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Worthies was not printed; eleven years elapsed between the 
date of the above letter and Prince’s death. It may be that age 
and infirmities prevented his doing so. 
In a French work (Biographie Universelle, Supplement, 1846), is 
a notice of Prince, and a reference to a second part of the 
Worthes. The writer says the first part was so coldly received 
that the author did not publish the second volume, though it 
was prepared for the press, and states that this indifference to 
the value of Prince’s work is referred to in D’Israeli’s Calamities 
of Authors ; but I have not been able to find the passage. The 
same work mentions that Prince was a member of the Society of 
Antiquaries. 
In addition to the Worthies, and the sermons I have already 
noticed, he published Seasonable Advice to Sober Christians, a 
sermon preached at Totnes, 11th September, 1687, when he was 
vicar of Berry, and just three months before Sir Edward Seymour 
was dismissed from the recordership; also A Defence of the Exeter 
Bill for Uniting the Parishes, and Settling a Maintenance upon their 
Ministers ; and A Letter to a Young Divine, containing some brief 
Directions for Composing and Delivering Sermons. He also com- 
piled the nineteenth chapter of Westcott’s View of Devonshire, 
containing the list of the Bishops of Exeter from that author’s 
time to October 20th, 1695. 
More than a century elapsed before a new edition of the 
Worthes was issued; but in 1810 it reappeared, edited by the 
publisher, Mr. Rees, of Plymouth, who received material assistance 
from Dr. Woollecombe and Henry Woollcombe, Esq.; while the 
late Lord Grenville contributed the materials for the notes on that 
family. It had numerous notes of correction, explanation, and 
continuation, and was dedicated to Hugh, Earl Fortescue, Lord 
Lieutenant of Devon, whose ancestors claim a distinguished place 
in the work. In their preface the editors say, ‘More than'a 
century has elapsed since the publication of the work, of which a 
new edition is now presented to the public. The estimation in 
which it has always been held, and the high price at which it has 
for some time past been sold, led the editors to presume that its 
republication would not be unacceptable ; and the liberal patronage 
afforded to their proposals has fully evinced the justness of the 
presumption.” This edition was also published by subscription. 
The Registers at Berry during Prince’s time are exceedingly 
