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1. A New address to Mr. Bayes in his late conversion to the Church of Rome
- 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
2. A sigh
- 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
3. Holland voyage, 1690 Jan - 1691 Apr.
- Published / Created:
- 1690 January - 1691 April
- Call Number:
- Osborn b66
- Image Count:
- 18
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of a diary documenting the author's travels and social activities in England and Holland, naming the aquaintances with whom he visited and dined. In England, he "dined at Chelsea with Lady Percivales sisters, children, etc. At 5, went to the Play." In Antwerp, he notes churches, organs, and collections of paintings and miniatures; in Brussels, he played tennis, attended a harpsichord performance, fenced, and went to see his friend's "best horses."
- Description:
- For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Pages 34-57 blank, not digitized., and Phillipps MS 9966, no. 172.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Social life and customs, Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century, and Netherlands--Description and travel
- Subject (Topic):
- Diaries, Gentry--Conduct of life, Leisure, and Nobility--England
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Holland voyage, 1690 Jan - 1691 Apr.
4. Poesie Inglesi
- Creator:
- Magalotti, Lorenzo, conte, 1637-1712, collector
- Published / Created:
- [late 17th century].
- Call Number:
- Osborn fb66
- Image Count:
- 130
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- A collection of copies of about 36 English poems, in various hands, many of them satirical and bawdy. Political and social satires include Thomas Brown's Melting Downe The Plate, Or The Pisspotts Farewell; John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester's Satire Against Reason and Mankind; and an excerpt from Samuel Butler's Hudibras. The volume also contains several sexually explicit satires against women, as well as numerous serious poems, which include an excerpt from Contention Of Ajax And Ulysses by James Shirley, attributed in the manuscript to the Earl of Orrery; an excerpted description of heaven from Abraham Cowley's Davideis; and John Denham's Cooper's Hill.
- Description:
- Binding: enfolded by a paper cover., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and The piece titled "A Song composed by the Earle of Orrery" is accompanied by a letter signed "Thomas Style" and addressed to "Signor Lorenzo Magallotti."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Politics and government and Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century
- Subject (Name):
- Brown, Thomas, 1663-1704, Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680--Hudibras, Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667, Denham, John, Sir, 1615-1669, Donne, John, 1572-1631, Dryden, John, 1631-1700, Magalotti, Lorenzo, conte, 1637-1712, Orrery, Roger Boyle, Earl of, 1621-1679, Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680, and Shirley, James, 1596-1666
- Subject (Topic):
- English poetry--17th century, English wit and humor, Political poetry, English, Verse satire, English, and Women--Conduct of life
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Poesie Inglesi
5. Songs and verses upon several occasions, [ca. 1680?].
- 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?].
6. The Englishman
- 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
7. Treatises on law
- Published / Created:
- Undated
- Call Number:
- Osborn Shelves Sebright
- Collection Title:
- Sebright family papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2 | Folder Treatises on Law
- Image Count:
- 7
- Abstract:
- The papers consist of correspondence, financial records, personal and professional papers, and legal documents pertaining to the lives of Thomas Saunders and his Sebright descendants. Much of the correspondence dates from between 1650 and 1700 and concerns financial matters such as personal debts; law cases; agriculture, and family news. The family papers include accounts, inventories of goods and money, itemized bills, a perpetual almanac, a large collection of medical and cosmetic recipes, a manuscript titled "The Government of the Thoughts," and a guide to the decanting and repair of various wines. A group of papers concerning aspects of the common law was probably compiled by Thomas Saunders during his attendance at the Inns of Court. and Thomas Saunders' service as agent for the Committee for Sequestration during the 1640s is documented in a small group of papers, which include "A Particular of Debts owing to divers Papists and Malignants;" notes on specific cases brought before the committee; and Parliamentary orders, as well as a 1644 discharge by the committee for Saunders himself.
- Description:
- Imperfect: some pages mutilated with loss of text.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--History--Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 and Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century
- Subject (Name):
- England and Wales.--Parliament.--Committee for Sequestration of Delinquents' Estates, Inner Temple (London, England), and Saunders, Thomas
- Subject (Topic):
- Administration of estates--England, Attachment and garnishment--England, Family--England--Domestic relations, Law--Study and teaching--Great Britain, and Manors--England--Herefordshire
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Treatises on law
8. [Commonplace book]
- Creator:
- Feilding (Fielding) family
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1684]
- Call Number:
- Osborn b226
- Image Count:
- 10
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of about 73 entries, including prayers, poems on primarily romantic subjects, and culinary and medicinal recipes for such items as "orange water the Countess of Desmonds way"; black pudding; "to make hair black"; and "for Hot Sore Eyes." Other include one titled "upon my Lady Desmonds Reproaching of me Rongfully" and another addressed to "Aminta" which asks her to "think on thy Feildings dying grones." The volume also includes genealogical information on members of the Feilding family born between 1637 and 1651.
- Description:
- Binding: covers and spine embroidered in flower pattern with metal and fabric threads. and For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century and Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century
- Subject (Name):
- Feilding (Fielding) family
- Subject (Topic):
- Cooking, Elegiac poetry, English, Embroidery, English poetry--17th century, Medicine, Popular, Medicine--15th-18th cent, Meditations (Religious), Religious poetry, English, Sentimentalism in literature, and Women authors
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book]
9. [Commonplace book]
- Creator:
- Han, William
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1644-1707].
- Call Number:
- Osborn b150
- Image Count:
- 2
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in several different hands, of a collection of about 69 poems and prose entries, primarily on philosophical, religious, and metaphysical subjects. Prose pieces in the volume include a copy of Ethica Compendium, by Johann Stier; and The Life of Richard Marsh D. D. Archdeacon of York Vicar of Halifax, and Chaplain to King Charles 2nd From a Manuscript Written By His Descendant. Verses include numerous poems by John Donne; Song To A Coy Lady by Alexander Brome; and other poems by Cowley, Thomas Otway, and Richard Fanshaw. Pasted in on p. 263 is a contemporary MS copy of a poem, "Rise oh my sone wth thy desires to heaven," which the writer attributes to Sir Henry Wotton. The manuscript also includes a list of Middle English words titled "A few words from Urry's Chaucer that seem to have furnished several English families with surnames."
- Description:
- Cloth endpapers. Binding: full sheep. and Signature on flyleaf: "William Han. 1644."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century and Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century
- Subject (Name):
- Brome, Alexander,--1620-1666, Cowley, Abraham,--1618-1667, Donne, John,--1572-1631, Fanshawe, Richard,--Sir,--1608-1666, Han, William, Otway, Thomas,--1652-1685, Stier, Johann,--1599-1648, Urry, John,--1606-1715, and Wotton, Henry,--Sir,--1568-1639
- Subject (Topic):
- English poetry--17th century, Metaphysics--Poetry, Occasional verse, English, Philosophy, and Religious poetry, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book]