the three different title-pages and dates, is here 

 for the first time fully discussed and demonstrably settled : while 

 the third, in regard to editions other than any now extant, has hereto- 

 fore received little or no attention. 



First, in regard to the authorship, Wood's doubts were soon dis- 

 missed, ^ and since his time no one of any importance has ascribed the 

 volume to Philip King.^ The printing of several of the poems 

 over Henry King's signature in various collections before 1657,'* 

 together with the testimony of Howell's letter^ and various MS. 

 ascriptions, as well as the argument based on his signed Sermons,^ 

 puts the matter beyond the need of any further investigation.'' 



1 Presumably the " F. E. Freeland, Esq., of Chichester, who favored" 

 Hannah "with many useful communications" (Hannah's Preface, iv), and 

 who was related to the Mr. William Freeland whom the present writer inter- 

 viewed in Chichester, in 191 2. 



2 " Hist. etAntiq. Univ. Oxon.," 1674, 281; "Athen. Oxon.," 1692,11,308. 



3 Cf. p. 244. * Cf. p. 245, Note 2, sup. 

 5 Cf. p. 245 N. 5, sup. « Cf. p. 283 N. I, inf. 



' This, of course, refers to the authorship of the volume as a whole. Prob- 

 lems in connection with the authorship of various single poems require 

 special treatment. 



