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BC MS Lt 91, f. 133r:
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Commonplace book of English verse, drama, and prose by various authors, including Robert Southwell and Josuah Sylvester.

c.1650-c1700

Contains prose, dramatic pieces, and 142 poems, mostly anonymous, but including 10 by Robert Southwell (1561-1595) and 17 by Josuah Sylvester (1563-1618). The text was compiled in the second part of...

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Title: [unknown]

Author: Wodehouse, Sir Philip

Date(s): 166- or 167- ?

Manuscript: Lt 40

Contents: Translation of Martial, 'Epigrams', X.85 on an old man who saved himself by sinking his ship

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