Add MS 72899

G. Verse

Petty Papers. Vol. L. Verse by Petty and others, followed by a group of miscellaneous papers; circa 1664-1686, 1728 and n.d. With a list of contents (f. i) by the 6th Marquess of Lansdowne, and two labels by James Matthews, 'Sir William Petty's poetical Amusements (29)' (f. ii) and 'Miscellaneous (30)' (f. iii). Formerly Bowood Vol. 2, with one item (ff. 261-262) added from Box H.

ff. iii + 263. Mounted on guards and bound, not in accurate chronological order, in brown leather, gilt-ruled and blind-stamped, 19th cent. 385 x 270mm.

1. f. 1. 'Upon the Earl of Ossories dying of a Feaver'; [1680]. In the hand of Dr Robert Wood; see his letter to Petty, 30 Aug. 1680, Add. 72850,f. 278 above.

2. ff. 2-5v. Colloquium Davidis cum anima sua. London: Thomas Burrell, 1679. Printed, with autograph corrections. A paraphrase in Latin hexameters of the 104th Psalm, printed under the pseudonym Cassid. Aureus Minutius, for which see item 9 below. Keynes, Bibliography, No. 17.

3. ff. 6-11v. 'The 104th psalm in English Verse'; 1677. Autograph draft. See Petty-Southwell Correspondence, pp. 20-27.

4. ff. 12-13. 'A Naval Allegory by the Register of the Admiralty in Ireland. To His Grace James Duke of Ormond, as grand Pilot of the good ship Ireland, Upon his fourth Expedition on that Bottome'; 1677. Fair copy by an amanuensis (for an autograph draft see ff. 123-125v below). Printed in Petty Papers, II, pp. 248-250. For verses to Ormonde on his fourth appointment as Lord Lieutenant in May 1677 by the officers of the Irish Admiralty, see Petty-Southwell Correspondence, p. 33.

5. ff. 14-29v. Prologue and one act of an untitled comedy, partly in verse; [1670s?]. Autograph fair copy, with revisions. The prologue begins 'Our poet cares not whether his play be thought'. The dramatis personae includes Hugh, Leech, Crocodile, Meanwell, Cassock, Pulchinella, Sophia, Puff, Barker, Scribble, Rough and Gimcrack. The play opens with a soliloquy by Hugh, beg. 'I am not forty yet and must I stick'.

6. ff. 30-37. 'Vita W.P.', in Latin hexameters; [1673]. Autograph draft and fair copy, with revisions. A verse autobiography from the time of Petty's birth to his education in the Jesuit College at Caen. See Fitzmaurice, Life, p. 3. For a transcript by the 6th Marquess of Lansdowne, see Add. 72907, ff. 1-12 below.

7. f. 38. Latin hexameters docketed 'Ano 1637 Guil Petty Rumseensis Angli Ad Patres. Soc. Jesu Cadomæos'; [circa 1673?]. Autograph draft. For a fair copy and an English version, see Add. 72851, ff. 3-6v.

8. ff. 39-42. Two texts of Latin rhymed verses headed 'Donaldi Brenani Poetæ Iveraghcensis Carmen gratulatorium Super Quit-rentis in Kerriâ...'; 28 July 1675. Autograph fair copy, and scribal copy, with revisions.

9. ff. 43-44v. Lapidary inscription, in Latin, for the tomb of the Earl of Ossory, headed 'In Ossorii lapidem sepulchr[alem]...', followed by a couplet of 'The Printer to the Reader'; Aug. 1680. In the hand of an amanuensis with autograph revisions. The date and author's pseudonymn '[Cassi]d-Aurius Minutius' appear at the end. At the end is an autograph fair copy with revisions of an epigram 'Ad Ducem Ormondiæ' on the building of the tomb; see also f. 51 below.

