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- 12 THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM
for the publication of a book. Though he published several
books in the interval, he did not seek a second licence until
March i5, i<^0 3, when he obtained one for a work appro-
priately called 'The Anatomic of Sinne, He faced the risk of
punishment for his defiance of the law, and, when a penalty
was exacted, paid it without demur.'
His two un-; No extant book which bears Jaggard's name came out
in Vj99.'^^ during the three years \^^6^ 15-97, and 15-98. In 15-99 ^^^
volumes appeared with the intimation on the title-page that
they were * printed for W. Jaggard'.^ In neither case was the
Stationers' Company made officially cognizant of Jaggard's
operations. Oi these two volumes, one was Thomas Hill's
School e of Ski/, an astronomical treatise in black letter, which
was stated to be * printed for W. Jaggard ' at the press of
T. Judson. The other was The Passionate Pi/grim, the imprint
of which declared that it was 'Printed for W. Jaggard, and are to
be sold by W. Leake at the Greyhound in Paules Churchyard '.
William William Leake's association with the venture guaranteed
it against official censure. He was a prominent and respected
member of the Stationers' Company. He had joined the
livery the year before, and subsequently became assistant (i ^04)
and Master (161%). Before associating himself with Jaggard's
venture of The Passionate Pi/grim, he had given notable proof
of interest in Shakespeare's work. On June 25-, iyc)6, he
had acquired the copyright of /^emis and Adonis from John
^ On October 23, i6'oo, William Jaggard and a kindred spirit, Ralph
Blower, were fined by the Stationers' Companyi^j. %d.{ox 'printingwithout license
and contrary to order a little booke of Sir Anthony Sherley's Travels ', and all
' the said books so printed ' were forfeited by the Company. The offenders
were threatened with imprisonment in default of compliance with the
judgement, but Jaggard cheerfully paid his share of the fine on Sept. 7, i6'oi,
and purged his offence. Cf. Arber, ii. 831, 833.
=" The preposition *for' in the imprint of Elizabethan books usually
precedes the name of the proprietor of the copyright.
Leake's co-
operation
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