1582  Guilielmi  |  Velvod  De  Agva  |  in  altum  per  fistulas  plum-  |  beas

131.  Facile  Ex-  |  primenda  apologia  |  demonstratiua.  |  [Arbuthnet's
small  device.]

H  Edimbvrgi  |  Apud  Alexandrum  Arbuthnetum,  |  Typographum
Regium.  |  1582.  |

A  quarto  of  six  leaves,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,
but  with  catchwords  and  signatures  A4  B^.  A  !=•  the  titlepage,  i''
Latin  verses,  with  Arbuthnet's  small  device  at  the  foot  of  the  page  ;
A  2,  pp.  [2],  Dedication  to  Francis,  Earl  of  Bothwell,  dated  "Andrea-
poli  pridae  nonas  Novembris  1582";  A3 — B2  De  aqua.  Arbuthnet's
small  device  occurs  again  at  foot  of  last  page.
See  note  iii.  in  McCrie's  "  Life  of  Andrew  Melville "  for  an
account  of  Welwood  and  his  works.
A  copy  of  the  tract  described  above  is  in  the  library  of  the
University  of  Edinburgh,  and  is  considered  to  be  unique.
Alexander  Arbut/uiet's   Works.  325

1582  A    Dedamtioii    of  the    King's    Majcstie's   Will    and    Intcntioun

133.    anent  the  Religioun.
Edinburgh,  Alexander  Arbuthnet,    1582.
This  is  a  Proclamation,  of  which  the  original  was  perhaps  a
broadside,  given  at  length  in  the  Appendix  to  Vol.  iii.  of  Calder-
wood's  History,  together  with  a  copy  of  the  King's  command  to
Alexander  Arbuthnet  to  print  it,  "subscribed  with  our  hand,  at  the
Burgh  of  Perth,  the  15  day  of  July,  and  of  our  reigne  the  15th
yeare.  1582.  James  R."  After  this  follow  "The  Kings  verses
when  he  was  fyfteene  yeere  old,"  six  in  number.
