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Title: The womens complaint to Venus. 1699
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1699 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 38
Contents: Obscene song, accusing men of neglecting women in favour of homosexuality.
See also BCMSV 178
Title: Venus's reply
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1699
Manuscript: Lt q 38
Contents: Obscene song, answering the women's complaint (BCMSV 177) with the charge
that they too are indulging in homosexuality
Title: The converted sinner written by himself
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 174- or 175- ?
Manuscript: Lt 45
Contents: Religious poem of thanksgiving to God for saving the writer, a sinner, from
likely damnation
Title: At her majesties return from St Paul's
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1713
Manuscript: Lt 11
Contents: Thanksgiving to God, a hymn sung to Queen Anne by charity children at the
celebrations in London for the peace with France. Under the same overall title
as BCMSV 871.
Title: On hoop peticoats and broad hats worn by the ladys
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1719 (published)
Manuscript: Lt q 51
Contents: On the contrast in women's fashion between dresses that expose the legs and hats that cover the face
Title: A dream interpreted for marriage
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 17-- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 51
Contents: Interpretation of a dream about death as (possibly ironically) concerning marriage to his beloved, for which the dreamer longs, but on waking he realises its fulfilment is unattainable.
Title: An Ode. By Miss M---soe, occasioned by reading Sonnets in the Stile and manner of Spencer, written by Tho: E---ds, Esqr. 1751.
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: Miss M---soe
Date(s): 1751 (title)
Manuscript: Lt 119
Contents: Reflections in praise of poetry (sonnets) written by Thomas Edwards (?) in the style of Edmund Spenser