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Egerton MS 2725

Record Id:

032-001984782

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001984782

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000057.0x0002c3

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Egerton MS 2725

Title:

POETICAL MISCEI,LANY, with a few prose pieces. Among the writers whose names or initials are given are.- H. N. [Henry Noel ?]. ff. 1, 1 b, 24 b, 140 b, 172 b, 173, 176. John Cleveland. ff. 5-8, 17 b, 62, 66 b, 154-158 b. Capt. [Richard] Lovelace: Verses to Althea. f. 10. Robert Wild. ff. 11-17, 76 b, 163. T. Thaine, physician. ff. 12 b-16. Abraham Cowley: prologue to" The Guardian," 1641. f. 31. Ben Jonson: on the birth of Pr. Charles, 1630, and "Still to be neat," etc. ff. 35,105 b. Richard Corbet : " Iter Boreale " and " Epitaph on Dr. Donne." fr. 47 b, 110. Henry King. ff. 55, 61. [William] Murray, " of the Bedchamber." f. 70 b. Alexander Gill. ff. 72, 103, 103 b, 130, 131, 143. Robert Herrick: " Ab, Posthumus." f. 72 b. Thomas Randolph. ff. 75, 136. Thomas Carew. f. 75. Sir Henry Wotton. f. 102 b. John Donne: " A Lover's will." f. 104 b. Sir George Rodney. f.110b. William Cartwright: prologue, etc., to "The Royal Slave," [1639]. f. 115. "Mr.Crooke upon M.T." f.123b. Lord Falkland: " Elegy on the Lady Huntingdon." f. 132. J[ohn] Foord. f. 134 b. Ed. Pate. f. 152.

The prose pieces include : - (a) " A character of Mr. Bottlenose," by H. W. f. 2 b ; - (b) " Epitaphe " on Card. Richelieu,. " par le Sieur [Georges] de Seudery." f. 38 b ; - (c) Satirical " Discription of Scotland." f. 40 ; - (d) Observations "uppon the 22th staffe of the 9th canto, in the second Booke " of the " Faery Queene," by Sir Kenelm Digby; 13 June, 1638. (Printed, 1644.) f. 117 b;-

(e) [John] " Chandelours letter to Mr. [John] Cleauland, the Kings Advocate in Newarke Garrison," with reply. (See Clevelands Works, 1687, p. 92.) f. 141 ; -(f) " Sir John Sucklings letter to a friend of his," on the ',Scottish businesse," etc. ; 1640. f. 160. Paper; ff. 179. Circ. 1650. With note of ownership (f. 179) by Sir Thomas Meres [of Kirton, co. Line., knighted in 1660]. Small Quarto. From the Farnborough Fund.

Scope & Content:

Poetry: Poetical miscellany: circ. 1650.

includes:

ff. 1, 1 b, 24 b, 140 b, 172 b, 173, 176 H[enry?] N[oel?]: Poems, etc.: circ. 1650.
ff. 5-8, 17 b, 62, 66 b, 154-158 b John Cleveland: Poems: circ. 1650.
f. 10 Captain Richard Lovelace: Verses "To Althea": circ. 1650.
ff. 11-17, 76 b, 163 Robert Wilde, DD: Poems: circ. 1650.
ff. 12 b-16 T- Thaine, Physician: Poems: circ. 1650.
f. 31 Abraham Cowley: Prologue to "The Guardian": 1641.
ff. 35, 105 b Benjamin Jonson, dramatist and poet: Poems on the birth of Pr. Charles, etc.: 1630.
f. 38 b Armand Jean Du Plessis, Bishop of Luçon, afterwards Cardinal, Duc de Richelieu: Epitaph on: circ. 1650.: Fr.
f. 38 b Georges Scudéry, Sieur de Scudéry: Epitaph on Card. Richelieu: circ. 1650.: Fr.
f. 40 Kingdom of Scotland: Satirical description of: circ. 1650.
ff. 47 b, 110 Richard Corbett, Bishop of Norwich: Iter Boreale, etc.: circ. 1650.
ff. 55, 61 Henry King: Poems: circ. 1650, 17th cent.
f. 70 b William Murray, 'of the Bedchamber.': Poem: circ. 1650.
f. 72 b Robert Herrick, poet: Poem, beg. " Ah, Posthumus": circ. 1650.
f. 7 5 Thomas Carew: Poems: 17th cent.
ff. 75, 136 Thomas Randolph: Poems: circ. 1650; 17th cent.
f. 102 b Sir Henry Wotton: Poem: circ. 1650.
f. 104 b John Donne, Dean of St Paul's; poet: Poems: 17th cent.
f. 110 b Sir George Rodney: Poem: circ. 1650.
f. 115 William Cartwright: Prologue, etc., to "The Royal Slave": 1639.
f. 117 b Sir Kenelm Digby: Observations on Canto 9, St. 2, of Spenser's Faery Queen: 1638.
f. 117 b Edmund Spenser: Observations by Sir K. Digby on canto 9, st. 2, of "The Faery Quene": 1638.
f. 123 b Crooke: Verses: circ. 1658.
f. 132 Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon: Funeral elegy on: circ. 1650.
f. 132 Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland: Funeral elegy on Lady Huntingdon: circ. 1650.
f. 134 b John Foord: Poem: circ. 1650.
f. 141 John Chandler: Letter to J. Cleveland, with reply: circ. 1650.: Copies.
f. 152 Ed- Pate: Poem: circ. 1650.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Egerton Manuscripts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

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Hierarchy:

032-001984782

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
French

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1638

End Date:

1655

Date Range:

1638-1655

Era:

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Custodial History:

Reverend John Curtis: Owned: in 19th cent.

Sir Thomas Meres, of Kirton, county Lincolnshire: Owned: in 17th cent.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Carew, Thomas, of Add MS 33998
Cartwright, William, of Egerton MS 2725
Cary, Lucius, 2nd Viscount Falkland, author and politician, c 1610-1643
Chandler, John, of Egerton MS 2725
Cleveland, John, of Egerton MS 2625
Corbett, Richard, Bishop of Norwich
Cowley, Abraham, of Egerton MS 2725
Crooke, of Egerton MS 2725
Curtis, John, Reverend
Digby, Kenelm, Knight, natural philosopher, diplomat and courtier, 1603-1665
Donne, John, poet and clergyman, 1572-1631,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083393524
Foord, John, poet, fl 1650
Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
Herrick, Robert, poet, 1591-1674,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121178949,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/2486214
Jonson, Benjamin, dramatist and poet, 1572-1637,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121340010
King, Henry, of Add MS 33998
Lovelace, Richard, Captain
Meres, Thomas, of Kirton, county Lincolnshire
Murray, William, of the Bedchamber.'
Noel?, Henry?
Pate, Ed-
Plessis, Armand Jean, Duke of Richelieu, cardinal and statesman, 1585-1642
Randolph, Thomas, of Add MS 33998
Rodney, George
Scudéry, Georges, Sieur de Scudéry
Spenser, Edmund, of Add MS 34361
Thaine, T-, Physician
Wilde, Robert, DD
Wotton, Henry, of Egerton MS 2725

Places:

Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom