Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of several hundred short verse epitaphs on both famous political and historical figures and unnamed citizens. The epitaphs are often humorous or satirical, as in On A Hocus-Pocus; On A Tallow-Chandler; and On A Gentleman Falling Of His Horse & Broke Hs Neck. An epitaph titled On A Collier declares, "Here Lies the Collier John of Nashes, By whome Death nothing Gaind he swore, For living he was dust & Ashes, And being dead he is no more." More serious elegies include On Sr. Philip Sidney; On King Charles Martyr; and On One Willm. Messe Grocer & His Wife. and P. 9, 33, and 36 digitized at high resolution.
Description:
Imperfect: mutilated with some loss of text. and Two blank pages not digitized.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Politics and government and Great Britain --Social life and customs --17th century
Subject (Name):
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649 and Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586
Subject (Topic):
Courts and courtiers --England, Elegiac poetry, English --17th century, English poetry --17th century, English wit and humor, Epitaphs --England, and Verse satire, English
Autograph manuscript transcribed by William Partridge. Pages 67-137 contain "A compendium of logick, according to the modern philosophy, extracted from Le-grand & others their systems." This is followed by shorthand notes. Given by Partridge to Timothy Edwards, and later owned by Jonathan Edwards when a student at Yale in 1718. A note in F. B. Dexter’s hand says the book was also used by Warham Mather. On the verso of the first leaf: "Jonathan Edward’s Book 1751."
Subject (Name):
Harvard University --Students, Partridge, William, 1669-1693, Ramus, Petrus, 1515-1572, and Yale University --Students
Subject (Topic):
Logic --Study and teaching --Early works to 1800 and Shorthand--Early works to 1800
Holograph commonplace book containing excerpts from books, magazines and newspapers on a variety of subjects, including antiquities; recent history and politics; voyages of discovery; agriculture and agricultural improvement; natural history; methods of selecting books; and medical and household recipes. Bailye’s reading included Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France, Burney’s History of Music, Gibbons’ Decline and Fall, and Boswell’s Life of Johnson, from which he extracted two pages of "Dr. Johnson’s Remarks and Observations." There are five pages of quotations from Rousseau’s Emile. A number of entries concern Lichfield antiquities and monuments, including descriptions of Lichfield Cathedral and information on the cost of James Wyatt’s repairs to the choir. Bailye also copied documents related to the administration of the estate of David Garrick, with which he was involved. Pages 98-100 contain "Mr. Wallis’s Acct. of the Effects of the late D. Garrick Esq. 1783," which includes statements of revenue from properties and investments as well as payments on legacies and annuities and is followed by a quotation from a 1785 letter by Wallis apologizing for the partial distributions. A more detailed account of Garrick’s Hendon property is found on page 114.
Books and reading --Great Britain, Distribution of decedents’ estates --Great Britain, Learning and scholarship --Great Britain, and Recipes --Great Britain
Edited by Bryan Duppa D.D., Lord Bp. of Winchester., Extra signature d inserted between D and E, paged 28-32., Imperfect: leaf [L]2 (blank) wanting ; some leaves slightly bled., Imprimatur (dated Jan. 23. 1637): Tho: Wykes, R.O. Episc Lond. Capell: Domest., In verse ; English, Latin, and Greek., Poems by Lord Falkland, Sir John Beaumont the younger, Sir Thomas Hawkins, Henry King, W. Abington, Edmund Waller, James Howell, J. Cl.[eveland?], W. Cartwright, Owen Feltham, Shackerley Marmion, John Ford, and others., Signatures: A2, B-D4, d4, E-I4, K4, [L]2 ([L]2 blank)., and Uncut.
Publisher:
Printed by E.P. for Henry Seile, and are to be sold at his shop, at the Tygers Head in Fleet-street, over-against Saint Dunstans Church,
Subject (Name):
Duppa, Brian, bishop of Winchester, 1588-1662. and Jonson, Ben,--1573?-1637--Poetry.
Edited by Bryan Duppa D.D., Lord Bp. of Winchester., Extra signature d inserted between D and E, paged 28-32., Imprimatur (dated Jan. 23. 1637): Tho: Wykes, R.O. Episc Lond. Capell: Domest., In verse ; English, Latin, and Greek., Poems by Lord Falkland, Sir John Beaumont the younger, Sir Thomas Hawkins, Henry King, W. Abington, Edmund Waller, James Howell, J. Cl.[eveland?], W. Cartwright, Owen Feltham, Shackerley Marmion, John Ford, and others., and Signatures: A2, B-D4, d4, E-I4, K4, [L]2 ([L]2 blank).
Publisher:
Printed by E.P. for Henry Seile, and are to be sold at his shop, at the Tygers Head in Fleet-street, over-against Saint Dunstans Church,
Subject (Name):
Duppa, Brian, bishop of Winchester, 1588-1662. and Jonson, Ben,--1573?-1637--Poetry.