AngliÆ ruina: or, Englands ruine, represented in the barbarous, and sacrilegious outrages of the sectaries of this kingdome, committed upon the lives, consciences and estates of all His Maj: loyal subjects in generall; but more particularly upon the churches, colledges, clergie, and scholars of the same. Containing two briefe catalogues of such heads and fellowes of colledges in the University of Cambridge, and other learned and pious divines, within the city of London, as have been ejected, plundered, imprisoned, or banished, for their constancie in the Protestant religion, and loyalty to their soveraigne. Whereunto is added, a chronologie of the time and place of all the battails, sieges, conflicts, and other remarkable passages which have happened betwixt His Majesty and the Parliament; with a catalogue of such persons of quality, as have been slain on either party, from Novemb. 3. 1640 till the 25. of March, 1647.
Ryves, Bruno,1596-1677
Griffith, Matthew,1599?-1665.London. A generall bill of mortality, of the Clergie of London, which have beene defunct by reason of the contagious breath of the sectaries of that city, from the yeere 1641. to this present yeere 1647. with the several casualties of the same.
Barwick, John,1612-1664.Querla Cantabrgiensis.
[London : s.n.],
Anno 1647. [i.e. 1648]
With an additional engraved title page (plate), with title: Mercurius rusticus The countrys complaint recounting the sad events of this unparraleld warr.
Place of publication from Wing CD; date of publication from title page to part 1 (a2r).
In 4 parts. Parts 1 and 2, by Bruno Ryves, were originally published at Oxford as 21 separate newsbooks between 20 May 1643 and 16 March 1644. Part 1, "Mercurius rusticus: or, The countries complaint of the murthers, robberies, plunderings, and other outrages, committed by the rebells on His Majesties faithfull subjects" has separate title page dated 1648 on a2r. Part 2, "Mercurius rusticus: or, The countries complaint, of the sacriledges, prophanations, and plundrings, committed by the schismatiques, on the cathedrall churches of this kingdome" has separate title page with imprint "Oxford, printed in the yeare, 1646"; pagination and register are continuous with part 1. Parts 3 and 4, "Querela Cantabrigiensis" and "Micro-chronicon" each have separate dated title page, pagination and register. The former is attributed to John Barwick, and the latter to Bruno Ryves. "Querela Cantabrigiensis" was also probably issued separately (Wing B1010), as was "Micro-chronicon" (Wing R2451).
Leaf A8 is cancelled and replaced with quire a. In an earlier issue, (identified by Madan as 1890b*) A8 bears text for the preface on recto and 4 lines of Bible text with heading "Jer. 15. 13" on verso. In this earlier issue, there is no title page for part 1. Contents of added quire "a" is as follows: a1 bears the end of the preface (which has been shortened) followed by "A prayer for preservation from the enemy"; a2r bears title page for part 1; a2v is blank; a3-7 bears "To the reader"; a8 bears a list of names of omitted officers. The later issue, the one being catalogued here, is identified by Madan as 1890b. Both of these issues constitute the second collected edition of those printed other than at Oxford.
"A generall bill of mortalitie, of the clergy of London" by Matthew Griffin is found on p. 252-260 of part 2. It was first published as a broadside (Wing G2013) and it was not included in earlier editions of "Mercurius rusticus".
Leaves S8 and ³H6 (the last leaf) are blank.
Identified as Wing C2446a on UMI microfilm "Early English books, 1641-1700".
Signatures: A⁸(-A8) a⁸ B-S⁸ ²A-C⁸ ³A² ³B-G⁸ ³H⁶.
Locations:  E  Copy notes: Matched from printed catalog.
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996),
Madan,
ESTC
Microfilm.
Reprint. Parts 1 and 2 originally published weekly in 21 numbers: Oxford: 1643.
University of Cambridge
Cathedrals
Mercurius rusticus, or The countries complaint