[Collection of Scottish Presbyterian tracts and Latin verses, ca. 1563- 1635, Scotland], [ca. 1640].

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Title: [Collection of Scottish Presbyterian tracts and Latin verses, ca. 1563- 1635, Scotland], [ca. 1640].
Contributor: Hume, David,--1560?-1630?
Knox, John,--1505-1572
Scaliger, Joseph Juste,--1540-1609
Published / Created: [ca. 1640]
Publication Place: [Scotland]
Abstract: Manuscript, in a single secretary hand, of a collection of several dozen Scottish Presybterian tracts in English and verses in Latin. The collection includes David Hume's De unione tractatus secundus, 1605; William Bradshaw's Treatise of the nature and use of things indifferent, 1605; John Knox's Sermons, 1563; the Recantation of Master Patrick Adamson, 1598; and other short pieces against the authority of bishops addressed to the king. The manuscript also includes Latin poetry on similar religious and political subjects, by such authors as George Buchanan and Joseph Juste Scaliger.
Description: Binding: limp parchment; leather ties.
In Latin and English, often with Scottish spellings.
Stitching loose and some pages missing; incomplete at end.
Extent: 1 v. (183 f.) ; 20 x 16 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English
Latin

Format: text
Genre: Commonplace books
manuscripts (AAT)
Subject (Geographic): Scotland--Politics and government--1625-1649
Scotland--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name): Hume, David,--1560?-1630?
Knox, John,--1505-1572
Scaliger, Joseph Juste,--1540-1609
Subject (Topic): Latin poetry
Presbyterian Church--Doctrinal and controversial works
Presbyterian Church--Scotland

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Citation: Collection of Scottish Presbyterian Tracts and Latin Verses, Circa 1640. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.