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Commonplace book of proverbs and transcribed verse and prose
c.1690-c.1700
Ff.1r-6v: 'Miscellanea', aphorisms and notes on Roman and other ancient history; f.6v: Latin poem on the silk-worm; ff.7r-11r: 'A true account of Mr Fullers discovery of the true mother of the pretend...
Title: The cobler's end
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 173- ?
Manuscript: Lt 24
Contents: Lighthearted song about the fate of a cobbler in love
Title: A description of a Hampton Court life 1689
Author: Sheppard, Fleetwood, Sir ?
Date(s): 1689 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 38
Contents: Satirical ballad on William III and Mary II
Title: Four
Author: Morris, Castilian
Attribution: C. Morris
Date(s): 1695 (at end)
Manuscript: Lt 56
Contents: Religious acrostic on the word Four, on the need for repentance
and purity to ensure salvation. At end, "7 Julii 95".
Autograph manuscript book containing religious meditations and effusions in prose and verse, compiled by Castilian Morris
Morris, Castilian
1692-1697
The text includes some 85 prose meditations, prayers and paraphrases of scripture, 64 acrostic poems and a verse paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer (f.136r). The prayers on f.112v have emblematic illustr...