H. Gr. PORDHAM-HERTFORDSHIRE MAPS. 
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by Thomas Basset in Fleet street, and Richard Chiswell in S* Pauls 
Church yard.” This edition of the map can be identified by the 
text on the back, which is headed in plain capitals “ Hertfordshire. 
Chap, xx,” with the D larger than the rest of the type and set too 
low. The initial letter of the commencement of the description of 
the county is a plain capital if inch high, with a background of 
coarsely-shaded scrolls. The text of the description is that of the 
other editions of the ‘Theatre, 5 in (9) paragraphs, but the list of 
hundreds and places is set in four columns instead of five. 
Occurs in an edition (which is probably the sixth and last in 
English) of Speed’s ‘Theatre, 5 published with the ‘Prospect, 5 in 
one volume, by Edward Phillips, the elder of Milton’s two nephews, 
London, 1676, folio. The dedication to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, 
and Sheriffs of London, in which he addresses them as “ The Props 
and Pillars of this Renowned City,” is signed by Phillips. In the 
title it is stated that ‘ ‘ In this Hew Edition are added; In the 
Theatre of Great-Britain, The Principal Roads, and their Branches 
leading to the Cities and chief Towns in England and Wales; with 
their computed distances. In a new and accurate method. The 
Market Towns wanting in the former Impressions. A Continuation 
of all the Battels fought in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland; 
with all the Sea-Eights to this present time. The Arms of all the 
Dukes and Earls, whose Titles of Honour were wanting in each 
particular County, to the last Creation.” But, although some of 
the maps have additional coats of arms and perhaps some other 
additions (e.g. Cambridgeshire), no roads are inserted, and the 
additions of the “ Battels ” and Roads are found at the end of the 
‘ Theatre 5 in a number of sheets of letterpress description. The 
map of Herts, as noted above, is without alteration of any kind 
from the earlier impressions. This work is “Printed for Thomas 
Basset at the George in Fleet-street, and Richard Chiswel at the 
Rose and Crown in St. Paul’s Church-yard, mdclxxvi.” It is 
licensed by Roger L’Estrange,* under date Aug. 2, 1675. 
* 1676. Speed, John. 4pf X 3-pe. Scale, 8 miles = 
1 inch. Engraved by Peter Keer [1599]. 
A further reprint of the small map ascribed to 1620. 
From ‘ England .... Described and Abridged . . . . ’ 
by John Speed, London, 1676, obi. 12mo. 
The engraved title-page is as that in the edition of 1666, but 
fe-dated. A sub-title runs as follows:—‘ An Epitome of Mr. John 
Speed’s Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain. And of His 
Prospect Of the Most Famous Parts of the World.’ It bears the 
imprint: “ London, Printed for Tho. Basset at the George in Fleet 
Street, and Ric. Chiswel at the Rose and Crown in S fc Paul’s 
Church-yard. 1676.” The title of a second part, bound up in 
the same volume, is: ‘A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of 
the World.’ It is dated “London, Printed by W. G. 1675.” 
* L’Estrange was Licenser of the Press to Charles II and his successor, was 
M.P. for Winchester in James II’s Parliament, and died in 1704 at the age of 88. 
