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Commonplace book of proverbs and transcribed verse and prose
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Commonplace book of proverbs and transcribed verse and prose

c.1690-c.1700

Ff.1r-6v: 'Miscellanea', aphorisms and notes on Roman and other ancient history; f.6v: Latin poem on the silk-worm; ff.7r-11r: 'A true account of Mr Fullers discovery of the true mother of the pretend...

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BC MS Lt 56, f. 68v: Castilian Morris's poem
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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...

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