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Title: To Mr Nicholas Arnold
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 169- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Reflections, partly on religion, after climbing the mountain called the
Skerrit (Skirrid Fawr) in Monmouthshire
Title: Bysshe's Art of Poetry [heading from earlier extract]: Oak
Attribution: Dryd. Ovid
Date(s): 1702 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 123
Contents: Extract from the section entitled 'Oak' in Bysshe's 'The Art of English Poetry', taken from Dryden's Ovid
Title: On the Prince of Whigland [index]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1683 ?
Manuscript: Lt 54
Contents: Bitter satire on the treachery of James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, and on his
continuing pretensions after (it seems) the Rye House Plot.
Title: Bysshe's Art of Poetry [heading from earlier extract]: Protestations of Love
Attribution: Lee. Mithrid.
Date(s): 1702 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 123
Contents: Extract from the section entitled 'Protestations of Love' in Bysshe's 'The Art of English Poetry', taken from Nathaniel Lee's play 'Mithridates'
Title: Bysshe's Art of Poetry [heading from earlier extract]: Natural Philosophy
Attribution: Garth
Date(s): 1702 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 123
Contents: Extract from the section entitled 'Natural Philosophy' in Bysshe's 'The Art of English Poetry', taken from Garth's 'Dispensary'
Title: The royal penitent. Part of a paraphrase on Psalm 51
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: [Bible]
Date(s): 174- or 175- ?
Manuscript: Lt 45
Contents: Religious poem, address to God by a monarch who has abused his powers, now
repenting of his sins and praying for mercy; apparently expanded from Psalm 51
Title: The table of the pot and kettle
Author: Montagu, Charles
Date(s): 1689 (published)
Manuscript: Lt q 52
Contents: Warning against complicity with James II's Declaration of Indulgence, suggesting that such unholy alliance can only damage those whose help James temporarily needs. Followed by a 'Moral' (BCMSV 4483).
Title: Bysshe's Art of Poetry [heading from earlier extract]: Protestations of Love
Attribution: Lee. Alexand.
Date(s): 1702 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 123
Contents: Extract from the section entitled 'Protestations of Love' in Bysshe's 'The Art of English Poetry', taken from Nathaniel Lee's play 'Alexander the Great'
Title: Bysshe's Art of Poetry [heading from earlier extract]: Parting
Attribution: Row. Ul.
Date(s): 1702 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 123
Contents: Extract from the section entitled 'Parting' in Bysshe's 'The Art of English Poetry', taken from Nicholas Rowe's play, 'Ulysses'
Title: The morall
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1689 (published)
Manuscript: Lt q 52
Contents: Moral to BCMSV 4482, warning against complicity with James II's Declaration of Indulgence, suggesting that such unholy alliance can only damage those whose help James temporarily needs