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6911. 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

6912. 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

6913. 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

6914. 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

6915. 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

6916. Harley MS 6916

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6916
Title:
Collection of poems by Charles d'Orléans and his circle
Scope & Content:
A near complete copy of Charles d'Orléans' personal manuscript (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms français 25458) (Poetry of Charles D’Orléans, ed. by Fox and Arn (2010), p. 827). Contents: ff. 1r-205r: A collection of poems consisting of ballades, chansons, complaintes, caroles an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

6917. Harley MS 6919

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6919
Title:
William of Touris, Contemplacioun of Synnaris
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-49v: William of Touris, Contemplacioun of Synnaris. The seven poems, one for each day of the week, were published by Wynkyn de Worde in Westminster on 10 July 1499. Decoration: Initials in blue with foliate decoration in red and purple (ff. 2r, 17r, 30v, 45v). Puzzle or pla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Scots
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 16th century or 3rd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

6918. Harley MS 6923

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6923
Title:
Prick of Conscience
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-117v: Prick of Conscience. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1r: A title and contents page, where the work is attributed to ‘St Richard Roll Commonly call[e]d Hampole of Hampole near Doncaster, who dyed, anno 1349’, added in the 16th century. Decoration: Small ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

6919. Harley MS 6925

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6925
Title:
Homo, A tragedy by Thomas Atkinson
Scope & Content:
Quarto manuscript volume containing Homo, a Latin tragedy by Thomas Atkinson, divine and dramatist. The manuscript is dedicated to William Laud. The play was performed at St. John's College, Oxford, where Thomas Atkinson was a student and William Laud was the president.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1615-1621
Extent:
1 volume

6920. Harley MS 6926

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6926
Title:
Thomas Legge, Ricardus Tertius
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*verso: A title inscription: 'Richardus Tertius' with the name 'Tobi [?]Huite' ff. 2r-24r: Thomas Legge (c. b. 1535, d. 1607), 1 Ricardus Tertius. ff. 24v-37r: Thomas Legge, 2 Ricardus Tertius. ff. 46v, 48r-79v: Thomas Legge, 3 Ricardus Tertius. f. 79v: A colophon: 'Henry La...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1586
Extent:
1 volume

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