10. ff. 45-46v. Epigrams in Latin elegiacs, endorsed 'In Urbem Venetam & Londinensem', with 'Democraticus In discordes domos Parliamenti' and 'Responsum Monarchici'; 1 Feb. 1676. Partly autograph drafts. The verses on London are an imitation of Sannazaro's hexastich on Venice, which precedes them (f. 45).

11. ff. 47-48v. Rhymed Latin verses by the 1st Earl of Anglesey declining an invitation to dine with Petty; Aug. 1675. Autograph.

12. ff. 49-50v. Two songs beg. 'If you Olinda would incline' and 'Ah poor Olinda never boast'; [1670s-1680s?]. The second was printed in A Collection of Twenty-four Songs (1685). In an unidentified hand, and endorsed 'Taylor' in a different hand which is also that in items 60-62 below; all are associated with Edmund Waller, and two also have this endorsement. For the Petty's association with Waller, see English Literary Manuscripts, II, pt. 2 (1993), p. 569, and McGill Osler MS 7612, Letterbook 3, p. 23.

13. f. 51. Parallel versions, in English couplets and Latin elegiacs, of an epigram to the Duke of Ormonde on the building of Lord Ossory's tomb; [Aug. 1680]. Autograph. For the Latin version see also ff. 43-44v above.

14. f. 52. Verses headed 'In Librum Politicae Arithmeticae Decastichon', signed 'S:P:D:JG:' and dedicated to Petty; [1672]. See Petty-Southwell Correspondence, p. 60.

15. ff. 53-54v. Epigrams, in Latin hexameters, docketed 'Vaticinia' and entitled 'Ad Pettoeum Hiberniæ Geometram' and 'Ad Sodoellum nuper Regi a scrinii sui'; [1686]. Autograph fair copies, with revisions.

16. ff. 55-57v. 'Votum Senis': Translation of an English poem of Sir Peter Pett into rhymed Latin verse; [circa 1685]. Fair copy, in the hand of James Waller, with autograph revisions, followed by an autograph fair copy of an earlier version of the translation by Petty of the verses by Sir Peter Pett, ff. 108, 109, below.

17. ff. 58-59v. 'Votum Senescentis'; [1685]. A translation into rhymed Latin verse of 'The Old Man's Wish', by Dr Walter Pope. Printed in Petty Papers, II, pp. 252-254. For an autograph draft, see ff. 67-68v below.

18. ff. 60-61v. Lapidary verses, in Latin, by Sir Peter Pett, the lawyer, headed 'Ad Cl. V. Gulielmum Petty Equitem auratum'; [1672]. Autograph and signed. Endorsed by Petty 'Sir Peter Pett's Pindaric on the Politicall Arithmetick'.

19. f. 62. Latin elegiac distich on Sir Nicholas Plunkett; 3 July 1679. Autograph.

20. ff. 63-64v. Encomiastic ode by Dr Robert Wood to Sir William Petty, in Latin Sapphics; 1680. Latin. In a scribal hand. For Petty's reply, see ff. 72-73v below.

21. f. 65. Two ex libris inscriptions in Latin hexameters and Sapphics, and a four-line epigram in Latin elegiacs headed 'Nihil perfectum', endorsed '[Charles] Appleford & Petty verses'; [1670s]. Autograph.

22. f. 66. Nine Latin hexameters docketed ‘In Relligionem'; Nov. 1685. Autograph. A second docket relates to Petty's negotiations with Sir James Hayes concerning an estate at Bedgbury, co. Kent.

23. ff. 67-68v. Autograph fair copy with revisions of ff. 58-59v above.

24. f. 69. Autograph fair copy with revisions of 'Ad Pettoeum Hiberniæ Geometram' (see ff. 53-54v above), with notes of subjects relating to Ireland; 1686.

25. ff. 70-71v. Latin elegiac verses 'Ad Michaëlem &c. Carmen Obscuri cuiusdam poetæ, qui Collegæ Scholaris Locum ab ipso peteret'; [1677]. Autograph. Addressed to Michael Boyle, Archbishop of Armagh and Chancellor of Ireland.

