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Brotherton Collection11
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Anonymous5
Hall, Henry, the Elder2
[Bible]1
F.; [Bible]1
Fairfax, Thomas, 3rd Lord Fairfax1
Jo. Hains1
Mr Henry Hall1
Roper, Mary1

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Title: Truth

Author: Hall, Henry, the elder

Date(s): 1696

Manuscript: Lt q 5

Contents: Jacobite attack on William III and his conduct of affairs, especially the

costs of the war with France

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Title: The sum of religion (from the prose of Judge Hale)

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 174- or 175- ?

Manuscript: Lt 45

Contents: On obedience to God and pure and virtuous behaviour, not outward show,

comprising the true religious life. Adapted from the preceding (p.221) prose

of Sir Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice.

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BC MS Lt q 2, p.2: The opening of
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The sacred historie conteined in the First Boocke of Moses called Genesis ... March 10, 1669

Roper, Mary

1669-1670

F.1v: "A prayer"; pp.2-220: "Meditations upon the glorious majestie of the holy God"; pp.221-26: "The sacred historie: meditations of Gods provedentiall dispensations towards the children of men, out ...

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Title: Epigrams

Date(s): 1692 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 123

Contents: An epigram speculating on a woman's motives for looking at men - namely marriage.

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Title: Psalme 112

Author: Fairfax, Thomas, 3rd Lord Fairfax

Attribution: F.; [Bible]

Date(s): 166- ?

Manuscript: Lt 105

Contents: Religious poem, paraphrasing Psalm 112

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Title: The history of kissing

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 171- ?

Manuscript: Lt 11

Contents: Attributing the origin of kissing to the need for men to attend very closely

to the meaning of women's words and sighs, and describing the different sorts

of kiss in love and ordinary life

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Title: Truth

Author: Hall, Henry, the elder

Attribution: Mr Henry Hall

Date(s): 1696 ?

Manuscript: Lt 6

Contents: Jacobite attack on William III and his conduct of affairs, especially the

costs of the war with France

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Title: Epigrams

Date(s): 1692 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 123

Contents: A poem comparing two personified characters, the rich but ungenerous Gripe with the poor but good humoured Shifter. Between them they would make one happy man, the poem concludes

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Title: To Mr Manwaring Secretary to the most noble Knights of the Toast

Author: Anonymous

Attribution: Jo. Hains

Date(s): 1698

Manuscript: Lt q 38

Contents: Comic satire, attributed to Joseph Haines, on the dispute between Rev. Jeremy

Collier and the playwrights of the day, in particular Elkanah Settle; in the

form of an appeal to the Knights of the Toast, addressed to their secretary

Arthur Mainwaring

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Title: The sacred historie: meditations of Gods provedentiall dispensations towards

the children of men, out of the 107 Psalme

Author: Anonymous

Attribution: [Bible]

Date(s): 1670 ? (cf. p.232)

Manuscript: Lt q 2

Contents: Religious poem, praising God for the protection he extends to those who

believe in him, supplying their needs and answering their prayers; a

paraphrase of Psalm 107, followed by examples from Old Testament history. A

sequel to the narrative of Genesis, "T

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Title: Evidence Mall, or a very new ballad to a sad old tune called Packintons Pound

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 1683 ?

Manuscript: Lt 54

Contents: Satirical attack on the bawd Mary 'Mall' Howard, seemingly occasioned by her

evidence against participants in the Rye House Plot of 1683, including James

Scott, Duke of Monmouth

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