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1691. Royal MS 18 C XX

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Royal MS 18 C XX
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'THE REALL STATVIT mathematicall of the pyse and ballance . . . with questyons practicall answered for ye newe beginners and for ye dottid fooles which never knewe nvmber waight nor measure, wherin ore kings was decevyd and cossynid with pyse and lyne millions in the yeare', &c., by 'John Mo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1603-1625]
Extent:
1 item

1692. Royal MS 18 C XXI

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Royal MS 18 C XXI
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OFFICIAL RETURNS of the forces of the Navy and Army of England, in view of the threatened invasion by Spain in 1588. Copies. The contents are as follows:- 1. Navy, viz.:-(a) Copy of 'The Lo. Admiralls [Charles Howard Lord Howard of Effingham] commission for returning to the Seas, August, 1588' ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 item

1693. Royal MS 18 C XXII

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Royal MS 18 C XXII
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CONFESSIO AMANTIS, by John Gower. The copy has (a) the prologue in which the author calls the poem 'A book for Kyng Richardis sake' (l. 24) and where the date '1390' (f. 3, col. I ) is mentioned in red;-(b) the explicit of six lines containing (ll. 5, 6) the reference to [Henry,] Earl of Derby;-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

1694. Royal MS 18 C XXIII

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Royal MS 18 C XXIII
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'A DEMONSTRATION of divers parts of Warre, especially of the Discipline of Cavalleria': treatise, addressed to Charles I, by Gen. Sir Edward Cecil, Viscount Wimbledon (d. 1638). Written towards the end of the author's life. The running title is 'The Demonstrance of Cavallerye'. A short extract i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1627-1638
Extent:
1 item

1695. Royal MS 18 C XXIV

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Royal MS 18 C XXIV
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DOCQUET-BOOK of signed bills as warrants for the Great Seal, entitled 'The note of all the billes signed by the Kinges maiestie and the counsaile', 19 Oct. 4 Edw. VI [1550]-3 July, 7 Edw. VI [1553] i.e. to the end of the reign. The margins are arranged in four columns giving date, nature of do...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1550-1553
Extent:
1 item

1696. Royal MS 18 C XXV

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Royal MS 18 C XXV
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AGLAURA, a tragedy, in five acts, by Sir John Suckling (d. 1642). With three prologues, the first to the general public, beg. 'I've thought vpon't, and cannot tell which way', the second 'for ye Court', beg. 'Those common passions, hopes and feares that still', and the third 'To ye king', beg. '...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1638-1639
Extent:
1 item

1697. Royal MS 18 C XXVI

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Royal MS 18 C XXVI
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TRANSLATION of, and commentary on, the Psalter in English, attributed (assuming this to be the same work of which the first part is in 18 D. I, see below) to Richard Rolle of Hampole. The text is given verse by verse in Latin and English. The present volume contains Ps. lxxxix-cxvii (Vulgate num...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

1698. Royal MS 18 D I

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Royal MS 18 D I
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TRANSLATION of, and commentary on, Ps. i-lxxix- (lxxx). 13, with prologue entitled 'Here bigynneþ þe prologe vppon þe sauter. þat Richard heremyte of Hampole translatid in to Englyshe. aftir þe sentence of doctours and resun'. For the question of the authorship of the commentary see the precedin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

1699. Royal MS 18 D II

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Royal MS 18 D II
Title:
John Lydgate, Troy Book and Siege of Thebes, with verses by William Cornish, John Skelton, William Peeris and others
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes: Added table of contents, 17th century (f. 1r). 1. John Lydgate, Testament (ff. 1v-5r); 2. John Lydgate, Troy Book (ff. 6r-146r); 3. John Lydgate, Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162r); 4. William Cornish, A Treatise between Information and Truth (ff. 163r-164r); 5. John ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
1457-c 1530
Extent:

213 + 5 folios.

1700. Royal MS 18 D II, ff 163r-164r

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Royal MS 18 D II, ff 163r-164r
Title:
William Cornish, A Treatise between Information and Truth
Scope & Content:
William Cornish (or Cornysh, d. 1523), A Treatise between Information and Truth; title: 'In the Fleete maade be me William Cornysshe otherwyse called Nysshewhete, chapelman with the moost famost and noble kyng Henry the viith, his raigne the xixth yere, the moneth of July, a Treatise bitwene Tro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1516-1527
Extent:
2 folios.

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