26. ff. 72-73v. Reply by Petty to an ode of Dr Robert Wood (ff. 63-64v above); 1680. Latin. In the same scribal hand.

27. ff. 74-79v. Verse-letter in Latin elegiacs to Michael Boyle, Archbishop of Armagh, entitled 'Gulielmus de Tristibus Ad Michaëlem Primatem et Cancellarium Hiberniae'; 1680. Fair copy in a scribal hand, with autograph corrections.

28. ff. 80-81v. Latin hexameters headed 'Guil. Fenton as Nicolaum Plunket Oratorem & patronum forensem', followed by seven epigrams relating to the law, in elegiacs; circa 1670. Autograph. For the last of these (f. 81) see also item 40 below. On f. 81v occurs the draft of a Latin elegiac distich 'In pseudo-Colonellum Virnonium' [i.e. Colonel Edward Vernon].

29. ff. 82-83v. Two sets of Latin verse, partly in rhymed accentual measure, docketed 'De Auro et Clareto'; 1686. Autograph.

30. f. 84. Epigrams in Latin elegiacs on the propulsion of a ship; circa 1664. Autograph.

31. f. 85. Another autograph version of item 22 above.

32. f. 86. 'Ut apes geometriam'; 1686. Latin. Autograph. Seven versions in prose of the motto on Petty's coat of arms.

33. ff. 87-88v. 'Carmen in Arithmeticam politicam', with other Latin epigrams; [circa 1671-1672]. Autograph drafts. Several of the pieces parody a Latin distich on the Louvre, composed by George, 1st Duke of Gordon in 1671 in response to a public competition by Colbert: see The Diary of Thomas Isham of Lamport, ed. Sir Giles Isham, 1971, p. 300.

34. ff. 89-90. Latin lesser asclepiads 'In campanam & viatorem Anglicè' or 'upon the 4 of Clock Bell & [my Neighbour] Kitt the Cooper'; 1677. Autograph. Followed (ff. 90, 90v) by drafts of other verses 'On making a Nayle' and on making barrels. See Petty-Southwell Correspondence, p. 34.

35. f. 91. Eight Latin elegiacs 'In doctorem Titum Otes', with two further elegiac distichs; [1678?]. Autograph. Printed in Petty Papers, II, pp. 250-251.

36. f. 92. Three sets of Latin elegiacs, endorsed 'Jesulicolae contra Avenam & Vice Versa'; [1685?]. Autograph. Latin.

37. ff. 93-94v. Translation into rhymed Latin verses of an English ballad by Sir Peter Pett, the lawyer, endorsed 'Leonine upon the Coffee Houses'; circa 21 Feb. 1676. Autograph. The date is provided by the letter (f. 94) of Pett that incorporates a new ending rendered into rhymed Latin triplets by Petty on the verso.

38. f. 96. Lesser asclepiads, in Latin, endorsed 'On a Cobler & his black Bird'; Aug. 1679. Autograph.

39. ff. 97-102. Series of epigrams, in Latin elegiacs, etc., concerning the invention by Robert Fitzgerald for sweetening sea-water; 1685. Fair copies in scribal hands, partly with autograph revisions and additions. Several of the epigrams are addressed to Robert Boyle. For Fitzgerald's scheme, see Add. 72897, ff. 79-99v above.

40. f. 103. Latin elegiac distich, with English translation; n.d.

41. f. 104. Verses on 'Sermocination'; n.d. Autograph draft.

42. f. 105. Rhymed Latin verses headed 'In Laudem Vini Clareti. Sir. P[eter] P[ett] in English Latiniz'd thus' and 'Pergit W[illiam] P[etty]'; 9 July 1686. Partly autograph. See Petty-Southwell Correspondence, p. 60.

43. ff. 106-107v. Two sets of verses endorsed 'The Claret & Coate of armes English'; [1686?]. See Petty-Southwell Correspondence, pp. 226-227.

