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Title: A panegyrick on Cardinal Wolsey
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 173- ?
Manuscript: Lt 13
Contents: Satirical praise supposedly of Cardinal Wolsey but probably attacking Sir
Robert Walpole's conduct of affairs
Title: On part of Cardinal Wolsys tomb found in the ruines at Whitehall
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: My deare Harry (f.137v)
Date(s): 166- ?
Manuscript: Lt 82
Contents: Outspoken attack on the crimes, vices and selfish ambition of
Cardinal Wolsey, following the discovery of his tomb
Title: Greatnes
Author: Shakespeare, William
Date(s): 1613
Manuscript: Lt 15
Contents: Cardinal Wolsey's speech on his rise and fall from Shakespeare's play "Henry
VIII", III.2. Annotated at head, "Cato died like a fool, only fearing such a
fellow as Caesar's smile".
Title: [unknown]
Author: Knevet, Ralph
Date(s): 166- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 37
Contents: Religious poem asking for a purer heart, so that it might be a suitable place for God to dwell in. Occurs as "Sanctification" in Knevet's "A Gallery to the Temple" (BL Add MS 27447). Right hand edge of text lost.