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1. Add MS 33739

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Title:
'The Coppy of a letter written by a M[ast]r of artes in Cambridge to his frende in Londonn concerninge som talke past of late betwene wor[shipfu]ll and graue men aboute the present state and som proceedings of the Earle of Leicester and his frends in Englande' ('Leicester's Commonwealth')
Scope & Content:
This text is a manuscript copy of a work of Catholic political polemic, probably published in Rouen in 1584, possibly by George Flinton or by Georges L'Oyselet. It was published as The copie of a leter, wryten by a Master of Arte of Cambrige, to his friend in London, concerning some talke past o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1584-1620
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 33740

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Title:
Papers relating to the Spanish Armada, 1588
Scope & Content:
f. 1r: modern contents page. f. 2r: Letter from the Privy Council to the Lord Admiral Howard, informing him that 'a good number of the best and choysest shotte of the trayned bandes' of Kent 'should be forthwith sent to the sea side . . . . to double man the shippes', 21 July 1588, Richmond. Si...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1588-1 Aug 1588
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 33769

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Title:
John Norden, 'An Exact Description of Essex'
Scope & Content:
Autograph presentation copy with manuscript map of Essex (f. 3), by John Norden, cartographer (c. 1547-1625). With a dedicatory address to Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565-1601), whose arms and quarterings are emblazoned on f. 4. Presented by John Norden ‘in the interims of the fittes of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1594
Extent:

1 volume

4. Add MS 33790

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Title:
Antonio Francesco Doni, La Lumiera (autograph manuscript)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an autograph copy of La Lumiera, an Italian poem in fifty eight-line stanzas, written by Antonio Francesco Doni (b. 1513, d. 1574). The poem is a lament that mourns the ultimate fate of man and his failings in the world. It is preceded in the manuscript by a short letter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1567
Extent:
1 volume