602 PAPER, PARCHMENT, INK, BOOKS, ETC. 



of 2os. New College purchases Psalters and half the Paraphrases 

 of Erasmus, the former at 2s. a copy, the latter for 12^. Similar 

 purchases of office books are found under the year 1552. 



In 1553 King's College, Cambridge, purchases several books, 

 as the College was constrained to go back to the older ritual. 

 But the Hymn-books and the Psalter are charges incurred in 

 Edward's reign. At Oxford the purchases were of the ritual of 

 the Reformed creed, among them being a great Bible which 

 cost i$s. 8d. In 1554, Cambridge buys two Mass-books. I 

 find none in 1555, but in 1556 other purchases of Roman 

 service-books are made, as are a few in 1557. In 1558 King's 

 College, Cambridge, reverts to the Reformed religion, though 

 the accounts still give entries of the older ritual. At All Souls, 

 Oxford, there is a similar combination. It is noteworthy that 

 during Mary Tudor's reign, no book is purchased at the Oxford 

 and Cambridge colleges which is not a service-book. 



In 1559 the only books bought are of the Reformed ritual. 

 In 1560 I note a Grammar for a boy, and a Decalogue and 

 Almanack. The books of public prayers, i6s. M. each and 

 as. lod. each, are dear. Elizabeth's Communion-book is bought 

 by Corpus, Oxford. In 1561 Magdalen renews its purchases of 

 learned books with Matthiolus, for which it gives iSs. In 1562 

 the Acts of the last Parliament, i. e. the second probably of 

 Elizabeth's reign (Jan. n April 10, 1563) cost is. 8d. But 

 Corpus buys Steven's Dictionary for 463. 8</., and a Monuster 

 for i$s. In 1564 the Book of Homilies costs 3^. 4^. 



In 1567 a Bible is bought at a charge of 385. 4^., a Common 

 Prayer at Ss. In 1568, a Bible costs 13^. 4^. Printed music 

 occurs, as I conclude, for the first time this year at Ludlow, 

 four pricksong books in print at 2s. being purchased at Ludlow. 

 In 1570, Magdalen College gives Fox 6 i$s. ^d. ten marks 

 for a copy of his new book. The original volume is pre- 

 served in the College library, and contains, as was proper under 

 the circumstances, a glowing eulogy on the society. In 1571 

 a folio Bible cost Corpus 33^. 4^. In 1572 Magdalen gave 

 100 for some of Jewel's books, and Corpus bought a copy of 



