Egerton MS 2982

HEATH AND VERNEY PAPERS. Vol. V (ff. 292). Miscellaneous theological and literary works, 17th Cent. Ineluded are :-

1. " A Coller of SS. composed of severall gemms, and made up into ye forme of a chayne for a Judge," and " A Coller of SS. consistinge of 24 linkes, fitted for the honour and ornament of a Judge." Two catenae of the virtues of a Judge, each virtue commencing with the letter S, by [Sir Robert Heath]. Hologr. The latter version is printed in Notes and Queries, lst series, x (1854), p. 357. ff. 1, 3.

2. Essays and Notes :- (a) Concerning discord among brethren. The hand is perhaps that of Francis Heath, LL.D., cf. Eg. 2983, f. 155 b. f. 5 ;- (b) Of chastity. In the same hand. f. 9;-

-(c) Extracts from Joannes [Antonius] Delphinus, De Matrimonio, 1553, pp. 15, 16. f. 16 ;- (d) De connubio intra gradus, in Engl. f. 18;- (e) On incest. f. 20 ;- (f) Notes from Montaigne's Essays, Bk. ii, ch. 1-11. f. 22.

3. Prayers and religious meditations on verses of the Scriptures, etc., by Sir Robert Heath and his sons Edward and John. Hologr. ff. 30-122 passim.

4. Articles drawn up by Ames Short, dissenting minister, for members of his communion at Lyme Regis, co. Dors., after his ejection from the Vicarage there, temp. Chas [between 1649-1685]. II. Cf. Calamy, Nonconformist's Memorial, ii, 1802, pp. 136-138. Copy. f. 65.

5. Ignoramus, a comedy, by [George Ruggle]. Lat. Imperf. containing only middle of Act ii, Scene iii - beg. Act iv, Scene iv. First printed posthumously in 1630. Other copies are Sloane MS. 2531, f. 2, and Harley MS. 6869, f. 57. f. 124.

6. " The Historie of Hermione and Lycidas," a romance apparently in the same hand as ff. 5-15. Beg. " Rome had not yett beene flattered." f. 140.

7. Elegy on the death of James I. Beg. " Hast thou binn dead these foure and twentye howers." f. 149.

8. "On his Ma^ties Greate Shipp [afterwards called ' The Sovereign of the Seas'] Lying almost finished in Woolage Dock Ao: 1637," by [Sir Richard Fanshawe]. Two versions of the Engl. (one with autogr. corrections) and one of the Lat. text, all differing slightly from the versions printed in R. Fanshawe, Il Pastor Fido . . . with an Addition of divers other. poems, 1648, pp. 240-247. ff. 153, 155.

9. " What 't is he loves in his Mistresse," by R[ichard?] F[anshawe?] Apparently in the same hand as ff. 5-15. Beg. " Though you are fairer than the day." f. 157.

10. " The Poet's Defence"; verses in the hand of ff. 5-15, beg. " The Times are bad indeed, and since that Treason." f. 159.

11. Lines beg. " How is't wee are thus melancholy ? What !" f. 161.

12. " To the Roial Societie-the Humble Addresse of Agnus Coga," followed by verses " On Agnus Coga his Povertie," beg. " That Metamorphosis did once translate:" a squib on the experiment of the transfusion of sheep's blood, performed in 1667 at the Royal Society, upon Arthur Coga, formerly sizar of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Cf. C. R. Weld, History of the Royal Society, i (1818), p. 220. f. 162.

13. List of the gentlemen of the Orkney and ShetlandIslands, in a Scottish hand, circ. 1600. f. 164.

14. Dialogue betw. Utrechia and Thirsis. Lat. and Engl., the latter beg. " Tell me, Vtrechia (since my fate)." f. 168.

15. Lines on the Huguenots, beg. " Covre le feu Ye Hugonots," 1666. f. 169.

16. Epitaph on [Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of] Strafford. Lat. Other copies are Add. MS. 29975, f. 123, and Egerton MS. 2725, f. 39 b. f. 171.

17. Epithalamia on the marriage of William Henry, Prince of Orange, afterw. William III of England, with Mary, daughter of James II. Extracted from the Epithalamium in . . . Nuptiis ...Principum Guilielmi-Henrici Arausii et Mariæ Britanniarum ab Academia Cantabrigiensi decantatum, 1677. Those here given are by (a) Richard Duke, Trinity College, beg. " Io Camoenae! sentio, sentio" ;- (b) Alexander Everard, Trinity College, beg. "Post belli nim[bos, Princeps, Martisque proc]ellas " ; (c) Tho[mas Lynford], Fellow of Christ's College, beg. " Exhaustas bello tristis Cythereia terras." f. 172.

18. Translations into English verse of selected epigrams and parts of the Liber Spectaculorum of Marcus Valerius Martialis, by Sir John Heath. Hologr. Imperf. An earlier draft, also in the autogr. of the author, is in Add. MS. 27343, the corrections of which are embodied in the present text. The translation of Book v, 62, is by [Sir] R[ichard] F[anshawe]. f. 175.

