The Excellent Comedy, called The Old Law: or A new way to please you. By Phil. Massinger. Tho. Middleton. William Rowley. Acted before the King and Queene at Salisbury House, and at severall other places, with great Applause. Together with an exact and perfect Catalogue of all the Playes, with the Authors Names, and what are Comedies, Tragedies, Histories, Pastoralls, Masks, Interludes, more exactly Printed then ever before. _London, Printed for Edward Archer, at the signe of the Adam and Eve, in Little Britaine._ 1656. 4^o. (7¼ × 5⅜). R. 18. 4. Collation: A²B-K⁴L²a-b⁴, paged. Personae. At the end the catalogue of plays, occupying the last two sheets. MASSUCCIO, _Salernitano_. Le cinquanta Nouelle di Massuccio Salernitano intitolate il Nouellino nuouamente con somma diligentia reuiste corrette et stampate. Dissimilium infida societas. 8^o. (6⅝ × 4). U. 4. Collation: A-V⁸X^{10}, paged. Table on last page. The titlepage bears the cat and mouse device of M. Sessa with his initials. Otherwise there is no indication of date, place or printer. The first edition appeared in 1476. MAY, THOMAS. Lucans Pharsalia.... 1631. _See_ LUCANUS, Marcus Annæus. A Continuation of Lucan’s Historicall Poem till the death of Iulius Cæsar By T M _London Printed for James Boler at the Signe of the Marigold in Pauls Church-yard,_ 1630. 8^o. (5⅝ × 3½). Z. 9. 2. Titlepage engraved by T. Cockson. Collation: A-K⁸, unpaged. A 1 and 2 and K 8 blank. Epistle dedicatory to Charles I, signed Tho. May. Commendatory verses from Iohannes Sulpitius Verulanus. (Lat.) ‘The Complaint of Calliope’ in verse. Annotation at the end of each of the seven books. First edition. A later edition bears the date 1567 by misprint for 1657. BM 1085. MEAN TO DIE WELL. [Running title] A Meane to dye wel. [Colophon] _Imprinted at London in Fletestrete at the sygne of the George nexte to saynt Dunstones churche by Wyllyam Myddleton._ =B. L.= 8^o. (5⅜ × 3⅝). *. 4. 2. Collation: A-B⁸(?), unpaged. A fragment consisting of B 1 (signed) and the corresponding leaf, presumably B 8. The text ends on the recto of the second leaf with the words ‘[*] By your louer ĩ almighty god for whome I beseche you to say, Iesu have mercy vpõ my soule. [bu] AMEN.’ The verso is occupied by the colophon and the larger of Middleton’s devices. The fragment which is unidentified, apparently formed part of the binding of the volume, which also contains a fragment of a musical MS on vellum. Sinker 1077. MELA, POMPONIUS.