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- Published / Created:
- 1694
- Call Number:
- Osborn fb143
- Image Count:
- 47
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Epitaphs collected 1694
- 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]