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Autograph notebook, including verse, by William Fairfax
Fairfax, William (1593-1621)
c.1620
Some poems are initialled "wx", "x", or with William Fairfax's monogram. Inserted is an early engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, with engraved verses (at the front).
Five poems in a single hand
1680s
The poems are political and religious satires of the late seventeenth century
A satyr on the political state of Great Britain
1716?
Satirical Whig attack on the Tory conduct of political affairs from ca.1710, and then on their part in inciting rebellion against George I, particularly the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 (described).
Autograph manuscript book containing religious meditations and effusions in prose and verse, compiled by Castilian Morris
Morris, Castilian
1692-1697
The text includes some 85 prose meditations, prayers and paraphrases of scripture, 64 acrostic poems and a verse paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer (f.136r). The prayers on f.112v have emblematic illustr...
Collection of epigrams with parallel translations from Latin into English
c.1650
Collection of parallel translations from Latin divided into four groups: (1) "Select epigrammes of Martial Englished"; (2) "Other epigrammes ancient and moderne"; (3) "Epigrammes or sentences epigramm...
Poetical commonplace book, partly in the hand of George Scott
Scott, George
c.1728-1779
Mainly poetical miscellany or commonplace book, in two hands, one c.1728-1750, the other seemingly that of George Scott, c.1766-1779. Fols 89v-90r: "Latin Proverbs with English Ones that answer to the...
On Christ Church Windows, Oxon, by Mr J. C.
Cleveland, John (1613-1658)
c.1640-1660
Vigorous defence against Puritan accusations of idolatry of the scriptural scenes depicted in the new stained-glass windows in the chapel of Christ Church, Oxford, describing them and praising the pai...