[70] Cowley followed Milton's example by inserting an Ode, in this case in English, in a folio copy of his _Poems_ (numbered C. 2. 21. Art.), which he gave June 26, 1656. It is printed exactly from the original in _Reliquiæ Hearn._ ii. 921-3. [71] See _sub anno_ 1745. [72] At this time there were only two other public libraries in Europe, both later in date than the Bodleian, viz. that of Angelo Rocca at Rome, opened in 1604, and the Ambrosian at Milan, opened in 1609. The fourth public library was that of Card. Mazarin at Paris, opened in 1643. Evidence of the consequent appreciation by foreigners of the advantages of the Bodleian Library is given under the year 1641. [73] An Appendix to James' Catalogue was printed in 1635, _q. v._ [74] Nichols' _Progresses of James I_, vol. iii. p. 1105. Rouse's speech (with the letter) is printed in Hearne's _Titus Liv. Forojul._ p. 198. [75] Letter from J. Chamberlain to Sir D. Carleton, June 28, 1620: _Calendar of State Papers, 1619-23_, p. 157. [76] An account of Mrs. Esther Inglis, and of all her known existing MSS., is preparing for publication by David Laing, Esq., LL.D., of Edinburgh. A.D. 1621. A gift of £5 is noticeable as coming from the Girdlers' Company, 'Societas Zonariorum.' Sir Francis Bacon occurs as a donor of books. A.D. 1623. Delegates were appointed by Convocation to consider 'de modulo frontispicii Bibliothecæ publicæ in parte occidentali versus collegium Exon[77].' [77] Reg. Conv. N. ff. 167, 169. A.D. 1624. 'Williams, Bishop of Lincoln, and then Lord Chancellor of England, would have borrowed Paulus Benius Eugubinus _De dirimend. Controvers. de Grat. et Lib. Arb._, but was deny'd[78].' The first theft of a book from the Library occurred in this year. An account of it, with several others, will be found in a note to the year 1654. [78] Barlow's MS. Arg. against lending books out of the Library; see _post, sub anno_ 1659. A.D. 1627. Andrew James, of Newport, Isle of Wight, is recorded to have given 'duas capsulas in quibus asservantur scripta vetustissima, exotici et ignoti characteris, alia stylo, calamo alia, in corticibus exarata, ex orientalis Indiæ partibus allata[79].' An East India merchant, John Jourdain, gave four Arabic MSS., and Bacon's _Works_ were presented by Peter Ince, a bookseller at Chester. It appears from the Register that Joseph Barnes, the Oxford printer and publisher, died in this year, as he bequeathed a legacy of £5.