1. Add MS 40673
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 40673
- Title:
- "HERE BEGYNNITH the Prolog of the bible (sic) off Englonde:" a poem described in Lord Burghley's hand on the vellum cover as "An exhortation to contynew ye strength of ye Navy of England in ye Narrow seas." Beg. "The trew processe of Englische polecy." First published in Hakluyt's collection of Voyages, i (1598), pp. 187- 208. The present text, like the copies in Harley MS. 271, ff. 1-25 b, and Cotton MS. Vitellius E. x, ff. 192-207, belongs to the second recension of the poem and is collate...
- Scope & Content:
- Political and Satirical Poems: The Libel of English Policy: 15th cent. Adam Moleyns, alias Molyneux; Clerk of the Council; Bishop of Chichester 1446: "The Libelle of Englyshe Polycye," attrib. to: 15th cent. Bookplates: De Grey (Thomas Philip), 1st Earl De Grey of Wrest: 19th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 item