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Title: An epistle from Hen. Heningham to the Duke of Somerset at Newmarket 1698
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: Hen. Heningham; Heveningham
Date(s): 1698 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 38
Contents: Lighthearted satire pretending to regret the absence from London of the
fashionable aristocracy (including some Knights of the Toast), who have left
their ladies in town. See also BCMSV 160 and BCMSV 161
Title: Pythagoras's golden verses
Author: Norris, John
Date(s): 1682 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 123
Contents: Moralising verses on the conduct of life. Published in 'Hierocles upon the Golden verses of the Pythagoreans', translated by John Norris. The Greek original and a parallel Latin version are transcribed on pp. 156, 159-64 of the manuscript
Title: A letter from J.P. to Colonel Heveningham occasion'd by the Colonels two late
letters
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: J.P.
Date(s): 1698
Manuscript: Lt q 38
Contents: Lighthearted poem supposedly criticising Henry Heveningham for writing the
two previous poems (BCMSV 159 and BCMSV 160) while satirising the wits
(including the Knights of the Toast) whom he was meant to have attacked
Title: An answer
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1698
Manuscript: Lt q 38
Contents: Lighthearted satire on the Knights of the Toast, attributing the authorship
of the preceding poem (BCMSV 159) not to Henry Heveningham but to Arthur
Mainwaring. Followed by a separately-written postscript, "I greet the witty
Carberry / Tho' blind as god o
Miscellany of poems transcribed and in part composed by George Weller.
Weller, George
c.1750
Comprises 43 poems, including several relating to Tonbridge School and one addressed to members of the Austen family. The manuscript falls into four parts, divided by sections of blank pages: 'Edward ...
Title: [unknown]
Author: Fairfax, Thomas, 3rd Lord Fairfax
Attribution: F.; [Bible]
Date(s): 166- ?
Manuscript: Lt 105
Contents: Religious poem, paraphrasing Psalm 81
Title: On the Countess of Dorc-----r. 1694
Author: Sackville, Charles; Earl of Dorset
Date(s): 1694
Manuscript: Lt q 38
Contents: Satire on Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester, lacking an additional
stanza often found in other manuscripts
Title: The man of honour
Author: Montagu, Charles, Earl of Halifax
Date(s): 1687
Manuscript: Lt q 40
Contents: Satire in defence of those members of the government and
administration who had stood out against James II's attempts to
move England towards Catholicism, praising their honour and
conscience
Title: A vow; [A vow, 79 (verso)]
Author: Marvell, Andrew ?
Date(s): 1670; 1679 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 52
Contents: Satirical vision of the realm if Charles II were to return to England. The verso has two Latin poems, one attributed to Marvell, one to George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham