2 Upon yͤ proposall of Mͬ Talbot of Dˢ Penny[79] to be his correctour for yͤ edition of Horace with yͤ approbation of yͤ delegates; agreed, yͭ the said Dˢ Penny be spoken to to undertake yͤ said office of Correctour. January yͤ 4ᵗʰ 1698/9. At a meeting of Eight of yͤ Curators-- Ordered that Mͬ Talbot have full power to treat about & procure a Rolling press fit for yͤ service of yͤ Printing house the charges thereof to be defrayed out of such money as he shall receive upon subscriptions to yͤ press at London. Agreed also that 4 pence [p_] week for copy money be allowed to yͤ workmen at yͤ Press and half a crown [p_] Quarter for cleaning yͤ Press[80]. The three following entries show that in their first few years of office, at any rate, the Curators approached their duties in a business-like way: March 4 1698 1 Orderd, that a particular account of each Body of Letter, & of all Tooles & Moveables belonging to yͤ New Printing House be taken in writing in yͤ presence of the Delegates for yͤ weekly meetings of this Month, and yͭ it be entered into yͤ Journal Book by yͤ person appointed to keep that Book: and yͭ yͤ said account be sign'd by yͤ Delegates, & Mr Crownfield yͤ Printer.... 3 Order'd, That all Combinations, Verses, and other exercises upon Public Occasions be printed only at yͤ University's New Printing House. May 3ͬͩ 1699 Ordered--that 400 lbs weight of Paragon Greek Letter be sent for to the Widow Voskins in Holland. * * * * * At a general meeting of the Curators June 7ᵗʰ 1699 Order'd that Dͬ Green & Dͬ Oxenden or either of them do examine Dͬ Bentley's account in relation to our Press, and upon his delivery of the Vouchers relating to it, and all other things in his hands belonging to the University Press; give him a full discharg; and likewise take a discharg of him for the Summ of four hundred and thirty three pounds received by him of the University. 1 At a General Meeting of the Curatͬˢ Septebͬ yͤ 6ᵗʰ 1699 'twas then agreed yͭ Mr Crownfield be order'd to buy twelve Gallons of Linseed Oyle and a rowl of Parchment. 2 Order'd yͭ yͤ Sashes be renew'd. 3 Order'd yͭ twenty shillings per annū be allowed to Printers for their weigh-goes. This last entry refers to the printers' annual holiday of which Randall Holme, writing in 1688, says It is customary for all journeymen to make every year, new paper windows about _Bartholomew-tide_, at which time the master printer makes them a feast called a _waygoose_ to which is invited the corrector, founder, smith, ink-maker, etc., who all open their purses and give to the workmen to spend in the tavern or ale-house after the feast. From which time they begin to work by candle light[81]. By 1701 Bentley's activities had begun to bear fruit.