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The Merchant of Venice. II. vii. 10 - II. ix. 1
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
1623
First Folio page number: (171)
Title: An allusion to Horace, Lib.1, Satyr 10. [Latin epigraph]
Author: Wilmot, John; Earl of Rochester
Date(s): 1675 or 1676
Manuscript: Lt 54
Contents: Criticism of the literary style of John Dryden, with comments favourable and
unfavourable on other contemporary writers. Imitation of Horace, "Satires",
1.10.
10-19: Aire and Calder Navigation accounts 1785-1792. [Housed in Box 1]
1785-1792
Disbursements at the Aire and Calder Navigation, 1785-1792, by John Gott. Copied into notebooks and signed by William Gott. Each notebook covers six to twelve months.
Receipt for £1 4s 10d partial payment of £7 14s 10d owed by William Midleton to Raph Cowper
29 Jun 1647
Original bill 6 Mar 1642. £3 4s 10d still owed
Counterpart lease for 21 years of messuage and 10a 1r 28p land
21 Mar 1631
1 Sir Peter Middelton of Stockeld, knight 2 John Utley and his son William Utley of Ikley, husbandmen
Interest at one view : calculated to a farthing: at 2 1/2, 3, 3 1/2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 per cent. For 1000 £. to 1 £. for 1 day to 96 days, and for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 months
Hayes, Richard (fl. 1718-1741)
1761
Edition statement precedes author statement on t.p.