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11. Stowe MS 966

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Stowe MS 966
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COLLECTION of songs and verses, with the inscription on the cover: "Carnarvan 1745 [James Brydges, Marquis of Carnarvon, b. 1731, 3rd Duke of Chandos, 1771] ejus liber carminum, West- [monasteriensis] Alumn[us] Schol[æ]." Included are:-(a) "Verses by the Prince of Wales," beg. "Come, my dearest ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1745-1746
Extent:
1 item

12. Stowe MS 965

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Stowe MS 965
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"CAMILLO'S COMPLAINT: a poem, inscribed to his Grace, George [Stone], Lord Arch-Bishop of Armagh" [1747-1765]; and lamenting the brief vice-royalty of Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1745-46. In 53 six-line stanzas. Paper; ff. 19. circ. 1747. Quarto. Ge...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1747
Extent:
1 item

13. Stowe MS 978

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Stowe MS 978
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"LITIGATION, a Comedy in 5 Acts" according to a note by Dr. Charles O'Conor on the title-page, written by his cousin Hugh McDermot, of Coolavin and Moylurg, co. Sligo, Ireland, and offered at Drury Lane Theatre. Dated 14 Apr. 1812. Paper; ff. 38. Folio. Hugh McDermot: "Litigation": a comedy: 18...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1812
Extent:
1 item

14. Stowe MS 958

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Stowe MS 958
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COLLECTION Of pieces in verse and prose, mostly of a religious character; temp. Elizabeth. Included are:-(1) Ballad, in 37 fourline stanzas, in praise of Mary Watt, niece of Hugh Latimer and wife of Robert Glover, the martyr, beg. "Mary Wat the nyce in blud To Latemere the great." f. 8, and cont...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[between 1558-1603]
Extent:
1 item

15. Stowe MS 948

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Stowe MS 948
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HYMN to the Virgin, in French, preceded by a calendar in a different hand. Imperfect at the beginning, the first line being, "Durement fu trauaile" (f. 8 b), and wanting leaves after ff. 9, 10. The several divisions remaining begin, "Deu te salt uirgine honore" (f. 9 b), "Virge mere preciouse" (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item

16. Stowe MS 980

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Stowe MS 980
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"SAGA af Partalopa ok Marmoriu": the romance of Partonopeus de Blois, in Icelandic. Transcribed by Grim Jonsson Thorkelin, from Arna-Magnæan MS. 533, quarto (see above), which was edited by O.Klockhoff in the Upsala Universitets Årsskrift for 1877. Another copy is in Add. MS. 4860 (ff. 189-208),...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Icelandic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

17. Stowe MS 979

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Stowe MS 979
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"ELIS SAGA": the romance of Élie de Saint-Gille, in Icelandic. Transcribed by Grim Jonsonn Thorkelin from MS. 533, quarto, of the Arna-Magnæan Library at Copenhagen, which was used by E. Kölbing in his edition of Elis Saga og Rosamundu (Heilbronn, 1881): see his introd., pp. viii. x.-xiii. Paper...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Icelandic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

18. Stowe MS 976

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Stowe MS 976
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THE SHEPHERD'S PARADISE: a pastoral play in prose, in five acts, by Walter Montagu, written to be acted by Queen Henrietta Maria and the ladies of her Court. The present copy bears no title or author's name, but at the beginning is a list of the characters: "Saphira-Bellesa, the Quene; Bassalino...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1632
Extent:
1 item

19. Stowe MS 959

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Stowe MS 959
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COLLECTION of Welsh Poems by various writers. Imperfect, and mutilated at the beginning. Among the names and headings are:- Bedo Brwynllys. ff. 4 b, 16, 37 b, 60, 198,225. Llywelyn ap Gyttyn. ff. 5, 160, 161, 162 b. Morys Dwyreth. f. 6 b. Davydd Llwyd. ff. 8 b, 25, 107 b, 116 b, 135, 159 b, 160...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Welsh
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 item

20. Stowe MS 974

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Stowe MS 974
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COLLECTION of Vers de Societé, mostly addressed to ladies of rank. Followed by separate pieces in different hands, including:- (a) "The Muses suit to Apollo. A Masque." f. 14;-(b) "On Holker Hall." f. 19;-(c) "An epigram on refusing the late Bishop of Rochester [Atterbury] to be buried in a pu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 item