Concerning the engraved cartouche with the first part of the title, on the title-page, and the six illustrations of fish engraved in the text, the author says "To the Reader of this Discourse": "And let me adde this, that he that likes not the diſcourſe ſhould like the pictures of the _Trout_ and other fiſh, which I may commend, becauſe they concern not myſelf." No name is given to show whose work they may be; they are sometimes ascribed to Pierre Lombart, a Frenchman resident in London, and employed by book-publishers to illustrate their books. But on the other hand we must not forget that Vaughan and Faithorne were both making illustrations for books at this time. There is reason for calling attention to the belief, formerly current, that the engravings were done on plates of silver, a notion which, as Thomas Westwood remarks, is sufficiently disproved by their repeated use in no less than five editions of _The Compleat Angler_, and the same number of Venable's _Experienc'd Angler_. Henry Lawes, the musician, and the author of several works, wrote the music to "The Anglers' Song For two Voyces, Treble and Baſſe," which occupies pages 216 and 217. The right-hand page is printed upside down for the greater convenience of the singers, who could thus stand facing one another. Lawes used a similar arrangement in his _Select Ayres and Dialogues_, published the same year as the _Angler_. Octavo. COLLATION: _A-R3, in eights._ SAMUEL BUTLER (1612-1680) 32. Hudibras. | The First Part, | Written in the time of the late Wars. | [Device] London, | Printed by J. G. for Richard Marriot, under Saint | Dunstan's Church in Fleetſtreet. 1663. Although "written in the time of the late Wars," _Hudibras_ was not licensed to be printed until November 11, 1662, two years after the reëstablishment of the monarchy, when a satire on Puritanism could no longer give offense to the ruling party. On the contrary, the satisfaction which it gave to the King and court had much to do with the great success it achieved. Butler himself records the royal favor: "He never ate, nor drank, nor slept, But 'Hudibras' still near him kept; Nor would he go to church or so, But 'Hudibras' must with him go."