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1261. Royal MS 18 A XLVI

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Royal MS 18 A XLVI
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ADDRESS to Queen Elizabeth on the disorders of the Royal Household, by an officer of the same. The writer, who defends himself against the charge of dishonesty made against him and hinted at by the Queen 'in a generall speache' to all her officers, states that from 28 years of age (f. 5 b) he ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1580
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1 item

1262. Royal MS 18 A XXVIII

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Royal MS 18 A XXVIII
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POLITICAL TRACT, in form of a letter addressed to Charles I, by Henry Cock on the fortunate dismissal of Queen Henrietta Maria's French attendants and of 'those who are communely called the fathers of the Oratory, who lately were chapleins to the Queenes Majesty', and on the machinations of 'Fis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 item

1263. Royal MS 18 A XXXIII

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Royal MS 18 A XXXIII
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'JANUS TEMPLE shutt and opened': a poem (91 x 6 lines, rhymes ababcc) by Gervaise Scroope [? Sir Gervase Scrope of Cockerington, Sheriff of Lincoln 9 Chas. 1], addressed to James I, preceded by a dedicatory letter. Some anagrams on the names of the author and of the King are added at ff. 2b, 10b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1603-1625]
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1 item

1264. Royal MS 18 A XXXVIII

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Royal MS 18 A XXXVIII
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ADDRESS to Henry VIII by 'Johne Eldar, clerk, a Reddshank, to introduce what the author, a native of Caithness, calls a 'plotte of the realme of Scotland' (f. 4), which was to give a description of the country, and advocating a marriage between Prince Edward and Mary, Queen of Scots. The author ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1543
Extent:
1 item

1265. Royal MS 18 B XXVII

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Royal MS 18 B XXVII
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'A BOKE of the authorite and an absolute perfection of the holy scripture, compiled in Latine by the righte famous clerke Maister Henry Bullinger and now translated into Englyshe by William Gybson': translation of lib. i of Heinrich Bullinger's 'De scripturae sanctae auttoritate . . . deque epis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1548-1550
Extent:
1 item

1266. Royal MS 18 C X

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Royal MS 18 C X
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MIRROR of the Life of Christ, an English version of the Speculum (or Meditationes) vitae Christi commonly attributed to S. Bonaventura, but more probably by Johannes de Caulibus of San Gemignano in Tuscany (cf. 7 A. I, art. 5, 7 D. XVII, art. 1). Printed by Carton, 1488 (?), &c. The name of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
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1 item

1267. Royal MS 18 C XII

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Royal MS 18 C XII
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'THE REIGNE of King Henry the second, written in seauen bookes', in English verse, by Thomas May (d. 1650), agreeing with the edition printed by command of the King in 1633. The hand of the corrector of a few words (cf ff. 6 b, 15 b, 23 b, &c.) seems to be that of the corrector of the same a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item

1268. 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

1269. Royal MS 18 D VII

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Royal MS 18 D VII
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'JEHAN BOCCACE des cas des nobles homes et femmes': the second translation of Laurent de Premierfait (cf. 14 E. V); preceded by the translator's preface and second prologue and Boccaccio's preface. Dedication beg. 'A puissant noble et excellent'. The other prologues and text nearly as in 14 E. V...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 item

1270. Royal MS 18 E VI

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Royal MS 18 E VI
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'LA FLEUR DES HYSTOIRES', vols. ii and iii. The recension of this large historical collection by Jean Mansel to which the present volume belongs is not that contained in 16 F. VI, VII and the Paris MSS. Bib]. Nat., londs fr. 302-304, &c., but the earlier (?) recension contained in Paris MSS....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1460
Extent:
1 item

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