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Title: An answer to J. Poultney's letter, Why I do not let my wife keep some sort of
company. 1698
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1698 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 38
Contents: Scurrilous and vituperative satire about the behaviour of various named
society ladies, presented as a defence of J. Poultney's decision to restrict
his wife's movements
Title: [unknown]
Author: Butler, Samuel
Date(s): 1664 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 48
Contents: Satirical criticism of those who keep their consciences hidden except when
they want to argue; extract from Butler's "Hudibras", II.1.5-8
Title: Mock poem or Whiggs supplication part First
Author: Colvil, Samuel
Date(s): 1681 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 26
Contents: Long Hudibrastic satire largely on the Scottish Presbyterian covenanters;
preceded by "The authors apologie", in prose, but lacking ll.1-58 of the poem
itself (the Argument and Invocation)
Collection of poems by William Hamilton Esq. of Bangour.
Hamilton, William
c.1750
Contains 27 eighteenth-century English poems by William Hamilton, preceded by an introductory essay and concluded with an index to all the contents of the manuscript.
Mock poem or Whiggs supplication part First, by Samuel Colvil
Colvil, Samuel (1640-1680)
c.1680
Comprises a long Hudibrastic satire largely on the Scottish Presbyterian covenanters; preceded by "The authors apologie", in prose, but lacking ll.1-58 of the poem itself (the Argument and Invocation)...
Poems on several occasions, written by John Fountain
Fountain, John
c.1720
Collection of fifty poems in a single hand attributed to John Fountain (d. 1663), transcribed ca.1720. Poems are on pages numbered 1-161, but two pages between pp.61-62 are unnumbered in error. Preced...
Title: The Ascension
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 174- or 175- ?
Manuscript: Lt 45
Contents: Religious poem in praise of the glory of Christ's resurrection and ascension
Title: God's greatnes
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 170- ?
Manuscript: Lt 15
Contents: Religious poem, on the immensity of God compared to the world and mankind,
and the inevitability of death
Title: [unknown]
Author: Fairfax, Thomas, 3rd Lord Fairfax
Attribution: F.; [Bible]
Date(s): 166- ?
Manuscript: Lt 105
Contents: Religious poem, paraphrasing Psalm 81
Title: Meditation on Easter Day
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 174- or 175- ?
Manuscript: Lt 45
Contents: Religious poem, wishing that the soul could rise to heaven like Christ at his
resurrection
Title: The careless lover
Author: Wither, George
Attribution: John Fountain
Date(s): 1622 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 78
Contents: Expressing lack of interest in a woman's virtues or beauty if she takes no
interest in him
Title: Of divine love
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 174- or 175- ?
Manuscript: Lt 45
Contents: Religious poem, discursive reflections on Christ's love for mankind, and the
desirability of all men loving as he did