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
John Huighen van Linschoten, his Discours of Voyages into ye Easte & West Indies
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Elaborately engraved title page includes depictions of "The Kinge of Cochin" (present-day Goa, India) and "The Kinge of Tangil" (in present-day Alagoas, Brazil), as well as three ships and several animals.
Description:
Depicts coat of arms of King Henry IV (after having been restored by Queen Elizabeth I)., In ink at top right corner: [indecipherable]., The title page is engraved and signed: Willms Rogers ciuis Londinensis inuentor et sculptor., and Yale proprietary stamp on verso in center.
Subject (Name):
Windet, John, d. 1610, printer and Wolfe, John, d. 1601, printer
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels --Early works to 1800
Collection Created:
[London] : Printed at London by [John Windet for] Iohn Wolfe, printer to ye Honorable Cittie of London, [1598]
John Huighen van Linschoten, his Discours of Voyages into ye Easte & West Indies
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Elaborately engraved title page includes depictions of "The Kinge of Cochin" (present-day Goa, India) and "The Kinge of Tangil" (in present-day Alagoas, Brazil), as well as three ships and several animals.
Description:
Engraved title page has stains especially notable on verso., In ink at top right corner: [3 initials] Cox., In pencil on verso: Meagher., and The title page is engraved and signed: Willms Rogers ciuis Londinensis inuentor et sculptor.
Subject (Name):
Windet, John, d. 1610, printer and Wolfe, John, d. 1601, printer
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels --Early works to 1800
Collection Created:
[London] : Printed at London by [John Windet for] Iohn Wolfe, printer to ye Honorable Cittie of London, [1598]
Described in The Carl H. Pforzheimer library, English literature 1475-1700, vol. 2, p. 505-506, no. 501., Imperfect: several errors in pagination., and In case 28 cm. Second issue, with canceled title page.
Subject (Topic):
Church and state in Great Britain and Church polity