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Translations by Thomas Tooly and John Ellis of some of the Basia or Kisses of Joannes Secundus, inserted on additional leaves into a printed edition of 1731.
Tooly, Thomas
c. 1731
Comprises a copy of "Basia Joannis Secundi Nicolai Hagensis: or the kisses of Joannes Secundus Nicolaius of the Hague, in Latin and English verse", London, 1731, with ten English love poems by Thomas ...
Lisy's parting with her cat, by James Thomson
Thomson, James (1700-1748)
c.1725
Description of a girl leaving for boarding school (probably Thomson's sister Elizabeth) sorrowfully taking leave of her pet cat, imagining the cat's own lament at the separation. The poem, one of Thom...
Laelius de amicitia, by Marcus Tullius Cicero, in English translation
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
c.1700
Anonymous manuscript translation into English prose, the text (starting on f.2r) headed: Laelius. Text continues to f.40v after which several leaves are missing, including those containing the conclus...
Manuscript verse by various hands and a masque by Thomas Cooke, inserted in a copy of 'Poems on several occasions', by Charles Cotton.
c.1720-1750
The pages of manuscript contain: (1) A short verse miscellany, including 'A satyr against woman' (16 pp), 'The batchelors lettany' (3 pp), Alexander Pope's 'How much egregious Moore/ Are we deceive'd ...
Satire on named Justices of the Peace for Northamptonshire
c.1605-1606
Detailed satire on the character and behaviour of some thirty named justices of the peace and other Northamptonshire gentry, including Robert Cecil, Earl of Exeter; Sir Arthur Throckmorton; Sir Anthon...
Literature 17th and 18th century (Brotherton Collection)
17th century - 18th century
The manuscripts range from large verse miscellanies and commonplace books to individual leaves containing only a single poem. The poems similarly range over a wide corpus of verse composition, from we...
Verses upon several occasions, English and Latin, by Sneyd Davies
Davies, Sneyd (1709-1769)
1766
Collection of Davies's poems, dedicated to the Bishop of Lichfield (Frederick Cornwallis) and Lord Camden (Charles Pratt); written 1766 (by an amanuensis?), with an inserted autograph poem
Commonplace book of verse and prose
1680s
Contains three items of English verse, Samuel Butler's prose "The loyal satyrist" or "Mercurius menippeus", and (written from back, inverted) "Mr Adrian Battans service / Te deum", with music.
Five poems in a single hand
1680s
The poems are political and religious satires of the late seventeenth century
A collection of the most choice and private poems, lampoons &c. from the withdrawing of the late King James 1688 to the year 1701, collected by a person of quality
1688-1701
An anthology of 92 poems, principally satires, and seven prose pieces, arranged in rough chronological order for the period 1688-1701, many dated.