The last of the three Ipswich printers and the most important was John Oswen, perhaps from his name and later connexion with Wales, a Welshman. He printed in the town apparently only during the latter half of 1548, but in that period issued ten if not more books. These are all without exception works of the reformers, Calvin, Oecolampadius, Melanchthon, and others. Calvin is represented by two books, _A brief declaration of the feigned sacrament_, and _A treatise on what a faithful man ought to do dwelling among the papists_. Of the latter book there is a copy in the University Library, of the former no copy is at present known. Melanchthon’s book _Of the true authoritie of the Church_, and Oecolampadius’ _Epistle, that there ought to be no respect of personages of the poor_, are both quoted by Herbert though no copies seem to be known at present. Of the remaining six books, there are copies of two in the University Library, bequeathed by Mr Sandars. These are: _A new book containing an exhortation to the sick_, of which another copy is in the British Museum, and a curious little 16mo volume, _An invectyve agaynst dronkennes_, of which the Cambridge copy is the only one known. Several bibliographies speak of it as a fragment, but though not in good condition it wants only the last leaf which would have been blank, or contained a device: all the text is complete. There are copies of two other books in the library of Clare College, Peter Moone’s _Short treatise of certain things abused in the Popish church long used_, and John Ramsey’s _Plaister for a galled horse_. Both these books are rhyming attacks on the Catholics. There is another copy of the first in the British Museum, but the two leaves in the University Library which were supposed to belong to this edition are really from the press of William Copland in London. Of Ramsey’s book the copy at Clare is the only one known, but another edition was printed at London by Raynalde in the same year. The next book is a translation of Anthony Marcourt’s work, entitled, _A declaration of the Mass_; of this there is a copy in the Bodleian, and finally there is another issue of Hegendorff’s _Domestical or household sermons_, of which there is a copy in the British Museum. [Illustration: TITLE-PAGE OF THE EXHORTATION TO THE SICK, PRINTED AT IPSWICH BY JOHN OSWEN IN 1548.]