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COPE (*)(*) Ut inter Cod. MSS. Radul. Sheldon de Beoly in Coll. Armorum. Lond. num. 113. p. 56. Son of Will. Cope or Coope of Banbury in Oxfordshire Esq; sometimes Cofferer to K. Hen. 7. by Joan his second Wife, Daughter and Heir of John Spencer of Hodnell (in Warwickshire) was educated in this University, but in what Coll. unless in Oriel, wherein studied several of his Sirname in the time of K. Hen. 8. and K. Ed. 6. I know not. Afterwards he went into France, Germany, Italy, and elsewhere; in which places visiting the Universities, and joyning his company to the most learned Men of them, became an accomplished Gentleman, wrot several things beyond the Seas, as well as at home, as it appears from certain Authors, and from an Epigram made in his praise by Joh. Bapt. Mantuan. Among them is only this (o)(o) Ibid. in Bal. ut sup. cent. 11. num. 93. known to Authors.

Godly meditations on 20 select Psalms, necessary for them that desire to have the dark words of the Prophet declared. Also for those that delight in the contemplation of the spiritual meaning of them. Lond. 1547. qu. The twenty Psalms that the meditations are on, are the 1. 6. 12. 13. 23. 32. 49. 51. 73. 84. 90. 102. 103. 104. 116. 121. 130. 138. 139. 146. Afterwards he received the honor of Knighthood, and dying in Summer time in Fifteen hundred fifty and one, 1551 was buried in the Chancel of the Parish Church of Hanwell near to Banbury in Oxfordshire, leaving then behind him a Son named Edward. As for Will. Cope or Coope Cofferer to K. Hen. 7. before-mentioned, he purchased an Estate in, and near to, Banbury, and dying 7. Apr. 1513. was buried in the Church at Banbury, I find one Michael Cope to have been a zealous Calvinist at Geneva and other places, a frequent Preacher in the French Tongue and Author in the French Language of (1) A faithful and familiar exposition on Ecclesiastes, an. 1557. Which edition being amended and corrected, was published again at Geneva, 1563. in qu. (2) A godly and learned exposition upon the Proverbs of Sol [•] m [•] n. When this last was first Printed, I know not. Sure ’tis, that being translated into English by one Marcelline Outred for the benefit of his Country-men, was Printed at London in 1580. in a thick qu. Whether this Mich. Cope was of the same Family with that of Sir Anthony’s before-mentioned, or was educated in Oxon. I cannot yet tell.