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Title: On the New Testament
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 174- or 175- ?
Manuscript: Lt 45
Contents: Religious poem on the happiness promised by the Christian gospel, leading to
heaven
Title: Upon a lady that wrought a story of the Bible in needle work
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 166- ?
Manuscript: Lt 38
Contents: In praise of a religious woman who had embroidered the Bible (or gospel)
story, comparing her to the evangelists
Title: This is the victory, even our faith. 1 John 5 & 4.
Author: Browne, Moses
Date(s): 1739 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 45
Contents: Religious poem on faith in God and the gospels being the only sure guide
through life's sorrows and temptations, and the way to heaven
Drafts of Meditations among the tombs, and Reflections on a flower-garden, with miscellaneous other material, by James Hervey.
Hervey, James
c.1740
Comprises what are probably the earliest drafts of Hervey's most famous works, apparently not previously known to their many editors and publishers, containing many corrections, alterations, additions...
Title: All the b----ps but one voted against the enquiry into the proceedings of
the S. Sea directors. 1733
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1733 (title)
Manuscript: Lt 7
Contents: Unfavourably compares the bishops who failed to vote for an enquiry into the
South Sea Bubble case with Christ's apostles
Title: Of the Turks
Author: Tipping, William ?
Date(s): 169- or 170- ?
Manuscript: Lt 50
Contents: Praising the just behaviour of the Turks despite their lack of Christian illumination, and suggesting that when converted they will be better men than Christians currently are; religious
Title: An apothegme of King James
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 164- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 18
Contents: Epigram implicitly criticising James I's belief in his divine right of absolute power
Title: The convocation 1688
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1688 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 38
Contents: Satirical ballad against the Church of England