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Title: A conference between K.W. and the Earl of Sunderland. In a letter to a
freind June 1700
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1700 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 38
Contents: Satire on the state of the government and various named ministers including
Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland, in the form of a dialogue between him and
William III; the occasion being the vacant office of Lord Chancellor
following the removal of John, B
Title: Juno's promis to Eolus to raise a storm agai[n]st Eneis
Author: Dryden, John
Date(s): 1697 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 48
Contents: Extracts from Dryden's translation of Virgil's "Aenied" (I.105-11, 176-7,
188-200) in which Juno urges Aeolus, god of the winds, to raise a storm
against Aeneas's ship, only for the winds to be rebuked by Neptune
Autograph poems, verse epigrams and verse translations, by Sir Philip Wodehouse and Sir Edmund Wodehouse
Wodehouse, Philip (1608-1681)
c.1664-1715
Notebook of autograph poems, verse epigrams and verse translations by Sir Philip Wodehouse, in sections interspersed with verse by his son Sir Edmund, mainly in the latter's hand. F.1v-55v, 57v, 58v-5...
Title: Psalme 98
Author: Fairfax, Thomas, 3rd Lord Fairfax
Attribution: F.; [Bible]
Date(s): 166- ?
Manuscript: Lt 105
Contents: Religious poem, paraphrasing Psalm 98
Title: Psalme 97
Author: Fairfax, Thomas, 3rd Lord Fairfax
Attribution: F.; [Bible]
Date(s): 166- ?
Manuscript: Lt 105
Contents: Religious poem, paraphrasing Psalm 97
Title: On a lady who pi---t at Cato
Author: Rowe, Nicholas
Date(s): 1715 ?
Manuscript: Lt 11
Contents: On a Tory lady who urinated instead of weeping on seeing Addison's play
"Cato".
Title: The vanity of life, inscrib'd to the Dutchess of Gordon
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 174- or 175- ?
Manuscript: Lt 45
Contents: Religious reflections on the vanity of human life, its transience and
suffering, compared with heaven; addressed probably to Henrietta, Duchess of
Gordon, wife of the 2nd duke.
Title: Song for the year 1688, tune of Lilibolero
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1688 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 51
Contents: Satirical song on James II, his appointments of bishops and judges, and on the dispute surrounding the parentage of James Stuart, the Old Pretender
Title: A letter to John Trevanion Esq on his disappointment in the ballot for
Commissioners of Accounts June 17th 1714
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1714
Manuscript: Lt 11
Contents: Consoling the disaffected Tory Member of Parliament John Trevanion for his
failure to be elected a commissioner of accounts, blaming the October Club and
satirising the successful candidates