44. ff. 108, 109. English original of ff. 55-57v above, endorsed 'Sir P. Pet in English'; [1686?]. Autograph. This is followed (f. 109) by a variant version of the refrain, with translation into rhymed Latin verse by Petty.

45. f. 109. Verses on religion; [1686?]. Autograph. Printed in Petty Papers, II, pp. 251-252.

46. f. 110. Humorous epigram endorsed 'Sir William Petty to his daughter Anne'; March 1679. Autograph. Printed in Petty Papers, II, p. 255.

47. ff. 111-112v. Latin hexameters headed 'Ad Gulielmum Pettoeum oculis & artubus morbosé captum & decumbentem'; 1679. In the hand of an amanuensis with autograph corrections.

48. ff. 113-114v. Verses headed 'Upon Sir William Petty's bad Eyes', and subscribed 'Per Dorothy Arwaker'; May 1679. In the hand of an amanuensis with autograph corrections. Printed in Petty Papers, II, pp. 254-255. For another copy, see Add. 72854, f. 79.

49. ff. 115-116. Lampoon on the 1st Earl of Anglesey, who had taken up his residence at Bletchingdon Park, co. Oxon.; 1665. Autograph fair copy, with revisions.

50. ff. 117-118. Verses headed ‘To the men of Sense, Wit & pleasure’; [1686?]. Autograph draft.

51. ff. 119-122. Verses entitled ‘The Marshals Songs’, 1677. Copy in a scribal hand. Preceded (ff. 119v-120v) by an autograph fair copy, with revisions, which includes 'The Judge to Neptune, The Profesor the Register & Marshall'. A companion piece to ff. 12-13 above.

52. ff. 123-125v. 'A Navall Allegory'; 1677. Autograph fair copy, with revisions. The first leaf is endorsed 'The Register'.

53. ff. 126-127v. Concluding lines, with envoy 'To the Dutchesse [of Ormond]', of an elegy on the death of Lord Ossory, [1680]. Copy, in a scribal hand, with autograph endorsement 'Lord Ossory'. Imperfect, comprising only the two final pages, numbered 5 and 6.

54. ff. 128-129v. Verses headed 'Mercers petition, concerning the disaster Befaln in Kerry to's brother Poetaster. To the Duke of Ormond'; [1678?]. In the hand of an amanuensis with autograph heading and endorsement, 'A Petition in Verses about the Quitrent'. For another copy, see

Add. 72854, f. 78.

55. ff. 130-139v. Poem in Latin hexameters headed, 'De motibus solis, aetheris, et telluris. Praecipue autem numeri dierum in hemisphaerio Boreo, quam in Australi majoris causa conjecturalis'; [bef. 1684]. In the hand of an amanuensis, endorsed by Petty 'Mr Halila poem'. Addressed to William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire.

56. ff. 140-147v. 'A Second Advice to the Painter'; [1666]. Copy, late 17th cent. Of uncertain authorship, but attributed variously to Sir John Denham and Andrew Marvell; see Poems on Affairs of State, I (1963), ed. G. de F. Lord (New Haven, 1963), pp. 34-53, and English Literary Manuscripts, II, pt. 2, pp. 53-56.

57. f. 148. Amatory ballad beg. 'Philander & Sylvia a gentle soft payre'; late 17th cent. Copy.

58. ff. 149-150v. Translation of Horace's Carmina, I, i, beg. 'Maecenas Bough of Royall Tree', docketed 'Horace Ode 1a'; [1665]. Copy, in scribal hand, with autograph docket. Printed in Petty Papers, II, pp. 246-247. In the 1671 list of Petty's writings; see Petty Papers, II, p. 262.

