ST4 ANNUAL R E G I S T E R, 1794. 



that, in regard the power and au- 

 thority of the said counsell is now 

 ceased, your excelifncy would be 

 pleased, tor the encouragement of 

 the petitioner and others employed 

 in the said design, to declare your 

 approbation of the said work, 

 whereby it may go on without lett 

 or disturbance, and your petitioner 

 shall ever pray," &c. &.c. 



" I think lit that this work of 

 printing the Bible, in the original 

 and other languages, go on without 

 any lelt or interruption. 



" O. Cromwell." 



" May 10, 1653." 



Certificate of my lord primate and 

 Mr. Stiden about the Bible. 



" Whereas, there hath been pre- 

 •^ented to us a draught of an edition 

 ot the Bible in the original and 

 other languages, with a proof, or 

 printed paper, wherein the same 

 are, in several columns, represented 

 at once to the reader's view ; 

 which (SSI's suggested) are accord- 

 ing to better copies and editions 

 than are used in those famous edi- 

 tions of the Compluteuie, .Ant- 

 werp, and Paris, Bibles, besides 

 sundry needful additions which are 

 wanting in them, whereby this edi- 

 tion will become more perfect, and 

 fitter for use, than those formerly 

 mentioned, and yet the price very 

 much lessened ; we, whose names 

 are subscribed, having viewed and 

 well considered the said design, 

 and being desirous to give our 

 judgments and opinions thereof, 

 do conceive that, both in regard of 

 the said editions and copies, which 

 are more cKact than those followed 

 in the other Bibles, and also of the 

 various readings and other addi- 



tions, as of the method and order 



wherein the several languages are 

 digested, this work will be more 

 complete and perfect, and also more 

 useful, than any thai hath been hi- 

 therto published in that kind, and 

 that the printing thereof will much 

 tend to the glory of God, and the 

 public honour of our nation ; and, 

 therefore, we do heartily desire, 

 that it may receive all due encou- 

 ragement and furtherance from all 

 whom it may concern, 



" Ja, Armachasus, 



♦* JOHK SjiLDEK." 



The Greehjire ; an ancient mode of 

 ivarfare;J'rom ylndrews's Histori^ 

 of Great Britain, A. D. II91. 



AT the celebrated siege of 

 Acre both parties made use of 

 the ' Greek fire }' a diabolical spe- 

 cies of flame, which burnt the 

 fiercer for the application of water. 

 It is thus sung by a Leonine bard. 



Percat, O, utinam! ignis hujusvena! 

 Non enini txtinguitur aqua std areni ; 

 Vixq viiiuni acidum arctat. ejus fraena, 

 El urina stringitur ejus vix habena. 

 Ignis hie contiscitur tantum per Paganos 

 Iguis hie txtermiuat tantum Christianos 

 Incantacu^ namque est per illo^ prophanos 

 Ah hoc perpetuo, Christe ! libera nos ! 



MON : Flor: dcExru.vQ: 



AcCONEiN»I.] 



Imitated. 



May tlie fiend fiy away with this odious 

 Greek fire ! 



Not water to quench it but sand we re- 

 quire ; 



Then vinegar's acid it? power must lend 



And lye, in its turn, too, must help t» 

 defend us. 



The Pagans alone by this pest are pro- 

 tected, 



'Gainst the Christians alone are its powers 

 directed, — < > 



By 



