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Verse translations from the classics
173-?
Collection of three verse translations from the classics in a single 18th-century hand: ff.1r-6r: Translation of Persius, "Satires", 2, by Mr T. Brewster, A.M. & c.; ff.8r-10r: Paraphrase of Persius, ...
Collection of English verse, begun on March 26th 1732 by William Jermy of Norfolk
Jermy, William
1732-c.1741
Bound in modern cream vellum over boards, with black ink lettering on front cover and spine (the latter with NORFOLK MSS); modern endpapers and flyleaves. F.3r: ornamental ink cartouche with author/co...
The transport. An ode. By Mr Mitchel, S.T.S., Anno Dom. 1718
Mitchell, Joseph
1718
Religious poem, ecstatic imagined vision of the bliss of heaven, longing for death to take him there. Addressed in a preceding prose dedication (dated "Brunsfield [Bruntsfield, Edinburgh?] August 5,17...
Miscellany of poems, largely on affairs of state
1669-1691
Collection of verse, much of it political. Following blank f.1, ff.2r-13r (f.8v being blank) contain eleven poems in a single hand, the first signed 'John Treantt', another by 'Hodges' dated 1682/3 (f...
Commonplace book of English verse, prose (mainly sermons), and miscellaneous information, compiled by John Beetham
Beetham, John
c.1670-1690
As well as the verse, separately indexed, the volume contains ff.1-2: signatures; ff.3v-8v: family records, also "bullings"; ff.11-29: sermons (one by Ainsworth); ff.30-40r: arithmetical tables, remed...