59. ff. 151-152. Verses by William Congreve on Lord Cobham's gardens at Stowe; [1728]. Copy, 18th cent. Incomplete, breaking off at the beginning of line 56. First published as 'Of Improving the Present Time' in 1729; see also the version printed from Add. MS 57804, f. 31, the pre-publication copy sent to Cobham's nephew and heir Richard Temple, in Descriptions of Lord Cobham's Gardens at Stowe (1700-1750), ed. G. B. Clarke. Buckinghamshire Record Society, 26 (1990), pp. 24-27. This is the only 18th cent. verse in the collection and presumably came from Petty's younger son, Henry, 1st Earl of Shelburne (d. 1751), who lived at High Wycombe, Bucks.

60. f. 153. Verses headed 'Mrs [Elizabeth] Taylor to Mr Waller', beg. 'Indeed Anacr[e]on I was told'; [1670s-1680s?]. The heading and text are in the hands of two different amanuenses. See also item 12 above and English Literary Manuscripts, II, pt. 2, p. 567.

61. f. 154. [Elizabeth Taylor]: 'Of the Duchess upon hir goeing to Tunbridge and of hir speaking against flattery', beg. 'Come all you Nymp[h]s and e'vry swaine'; [1670s-1680s?]. Copy, in the same hand as that of the heading of the preceding item and endorsed 'Taylor'. Another copy is in Bodleian MS Rawl. poet. 172, f. 110.

62. f. 155. [Elizabeth Taylor]: Verses headed 'Song', beg. 'Yee Virgin Powers defend my heart'; [1670s-1680s?]. Copy, in the same hand as the letter from Waller of 1681 in Add. 72850, f. 151, above, and endorsed 'Taylor'. Another copy is in Bodleian MS Rawl. poet. 173, f. 72.

63. ff. 156-157. A mock litany beg. 'From that whitling Ninny who made the Lampoon'; [1685]. Copy. Referring to Irish affairs and to 'Pettyes next fantastick boat'.

64. ff. 158-159v. 'A Letter from a Missionary Bawd in Dublin, to her Chief in London giveing an Account of the propagation of lewdness and scandall in Ireland'; temp. Charles II. Copy.

65. ff. 161-162v. 'The Method of enquiring into the State of any Country'; [temp. Charles II?; early 1680s?]. Mostly autograph, with an addition by James Waller. Printed in Petty Papers, I, pp. 175-178.

66. ff. 163-164v. Copy of a letter endorsed 'Proportions of the shires of England computed from Weight by Mr Haly' [Edmund Halley?]; 1685. In the hand of James Waller, with autograph endorsement.

67. ff. 165-170v. Three papers on marriages, the third endorsed 'Californian marriages with the reasons thereof; [circa 1685]. Autograph. Printed in Petty Papers, II, pp. 49-54, with an introduction which suggests that they related to Petty's lost essay on the multiplication of mankind.

68. ff. 171-172. 'About the increase of mankind'; circa 1685. Autograph. Printed in Petty Papers, II, pp. 54-55.

69. ff. 173-184v. Papers headed respectively 'Ars aulica et Ecclesiastica', 'Of Civility & a Gentleman', 'Of Merchandise' and 'Qualifications for a Merchant', 'Of Churchmen, Physicians, Lawyers & Soldiers'; [circa 1685?]. These notes on the qualities, functions, etc., of particular professions or sections of the population appear to have been written at the same time and as part of the same project. Printed in Petty Papers, I, pp. 189-192, II, pp. 186-193.

70. ff. 185-188v. Three fragments of erotica, the second addressed to 'Sir Peter' [Pett?], the last a prescription for an aphrodisiac; n.d. Autograph drafts. Latin. The last printed in Petty Papers, II, p. 179.

71. ff. 189-191. Two papers on marriage and the procreation of children, the first entitled 'Cogitata de Connubiis'; n.d. Latin. Autograph. The first printed in Petty Papers, II, pp. 57-58.

72. ff. 192-254. 'Henealogie or The Legend of Henhene & Penhene'; 1685. Partly autograph, partly in the hand of James Waller, with corrections by Lady Petty. A scurrilous prose satire on Henry Hen, Lord Chief Baron of Ireland, and his wife; see Petty-Southwell Correspondence, p. 90. Title-page only of 'The Second Part of the Legend...1685' (f. 254).

