1. Add MS 28644
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- Add MS 28644
- Title:
- ORIGINAL poems of Charles Montague, Earl of Halifax, being rough drafts with corrections of various pieces, chiefly in English, with a few in Latin. Among them are:- 1. Lines on Gallo, f. 21 b. 2. Verses beginning, "You ask how I can write so much of Love," f. 27. 3. "Whether part is best in Love, the Womens in being courted or the Men in courting," f. 31. 4. "A Parallel 'twixt Love and Chess," in prose, f. 40. 5. On Leez, or Lees Priory, in Essex, ff. 44, 87 b. 6. To George [Ste...
- Scope & Content:
- Charles Montagu, afterwards Earl of Halifax, Commissioner of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer: Poems: 17th cent.: Engl. and Lat. includes: f. 1 R- Cooper, Bailiff to Lord Halifax: Account: 1671. ff. 44, 87 b Leighs al. Lees Priory; Essex: Verses on: 17th cent. f. 57 b Sir Charles S...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- Late 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 item