Passport for Sir William Constable, granting him license to travel "beyond the seas," for the purpose of gaining experience and knowledge in foreign languages. The passport permits him to bring with him two men and such trunks of clothes and other pr...
Description:
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Subject (Geographic):
England--Foreign relations--Italy and Italy--Foreign relations--England
Subject (Name):
Caesar, Julius, Sir, 1558-1638, Constable, William, Sir, d. 1655, Egerton, Thomas, Sir, 1540?-1617, James I, King of England, 1566-1625, Lennox, Ludovick Stuart, 2nd Duke of Lennox and Duke of Richmond, 1574-1624, Northampton, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1540-1614, Parry, Thomas, Sir, d. 1616, and Worcester, Edward Somerset, Earl of, 1553-1628
Manuscript consisting of a collection of poems in English by various authors, all in one unidentified hand. Includes works attributed to Walton Poole; Henry King (1592-1669); Sir John Davies (1569-1626); Giles Hayward and Richard Corbet (1582-1635).
Description:
Binding: stitched; no covers.
Subject (Name):
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, Corbet, Richard, 1582-1635, Donne, John, 1572-1631, James I, King of England, 1566-1625, King, Henry, 1592-1669, and Randolph, Thomas, 1605-1635
Subject (Topic):
Anagrams , Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry--17th century, Epigrams, Metaphysics--Poetry, Occasional verse, English, Verse satire, English, and Women--Conduct of life
Autograph manuscript of a collection of didactic material. The manuscript begins with specimens of calligraphy, labeled Courte hande, Chancerie hande, Secretarie hande, cloven hande, curled hand, chayned hand, and Roman hande, as well as examples of ...
Description:
Imperfect: some pages mutilated with loss of text.
Subject (Name):
Hill family, James I, King of England, 1566-1625, and Perkins, William, 1558-1602
Subject (Topic):
Arithmetic--Handbooks, manuals, etc, Calligraphy --England, Children--Conduct of life, English poetry --17th century, Genealogy--England, Proverbs, English, Proverbs, Latin, Recipes--Great Britain, and Weights and measures--England
