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Brotherton Collection2
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse2

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english poetry2
commonplace-books1
proverbs1

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Knevet, Ralph1
Ortelius, Abraham (1527-1598)1

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Commonplace book of proverbs and transcribed verse and prose
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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...

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Compositional draft of five devotional poems by Ralph Knevet, on the verso of a copy of the Ortelius map of the Kingdom of Prester John
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Compositional draft of five devotional poems by Ralph Knevet, on the verso of a copy of the Ortelius map of the Kingdom of Prester John

Knevet, Ralph

1640s

The poems entitled 'Prayer', 'Sicknes', 'The world', 'Preaching' and 'Memory', together approximately 123 lines of verse in two columns, on the blank verso of: [Abraham ORTELIUS (1527-1598)]. Prebis...

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