73. ff. 255-260v. Three letters from James Percy to Lady Petty; 1683, n.d. Percy was a spurious claimant to the Earldom of Northumberland.

74. ff. 261-262. Verses, apparently the prologue of a play, entitled 'The Authentic Knave', beg. 'Although Authentic Knaves no New Things be'; [1670s?]. Autograph fair copy. Formerly H68.

Sir William Petty, political economist: Verse by Sir William Petty: circa 1664-1686: Eng and Lat: Partly autogr.

includes:

• ff. ii-iii James Matthews, librarian to 1st Marquess of Lansdowne: Labels for Sir W. Petty's archive by James Matthews: 1780s.
• ff. 1, 43-44v, 51, 126-127v Poetry LATIN: Poetry ENGLISH: Robert Wood, MD; FRS; mathematician: Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory: Verses on the death of Lord Ossory by Sir W. Petty , partly in the hand of Dr R. Wood: 1680: Eng. and Lat.
• ff. 2-11v Poetry LATIN: Poetry ENGLISH: Bible LATIN and ENGLISH: Verse paraphrases of 104th Psalm, by Sir W. Petty: 1677-1679: Lat. and Eng: Pr. and autogr. draft.
• ff. 12-13, 123-125v Poetry ENGLISH: James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde: `A Naval Allegory' by Sir W. Petty addressed to Duke of Ormonde: 1677: Autogr. drafts and copy.
• ff. 14-29v Poetry ENGLISH: Drama ENGLISH: Prologue and first act of untitled comedy by Sir W. Petty: [1670s?].
• ff. 30-37 Poetry LATIN: Biography: Verse autobiography by Sir W. Petty: 1673: Lat: Autogr. and 20th cent. copy.
• f. 38 Poetry LATIN: Orders Religious. Jesuits: Poetry ENGLISH: Biography: Verses by Sir W. Petty to the Jesuits of Caen: [1673?]: Eng. and Lat: Partly autogr. draft.
• ff. 39-42 Poetry LATIN: Verses on Sir W. Petty's Kerry quit-rents: 1675: Lat: Autogr.
• ff. 43-46v, 51, 53-54v, 84, 97-102 Poetry LATIN: Epigrams: Epigrams by Sir W. Petty: circa 1664-1685: Lat: Autogr.
• ff. 47-48v Poetry LATIN: Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey: Verses to Sir W. Petty by Lord Anglesey: 1675: Lat: Autogr.
• ff. 49-50v Poetry ENGLISH: Edmund Waller, poet: Elizabeth Taylor, writer of verse: Songs associated with Edmund Waller and Elizabeth Taylor: [1670s-1680s?].
• ff. 52, 60-61v, 87-88v Poetry LATIN: Sir Peter Pett, FRS; lawyer and author: Verses on Sir W. Petty's `Political Arithmetick' by Sir P. Pett and others: 1672: Lat: Autogr.
• ff. 55-57v, 93-94, 105, 108-109 Poetry LATIN: Sir Peter Pett, FRS; lawyer and author: Transl. by Sir W. Petty of verses by Sir P. Pett: 1676-1686: Lat.
• ff. 58-59v Poetry LATIN: Walter Pope, MD; astronomer: Transl. by Sir W. Petty of `The Old Man's Wish' by Walter Pope: 1685: Lat.
• ff. 62, 80-81v Poetry LATIN: Sir Nicholas Plunkett: Verses by Sir W. Petty on Sir Nicholas Plunkett: circa 1670, 1679: Lat.
• ff. 63-64v, 72-73v Poetry LATIN: Robert Wood, MD; FRS; mathematician: Encomiastic ode by Dr R. Wood on Sir W. Petty, with reply: 1680: Lat.
• f. 66 Poetry LATIN: Hexameters by Sir W. Petty, `In Relligionem': 1685: Lat.: Autogr.
• f. 69 Ireland: Treatises and proposals by Sir W. Petty on the state of Ireland: 1679-1687.
