- Creator:
- Worseley Mr
- Published / Created:
- [1680-1700].
- Call Number:
- Osborn fb70
- Collection Title:
- [Collection of 17th century poems], [1680-1700].
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 4
- Image Count:
- 4
- Abstract:
- Manuscripts, in different hands, of a collection of several dozen primarily satirical and anonymous poems, many scatological. The majority of the poems are political satires, especially concerning the abdication of King James II and the accession of King William III; other targets include Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax; religious zeal; and France. Other poems satirize women, including Barbara Villiers (afterwards Palmer), Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess of Cleveland, with reference to her affair with rope-dancer Jacob Hall; Mrs. Moseley and her link with Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley and 1st Earl of Shaftesbury; and women's conduct generally. The collection also includes a broadside printing of Packington's Pound, as well as numerous satirical songs sung to its tune.
- Description:
- Binding: marbled covers, detached. and See "Early American Literature, vol. XIV, 1979, concerning the attribution of "A Fart" (p. 193).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Court and courtiers, Great Britain--Politics and government--1660-1714, and Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century
- Subject (Name):
- Cleveland, Barbara Villiers Palmer, Duchess of, 1641-1709, Etherege, George, Sir, 1635?-1691, Hall, Jacob, James II, King of England, 1633-1701. aut, Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683, and William III, King of England, 1650-1702
- Subject (Topic):
- Ballads, English, English poetry--17th century, Political poetry, English, Songs, English, Verse satire, English, and Women--Conduct of life
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A New address to Mr. Bayes in his late conversion to the Church of Rome
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- Creator:
- Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of, 1661-1720(?)
- Published / Created:
- [1680-1700].
- Call Number:
- Osborn fb70
- Collection Title:
- [Collection of 17th century poems], [1680-1700].
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Manuscripts, in different hands, of a collection of several dozen primarily satirical and anonymous poems, many scatological. The majority of the poems are political satires, especially concerning the abdication of King James II and the accession of King William III; other targets include Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax; religious zeal; and France. Other poems satirize women, including Barbara Villiers (afterwards Palmer), Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess of Cleveland, with reference to her affair with rope-dancer Jacob Hall; Mrs. Moseley and her link with Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley and 1st Earl of Shaftesbury; and women's conduct generally. The collection also includes a broadside printing of Packington's Pound, as well as numerous satirical songs sung to its tune.
- Description:
- Binding: marbled covers, detached. and See "Early American Literature, vol. XIV, 1979, concerning the attribution of "A Fart" (p. 193).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Court and courtiers, Great Britain--Politics and government--1660-1714, and Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century
- Subject (Name):
- Cleveland, Barbara Villiers Palmer, Duchess of, 1641-1709, Etherege, George, Sir, 1635?-1691, Hall, Jacob, James II, King of England, 1633-1701. aut, Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683, and William III, King of England, 1650-1702
- Subject (Topic):
- Ballads, English, English poetry--17th century, Political poetry, English, Songs, English, Verse satire, English, and Women--Conduct of life
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A sigh
- 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?].