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Title: On the K. of France
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 168- ?
Manuscript: Lt 54
Contents: Satire on Louis XIV, supposing him dead
Title: In France, 06
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1706 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 52
Contents: Satire attacking the corrupt state of the court, law, finances, trade and church in France
Title: Dictum franc (?)
Author: Fairfax, William ?
Date(s): 1620 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 22
Contents: Warning against unstable government, translated from preceding French verses
Title: In comendation of the King of France
Author: Wilmot, John, Earl of Rochester
Date(s): 1669 ?
Manuscript: Lt 55
Contents: Condensed paraphrase of 8 lines of preceding Latin verse,
satirising Louis XIV's expansion of his empire
Title: An anagram on Frances Nowel: Love can use feare.
Author: Tempest, Jo. ?
Date(s): 164- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 9
Contents: Religious poem seemingly inspired by an approximate anagram of Frances or Fraunces Nowel, asserting that the fear which God inspires is an aspect of his love, since it acts to prevent sin
Title: On old Sheringham's death, or as you please great Lewis of France
Author: Wodehouse, Edmund
Date(s): 1715
Manuscript: Lt 40
Contents: Religious poem on the bliss of the devout after death, occasioned by the death of 'Old' (perhaps John) Sheringham; headed 'Sept 18'; with some alternative wording given
Title: Epigramma . . . In English. To his Majesty William by the grace of God
King of England, Scotland, France, & Ireland
Date(s): 170- ?
Manuscript: Lt 123
Contents: A short epigram on William III of England and his rule over Scotland and Ireland, translated from a a preceding Latin version
Title: On the pretended invasion. [An epigram ... 1779 (Index).]:
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: [Baldwin's London Weekly Journal, Saturday July 30 1779, no.880, p.4 col.1,
Date(s): 1779 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: On the abandonment by France of an intended invasion of England during the
American wars
Title: A prophecy found under the foundation of the Chappel of Wallingford House,
engraven in lead, and discovered on Saturday the 2d of June 1694 and sent by
Mr Thomas Povey to the Do Mayor, who imediately proclaim'd a fast thereon
Author: Sheppard, Fleetwood, Sir
Date(s): 1694 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 38
Contents: Riddling lines (with explanations in margins) alluding to the war with France
Title: On the pictures of the confederates hung round a room in 1693. To the tune
of Old Simon the King
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 1693 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Satirical song on the alliance of nations at war with France and on their
leaders, including William III
Title: [unknown]
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder; or Ward, Edward) or Brown, Tom
Date(s): 1696 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Song attacking the new coinage and the multitude of taxes brought in as a
result of the wars with France
Title: Verses
Author: Fox, Charles James
Attribution: C. Fox
Date(s): 177- ?
Manuscript: Lt 11
Contents: In praise of Frances Anne Crewe, comparing unfavourably the pleasures to be
experienced with other women