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- Call Number:
- Osborn b90
- Collection Title:
- [Commonplace book],
- Image Count:
- 3
- Alternative Title:
- Grub 229, Grub 255, On ye reading K G's speech 1733, The Drs answer to ye Dutch memorial ..., The new health, The thanksgiving, and Whigg's ye first letter of his name
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain --Politics and government --1603-1714 and Great Britain --Religious life and customs --17th century
- Subject (Topic):
- Political poetry, English and Satirical verse, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > An epitaph on Mrs. Dolben (?)
- Call Number:
- Osborn fb142
- Collection Title:
- [Commonplace book],
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- book
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain --Social life and customs --17th century and Great Britain --Social life and customs --18th century
- Subject (Topic):
- Elegiac poetry, English, English wit and humor, Occasional verse, English, and Satirical verse, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > An epitaph upon a child in Stilton (?)
- Creator:
- Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1680?]
- Call Number:
- Osborn b105
- Image Count:
- 7
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of about 59 satirical poems and songs by John Wilmot Earl of Rochester, John Oldham, John Dryden, Aphra Behn, and others. Poems include Rochester's Satyr Against Man, Upon Nothing, and Tunbridge Wells; Dryden's MacFlecknoe; Shadwell's Upon A Late Fallen Poet; and George Etherege's Ephelia to Bajazet. The volume also contains a number of satirical songs, such as A New Ballad To the Tune of Chivey Chace and A New Ballad to an Old Tune Call'd Sage Leafe.
- Description:
- Binding: full sheep., Film: MS vault microfilms 53., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Inscribed on title page: "Hansen.", and Pages 35-44, 63-66, 77-86, 115-132, 153-158, 161-184 and 195-212 have been cut out.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century
- Subject (Name):
- Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689, Dryden, John, 1631-1700, Etherege, George, Sir, 1635?-1691, Oldham, John, 1653-1683, Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of,--1647-1680, and Shadwell, Thomas, 1642?-1692
- Subject (Topic):
- Ballads, English--17th century, English poetry--17th century, Satirical verse, English, and Women authors
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Songs and verses upon several occasions, [ca. 1680?].
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- Creator:
- Hobart, John
- Call Number:
- Osborn b108
- Image Count:
- 19
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of 15 verses primarily addressing religious, philosophical, and moral subjects. Poem titles include Humility; Prayer; Against Censure; Praeludia Mortis; Of Atheisme; and The Carrector of A Drunkard. The volume also includes a political and satirical poem against Cromwell titled A Protector Discribed which declares, "He is A Thing which wee Protector Call, From whome the king of kings Protect us all."
- Description:
- Binding: stitched., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Note at end of last poem in manuscript: "I had this out of my Alamanac: 83 and doe thinke I had it formerly of Mrs. Astely which made enter it here supposing it composd by the same Author.", Note on back of manuscript: "Verses by old Mr. Hobartt & some others.", Signed on inside of first leaf: "this for my well beloved friend J.C. When sturdy to his Lo. friend. My very good friend Mr. R. Thixton.", and The signature "Ro. Doughty" appears on the front page.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1642-1660 and Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century
- Subject (Name):
- Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658, Doughty, Robert, 1616 or 1617-1670, and Hobart, John
- Subject (Topic):
- Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry--17th century, English wit and humor, Religious poetry, English, and Satirical verse, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A true coppy of severall verses made by John Hobart Esq.; who died Anno 1683. Obtaynd by ye favour of Madam Astley, August the 11th 1603.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1688-1689].
- Call Number:
- Osborn fb108
- Collection Title:
- [Restoration poems], [ca. 1688-1689].
- Image Count:
- 4
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in various hands, of a collection of 72 satirical verses and songs, primarily commenting on events and political and literary figures in 1688-89. A poem titled The Invasion declares, "O! The year 88 that shall in story be prais'd, for a Parliament sunk, and Six Regiments rais'd;" another is mockingly addressed "For her Royall Highness the Princess Anne of Denmark on the Birth of the Duke at Gloster sung att Hampton Court." A Satyr On The Poets mocks such poets as Wycherley and Shadwell; other items include A Satyr on The Most Eminent Court Ninnys; Advice To The Test-Holders; On The Speakeing Wooden Head; The Lovers Session; New Letter to Julian; A Poem On Matrimony by Sir Charles Sedley; and The Puritans Lecture by Abraham Cowley.
- Description:
- Binding: no covers., Index, in another hand, at beginning of manuscript, which lists many more items than appear in the collection., and This collection was evidently made in London for a gentleman resident with Sir George Strode (1583-1633) in Dorset, the individual poems being sent down separately as they were acquired; several have postmarks.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1660-1714, Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century, and Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century
- Subject (Name):
- Anne,--Queen of Great Britain,--1665-1714, Cowley, Abraham,--1618-1667, Grafton, Henry Fitz Roy,--Duke of,--1663-1690, Great Britain.--Parliament, Heveningham, Henry, Sedley, Charles,--Sir,--1639?-1701, Shadwell, Thomas,--1642?-1692, William--III,--King of England,--1650-1702, and Wycherley, William,--1640-1716
- Subject (Topic):
- Courts and courtiers--England, English poetry--17th century, English wit and humor, Religious satire, English, Satirical verse, English, and Songs, English--17th century
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Englishman
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1652]
- Call Number:
- Osborn b200
- Image Count:
- 183
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of 226 primarily secular verses and songs. Entries include William Strode’s Uppon An Infant Unborne Whose mother Dyed in Travell; Walton Poole’s On A Gentlewoman with Black Eyes; and An Epitaph Uppon One, Drowned in the Snowe. The volume also contains satirical epigrams such as On A Creditor; An Epitaph on a Lascivious Woman; and An Epitaph on a Bastard; a series of prologues and epilogues taken from plays by William Cartwright; and several political entries, including A Declaration of the Commons Howse of Parliament in Ireland, 1640; The Copy of A Lettre Sent From the Rebells in Scotland to the King of France, Desiring his Protection; and A Dialogue Betweene Two Zelotts Concerning the New Oath. and P. [173] digitized at high resolution.
- Description:
- . On spine: "Common place book."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain --Politics and government --1603-1649 and Great Britain --Religious life and customs --17th century
- Subject (Name):
- Corbet, Richard, 1582-1635, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637, and Strode, William, d 1600 or 1601-1645
- Subject (Topic):
- Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry --17th century, English wit and humor, Epigrams, Epitaphs, Occasional verse, English, Religious poetry, English, and Satirical verse, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book]