ENGLISH. 



True Measures of Blowing. Newly corrected and 

 amended. At London, printed by Edward Aide 

 and are to be solde at the Long Shop adjoining 

 unto Saint Mildred's Church in the Pultrie. 

 [Black letter, 44 leaves : 1586. sm. 4to.] 



A copy is preserved in the Phillipps Library, now in the pos- 

 session of the collector's daughter, Mrs. Fenwick, of Thirlstaine 

 House, Cheltenham. 



Of this version another edition with a similar title was printed 

 in 1596 {cf. Haslewood, p. 97). Meanwhile in 1595 appeared 

 the following : — 



3. MARKHAM (Gervase). The Gentleman's 

 AcADEMiE : or the Booke of S. Albans : containing 

 three most exact and excellent Bookes : the first of 

 Hawking, the second of all the proper termes of 

 Hunting, and the last of Armorie : all compiled by 

 luliana Barnes in the yere from the incarnation of 

 Christ i486. And now reduced into a better method, 

 by G. M. London. Printed for Humfrey Lownes, 

 and are to be sold at his shop in Paules church-yard, 

 1595. sm. 4to. 



2 prelim, leaves, with Dedication " To the gentlemen of Eng- 

 land, and all the good fellowship of Huntsmen and Falconers." 

 Then follows a treatise of Hawking, fols. 1-24 verso and 4 

 blank leaves; a treatise of Hunting, with separate title-page 

 printed by Valentine Sims for Humfrey Lownes, 1595, fols. 29- 

 38 and 2 blank leaves ; the Booke of Armorie, with separate 

 title-page printed by Valentine Sims for Humfrey Lownes, 1595, 

 fols. 41-95 and i blank leaf. Headline throughout the volume, 

 *' The Gentleman's Academie." 



Two copies are in the British Museum (C. 32. e 30, and G. 

 10493) ^^^ o'^^ i" possession of the writer. 



The author, Gervase Markham, of Gotham, in the Co. 

 Nottingham, published several works on Field Sports, Veterinary 



