COPLAND, ROBERT (fl. 1515), English printer and au thor, is said to have been a servant of William Caxton, and cer tainly worked for Wynkyn de Worde. The first book to which his name is affixed as a printer is The Boke of Justices of Peace (1515), at the sign of the Rose Garland, in Fleet street, London. His best known works are The hye way to the Spyttelt hous, a dialogue in verse between Copland and the porter of St. Bar tholomew's hospital, containing much information about the vag abonds who found their way there ; and Jyl of Breynt f ords Testa ment. He translated from the French the romances of Kynge Appolyne of Thyre (W. de Worde, 151o), 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.