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Add MS 28644
- Record Id:
- 032-002020057
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002020057
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000037.0x000321
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 28644
- Title:
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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 [Stepney ?], etc., f. 49.
7. On Sir Charles Sedley's conversion, f. 57 b.
8. On William III's victory in Ireland. Printed as "An Epistle to the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Dorset." f. 60.
9. On the Library at Cambridge, ff. 68 b, 83, 85.
10. "To Pelimia. Before the E[arl] of R[ochester's] Poems." f. 78.
11. "To Sr Rob. Atkins at his overthrow in a Tryall with the Ld Brouncker. for the Mastership of S' Katherine's," f. 80.
12. Ode on the marrige of the Princess Anno with Prince George of Denmark, f. 90 b.
13. On the death of Charles II., f. 93 b.
14. Translation of the Æneid, iv. 1-106, f. 96. The pieces which have been published differ here very considerably from the printed texts. The volume also contains money accounts of R. Cooper, apparently a steward or bailiff, 1671, f. 1; a few jests and anecdotes, f. 10;-and copies of "Oberon king of the fairies by Sr Simon Stewart," and a few other poems, f. 72 b. Paper; end of the xviith cent. Small Octavo.
- Scope & Content:
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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 Sedley, 2nd Baronet: Verses on, by Hon. C. Montagu: circ. 1680.
- f. 60 Ireland: Verses on William III.'s victory: 17th cent.
- f. 60 William III of England: Verses on his victory in Ireland: 17th cent.
- ff. 68 b, 83, 85 Cambridge; University Library: Verses on: 17th cent.
- f. 72 b Sir Simeon Steward: Oberon, and other poems: 17th cent.
- f. 80 Henry Brouncker, 3rd Viscount Brouncker: Verses on: 17th cent.
- f. 80 Sir Robert Atkyns, Chief Baron of the Exchequer: Verses to: 17th cent.
- f. 90 b Anne of England: Ode on her marriage, by Lord Halifax: 1683.
- f. 93 b Charles II of England: Verses upon his death: 1685.
- f. 96 Virgil: Translation from the Æneid, in verse, by C. Montagu: 17th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002020057
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002020057
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1660
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- Late 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Anne, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1665-1714
Atkyns, Robert, Knight, judge and politician, c 1621-1710
Brouncker, Henry, 3rd Viscount Brouncker
Cambridge University Library
Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1630-1685
Cooper, R-, Bailiff to Lord Halifax
Leighs al. Lees Priory, Essex
Montagu, Charles, afterwards Earl of Halifax, Commissioner of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sedley, Charles, 2nd Baronet
Steward, Simeon, of Add MS 22603
Vergilius Maro, Publius, 70 BC-19 BC,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000430695667
William III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1650-1702 - Places:
- Ireland, Europe