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Brown, Thomas ?1
Butler, Samuel1
Colvil, Samuel1
Colvil, Samuel (1640-1680)1
F.; [Bible]1
Fairfax, Thomas, 3rd Lord Fairfax1
Fountain, John1
Hamilton, William1
John Fountain1

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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

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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

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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)

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BC MS Lt 115, p. 33: The opening of William Hamilton's poem
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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.

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BC MS Lt 26, p. 28: The opening of
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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)...

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BC MS Lt 78, p. 1: The opening of John Fountain's poem
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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...

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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

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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

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Title: [unknown]

Author: Fairfax, Thomas, 3rd Lord Fairfax

Attribution: F.; [Bible]

Date(s): 166- ?

Manuscript: Lt 105

Contents: Religious poem, paraphrasing Psalm 81

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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

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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

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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

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