1. Add MS 35186
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 35186
- Title:
- COMPLIMENTARY POEMS to [Mary Herbert] Countess of Pembroke [3rd wife of Henry, 2nd Earl] by William Smithe [al. Smith, see Dict. Nat. Biog.]. Entitled "A new yeares Guifte" and also "A posie made vpon certen flowers." Apparently autograph. There are two dedicatory poems, the first beginning "It is a saying treu and that of oulde," and seven stanzas of six or eight lines on the flowers (Primerose, Marygould, Gillyflower, Violett, Cowslipp, Time, Ruse). No other copy is known. Paper; ff. 11. E...
- Scope & Content:
- William Smith: "New Yeares Guifte " to the Countess of Pembroke: 16th cent. Mary Herbert, 3rd wife of Henry, 2nd Earl of Pembroke: Verses to, by W. Smithe: late 16th cent. includes: f. 9 Archdale Palmer: Suit v. Adams: 1755.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Late 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 item