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1532. Harley MS 6882
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6882
- Title:
- Geographical description of the four parts of the world and of the state and trade of the countries therein; prophecies of Paul Grebner
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains a description of the world in English and an account of the prophecies of Paul Grebner (fl. b. c. 1563, d. 1582) that were most likely written between c. 1625 and c. 1650. The manuscript also includes a late Elizabethan indenture that has been folded and added to create ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- c 1625-c 1650
- Extent:
- 1 volume
1533. Harley MS 6883
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6883
- Title:
- 'The States of Poland's Letter', concerning the election of Sigismund III Vasa as King of Poland
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-19v: 'The States of Polands Letter, written and directed by them, to all Princes Christian, containing both the Election of their modern Prince King Sigismund the 3. and also all their present State; at the day of the date herof, being the xijth of October anno 1587 [Krakow]'.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1587
- Extent:
- 1 volume
1534. Harley MS 6892
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6892
- Title:
- An account of the foundations of Oxford and Cambridge colleges and their coats of arms; blazons of the coats of arms of the Peers of England, and the offices in the Holy Roman Empire
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains a miscellany of heraldic works copied at different times in the late 16th and early 17th century. Contents: f. 1r: A catalogue description of the manuscript by an early modern owner: ‘An Account of the ffoundations and the Armes each Colledge bears in England and also...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter 16th century-1st quarter 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
1535. Harley MS 6896
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6896
- Title:
- An account of the life and death of John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester
- Scope & Content:
- f. 1r: 'A treatise contayninge the maner of lyfe and death of the most holy prelate and constant martir of Christ John Fisher Bishop of Rochester and Cardinall of the holye Church of Rome.' A copy of a life of John Fisher written during the reign of Mary I. An edition was published in 1921, usi...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
1536. Harley MS 6902
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6902
- Title:
- Henry Goldingham, The Garden Plot
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-18v: Henry Goldingham (fl. 2nd half of the 16th century), The Garden Plot. An allegorical poem dedicated to Queen Elizabeth, with an introduction, beginning: 'Madam in regarde of your magestres mild govermente over your subiectes'; and beginning: 'The pleasant tyme that dyd in...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
1537. Harley MS 6907
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6907
- Title:
- 'A Ballad To the Tune of a Begging we will go' by Matthew Prior
- Scope & Content:
- A ballad by Matthew Prior, poet and diplomat, in the hand of his secretary Adrian Drift. First line: 'That, I'm an humble Pris'ner'. The date given on f. 1, '1715', likely refers to the date the events recorded in the ballad took place, when Matthew Prior was in prison after being impeached. ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- c 1715
- Extent:
- 1 item
1538. Harley MS 6910
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6910
- Title:
- Elizabethan poetry miscellany
- Scope & Content:
- Elizabethan poetry miscellany, compiled between 1596 and 1600. Includes copies and extracts of works by: Michael Drayton; Edmund Spenser; George Chapman; Robert Southwell; Sir John Harington; Nicholas Breton; Sir Walter Ralegh; Thomas Lodge; Thomas Nashe; Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford; Wi...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1596-1600
- Extent:
- 1 volume
1539. Harley MS 6913
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6913
- Title:
- Satirical poems
- Scope & Content:
- Quarto manuscript volume containing a miscellany of mostly satirical poetry. Contents: ff. 1-2: ‘Prologue’. First Line: ‘Gentle Reproofs have long been try’d in vain’. Attributed to John Wilmot, 2nd Earl Rochester. ff. 3-4v: ‘To Mr Julian from the Lord R.’ First line: ‘Julian in verse to ease t...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1680s
- Extent:
- 1 volume
1540. Harley MS 6914
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6914
- Title:
- Satirical poetry and other texts
- Scope & Content:
- Quarto manuscript volume containing a miscellany of mostly satirical poetry with some prose articles. Contents: ff. 1-2v: ‘A New Ballad by Ld. Rochester to the tune of Chevy Chase’. First line: ‘The Parsons all keep whores’. ff. 1*-6*v (these are interleaved with folios 1-6): Table of contents....
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- Late 17th century-Early 18th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume