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letter; but the marginal notes, Latin words, and some words in the rubrics are 

 in italic type. The signatures are A to S4, and the sheets fold in eights. 

 The copy in Trinity College measures 10| by 7 inches, and that in Emanuel 

 College llxo ^y "^T^ iiiches, which shows that the former has been cut down 

 in binding. The Cambridge copy is interleaved. 



The first of the Proclamations was against Shane O'Neill. There is no 

 date to this Proclamation ; but the date given for it, 1561, is certainly correct, 

 as is proved by a contemporary letter sending a copy of the Proclamation 

 to England, as is recorded in the Calendar of State Papers for Ireland of 

 that year, 1561. 



The second Proclamation was against the O'Connors. 



There must have been other Proclamations printed for the Government 

 by Powell, and, perhaps, other works. 



The originals of these two Proclamations are to be found in the 

 Public Eecord Office, London ; and I have had both of them photographed, 

 and lantern slides made from the photographs. 



Besides the copy in the Public Eecord office there is a fragment of the 

 first Proclamation in the Bodleian Library, containing the heading and forty- 

 three lines. This Proclamation is very long, and is printed in sections, and 

 the whole consists of several sheets attached in one length. There are in it 

 212 lines, and some of the dates are in italic type. 



The second Proclamation is only to be found in the Public Eecord Office, 

 London, and consists of two sheets attached in one length of 29^ inches by 

 12| inches. The imprint is in small italics, the rest, some seventy-eight lines 

 in black-letter. The lines in this Proclamation are 8J inches long. 



The "Brefe Declaration " was printed in 1566, and is a small 4to consisting 

 of eight leaves only. There is no pagination. It also contains black-letter 

 and italic type. 



Powell's imprint to the Book of Common Prayer is " In the Great Tower 

 by the Crane" ; and he styles himself in it the King's Printer. It is possible 

 that Powell's business premises were in or near where Crane Lane is to-day ; 

 but this is only a conjecture. 



In his imprint to the "Brefe Declaration" he gives his address as "St. 

 Nicholas Street." No address is given in the imprint to the Proclamations. 



What became of him is not known. There is no record either of his death 

 or of his having made any will ; but when we recollect that the extant Parish 

 Eegisters of Dublin only begin about the reign of Charles I, it will be seen 

 that it is impossible to look for information about him from such address. 



I hope to show on a future occasion two or three specimens of later 

 printing by those who succeeded Powell. 



