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BC MS Lt q 50, f.3v (upper half): The end of
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Three satirical political Scottish poems and names of Scotsmen associated with the Long Parliament of 1640.

c.1640

Comprises: (1) The three poems, written on both sides of a single folio sheet, two being variants of Crum Y394 and L172; (2) 'The names of the Scoth commissiond to attend the Parlament 1640' written o...

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BC MS Lt 39, p. 73:
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The Supervisour, by E. G., [prose, followed by] A Paraphrasticall Epigram [verse]

G., E

1640s

Lengthy prose rebuttal of the presbyterian anti-episcopal pamphlet "A worke for the wisely considerate" (1641), followed by an obscure outspoken satirical attack on ecclesiastical pamphleteers or reli...

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