• ff. 70-71v, 74-79v Poetry LATIN: Michael Boyle, Archbishop of Dublin; Chancellor of Ireland: Verses by Sir W. Petty addressed to Michael Boyle: 1677, 1680: Lat.
• ff. 82-83v Poetry LATIN: Verse, `De Auro et Clareto', by Sir W. Petty: 1686: Lat.
• f. 86 Heraldry: Poetry ENGLISH: Sir W. Petty's verses, etc., on his coat of arms: 1676-1686: Partly Lat.
• f. 91 Poetry LATIN: Titus Oates, informer: Verses, `In Doctorem Otes', by Sir W. Petty: [1678?]: Lat.
• ff. 97-102 Poetry LATIN: Captain Robert Fitzgerald: Epigrams by Sir W. Petty rel. to his invention for making seawater fresh: 1685: Lat.
• f. 109 Religion: Poetry ENGLISH: Verses by Sir W. Petty on religion: [1686?]: Autogr.
• f. 110 Poetry ENGLISH: Anne Fitzmaurice, née Petty; wife of Thomas, 1st Earl of Kerry: Verses by Sir W. Petty to his daughter, Anne: 1679.
• ff. 111-112v Poetry LATIN: Hexameters on Sir W. Petty's eyesight: 1679: Lat.
• ff. 113-114v Poetry ENGLISH: Dorothy Arwaker, Pseudonym: `Verses, `Upon Sir William Petty's bad Eyes' , purporting to be by D. Arwaker: 1679.
• ff. 115-116 Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey: Lampoon by Sir W. Petty on Lord Anglesey: 1665: Autogr.
• ff. 117-118 Poetry ENGLISH: Verses by Sir W. Petty, `To the men of Sense, Wit & pleasure': [1686?]: Autogr.
• ff. 128-129v Poetry ENGLISH: James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde: `Mercers petition', verses by Sir W Petty addressed to Duke of Ormonde: [1678?].
• ff. 130-139v Poetry LATIN: William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire: Verses by Sir W. Petty addressed to Duke of Devonshire: bef. 1684: Lat.
• ff. 140-147v Andrew Marvell, poet: Sir John Denham, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: `A Second Advice to a Painter' , attributed to Andrew Marvell or Sir John Denham: 1666: Copy.
• ff. 149-150v Quintus Horatius Flaccus, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Transl. of Horace's `Carmina', I, i, by Sir W. Petty: 1665.
• ff. 151-152 Richard Temple, Viscount Cobham: Horticulture: Poetry ENGLISH: William Congreve, dramatist: Stowe House, Buckinghamshire: Verses rel. to Lord Cobham's gardens at Stowe by William Congreve: 1728: Copy.
• f. 153 Edmund Waller, poet: Verses by E. Taylor addressed to Edmund Waller: [1670s-1680s?].
• ff. 153-155 Poetry ENGLISH: Elizabeth Taylor, writer of verse: Verses by Elizabeth Taylor: [1670s-1680s?]: Copies.
• ff. 161-162v Economics: Population: `A Method of Enquiring into the State of any Country', by Sir W. Petty: [early 1680s?].
• ff. 163-164v Edmund Halley, FRS; astronomer: `Proportions of the shires of England', by Sir W. Petty , based on calculations by E. Halley(?): 1685.
• ff. 165-170v, 189-191 Marriage: Papers by Sir W. Petty rel. to marriage: circa 1685, n.d.
• ff. 173-184v Population: Papers by Sir W. Petty on the characteristics of several professions: [circa 1685?].
• ff. 192-254 Henry Hen, Lord Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer: Satire by Sir W. Petty: 1685: Partly 20th cent copy.
• ff. 261-262 Poetry ENGLISH: Verses, `The Authentic Knave', by Sir W. Petty: [1670s?]: Autogr.