ion about the vagabonds
who found their way there; and _Jyl of Breyntfords Testament_, dismissed
in _Athenae Oxonienses_ (ed. Bliss) as "a poem devoid of wit or decency,
and totally unworthy of further notice." He translated from the French
the romances of _Kynge Appolyne of Thyre_ (W. de Worde, 1510), _The
History of Helyas Knyght of the Swanne_ (W. de Worde, 1513), and _The
Life of Ipomydon_ (_Hue of Rotelande_), not dated. Among his other works
is _The Complaynte of them that ben too late maryed_, an undated tract
printed by W. de Worde.

William Copland, the printer, supposed to have been his brother,
published three editions of _Howleglas_, perhaps by Robert, which in any
case represent the earliest English version of _Till Eulenspiegel_.

The _Knyght of the Swanne_ was reprinted in Thom's _Early Prose
Romances_, vol. iii., and by the Grolier Club (1901); the _Hye Way_ in
W. C. Hazlitt's _Remains of the Early Popular Poetry of England_, vol.
iv. (1866). See further the "Forewords" to Dr F. J. Furnivall's
reprint of _Jyl of Breyntford_ (for private circulation, 1871) and J.
P. Collier, _Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books
in the English Language_, vol. i. p. 153 (1865). For the books issued
from his press see _Hand-Lists of English Printers_ (1501-1556),
printed for the Bibliographical Society in 1896.

COPLESTON, EDWARD (1776-1849), English bishop, was born at Offwell in
Devonshire, and educated at Oxford. He was elected to a tutorship at
Oriel College in 1797, and in 1800 was appointed vicar of St Mary's,
Oxford. As university professor of poetry (1802-1812) he gained a
considerable reputation by his clever literary criticism and sound
latinity. After holding the office of dean at Oriel for some years, he
succeeded to the provostship in 1814, and owing largely to his influence
the college reached a remarkable degree of prosperity during the first
quarter of the 19th century. In 1826 he was appointed dean of Chester,
and in the next year he was consecrated bishop of Llandaff. Here he gave
his support to the new movement for church restoration in Wales, and
during his occupation of the see more than twenty new churches were
built in the diocese. The political problems of the time interested him
greatly, and his writings include two able letters to Sir Robert Peel,
one dealing with the _Variable Standard of Value_, the other with the
_Increase of Pauperism_ (Oxford, 1819