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
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of fourteen serious verses, many on the subjects of death and religion. Entries include the Prologue to Cato by Alexander Pope (1688-1774), and the Epilogue to Cato by Sir Samuel Garth; a hymn by Joseph Addison; On Indifference, by Frances Anne (Greville) Crewe, lady Crewe and addressed to the Countess of Carlisle, as well as the Countess of Carlisle’s reply; a fable by John Gay; poems by Thomas Parnell and James Thomson; and various religious songs.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Religious life and customs --18th century
Subject (Name):
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719, Crewe, Frances Anne (Greville) Crewe, Lady, d. 1818 --Poetry, Garth, Samuel, Sir, 1661-1719, Gay, John, 1685-1732, Parnell, Thomas, 1679-1718, Pope, Alexander, 1688-1774, and Thomson, James, 1700-1748
Subject (Topic):
Death --Poetry, Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry --18th century, and Religious poetry, English
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
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
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, containing extracts from philosophical, religious, and historical works; sermons; and numerous verses, both philosophical and satirical. The volume contains extracts from Thomas Aquinas; Fuller's History of the Holy War; Livy's History; Godwin's Catalogue of the Bishops of England; Jeremy Taylor's Exercises of Holy Living; and Reynold's God's Revenge Against Murder. Satirical verses include a copy of Thomas Randolph "Salting," which satirizes Randolph's contemporaries under the figure of dishes at a feast, as well as A Poet's Farewell To His Threadbare Cloake. The volume also contains such contemplative poems as Musarum Lachrymae; Ruines of Time; and Mr. Austin's Sepulcrum Domus Mea Est; and a list of English words and their Latin translations
Description:
In English and Latin., See Modern Philology, vol. 39, 1942 and English Literary Renaissance, vol. 12, no. 1, 1982., and Binding: full sheep; remains of metal clasps.
Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry, Religious literature, English, Religious poetry, English, Sermons, English, Verse satire, English, Intellectual life, and Religious life and customs