19. " Two sonnets translated into Latine " (so endorsement) but perhaps both Latin and English are paraphrased from a common source. The English poems are headed "Sonnet li. 4, p. 483," and " Sonnet li. 4, p. 481," and beg."O sweet and constant Hope " (24 lines), and " I am a Mariner to Love" (20 lines), apparently in the same hand as ff. 5-15. A comparison with a MS. of poems formerly belonging to George Thorn Drury, K.C

(Sotheby's sale-cat., 22 Feb. 1932, lot 2406), has proved artt. 2 (a-d), 6,

10, 14, 16, 19, and 20 (a) to be in the hand of Francis Heath, LL.D., who is probably the author of some of them. f. 244.

20. Epitaphs on (a) Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu. Lat. f. 246;- (b) Sir Robert Heath, d. 1649, and his wife Margaret, d. 1647. Printed by J. Cave-Browne, History of Brasted, 1874, pp. 36, 37. f. 248.

21. Notes from The historie of the civill warres of France, transl. from the Italian of Enrico Caterino Davila by Sir C. Cotterell and W. Aylesbury, 1647. f. 252.

22. " A resolution of conscience in answere to M^r. Aschams booke." The reply (1 Dec. 1649) of Robert Sanderson, D.D. [Bishop of Lincoln 1660] to [Anthony] Ascham's Discourse of what is lawful during confusions and revolutions of government, 1648. For a printed copy see Catalogue of the Thomason Tracts, i, p. 778, and cf. ibid., i, p. 783. f. 254.

23. " The Coppie of a letter : conceaued to be written, to y^e late, Erle of Buckingham ... by S^r Frances Bacon, afterwardes Lo : Verulam, and Viscount St. Albans [1616] " Printed from Lansdowne MS. 213, f. 90, and the Cabala (ed. 1663), together with a shorter and rarer version of the letter, and notes on both, in J. Spedding, etc., The Works of Francis Bacon, xiii (1872), pp. 9-56. f. 255.

24. Observations on [Elkanah Settle's] Character of a Popish Successour, 1681. f. 267.

25. Miscellaneous cookery and medical recipes. f. 269.

includes:

• ff. 1, 3 Sir Robert Heath, Chief Justice of King's Bench: "A Coller of SS." by: 17th cent.: Lat. and Engl.: Hologr.
• ff. 5-15, 140, 157, 159, 244 Francis Heath, LL.D: Essays, poems, etc., perhaps in his hand: 17th cent.
• ff. 5-21 Theology ENGLISH: Theological essays and notes: 17th cent.
• ff. 5-29 Essays: Essays and notes on various subjects: 17th cent.
• f. 16 Joannes Antonius Delphinus: Extracts from his De Matrimonio: 17th cent.
• f. 22 Michel de Montaigne, essayist: Notes from his Essays, Bk. II, chs. i-ii: 17th cent.
• f. 30 Sir John Heath, Knight 1664; Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster 1660; Treasurer of the Inner Temple 1673: Prayers by: temp. Chas.II.
• ff. 30-122 passim Prayers: Prayers and religious meditations by Sir R. Heath and his sons: 17th cent.: Lat. and Engl.: Autogr.
• f. 47 Brasted, Kent: Thanksgiving sermon on overthrow of Monmouth's rebellion preached at: 1685.
• f. 47 Sermons: Thanksgiving sermon at Brasted on defeat of Monmouth's rebellion.
• f. 47 James Scott, Duke of Monmouth: Sermon at Brasted on defeat of rebellion of: 1685.
• f. 65 Ames Short, dissenting minister at Lyme Regis (formerly Vicar): Articles for his congregation: temp. Chas. II: Copy.
• f. 65 Lyme Regis, county Dorset: Articles for dissenting community at: temp. Chas. II.: Copy.
• f. 65 Nonconformists: Articles of A. Short for his dissenting community at Lyme Regis: temp. Chas II.: Copy.
• ff. 66-122 b passim Sir Robert Heath, Chief Justice of King's Bench: Prayers and religious meditations by: 17th cent.: Hologr.
• f. 71 Edward Heath, KB 1661; son of Sir Robert Heath: Prayer by: bef. 1661.: Hologr.
• f. 124 Drama: G.Ruggle, Ignoramus: a comedy: 17th cent.: Lat.: Imperf.
• f. 124 George Ruggle: Ignoramus : a comedy: 17th cent.: Lat.: Imperf.
• f. 140 Romances: "The Historie of Hermione and Lycidas": 17th cent.
• f. 149 Political and Satirical Poems: Elegy on James I: circ. 1625.
• f.149 James I of England: Elegy on: 1625.
• ff. 149-245 Poetry TWO LANGUAGES: Poems and verse translations: 17th cent.: Lat. and Engl.
• ff. 153 (partly autogr.), 155, 157 (?) Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet; Ambassador to Spain, Master of Requests: Verses by: 17th cent.: Engl. and Lat.
• f. 162 Arthur Coga, formerly sizar at Pembroke College, Cambridge: Squib on Royal Society's experiment of transfusion of sheep's-blood upon: circ. 1667.
• f. 162 Royal Society: Squib on experiment of transfusion of blood by: circ. 1667.
• f. 164 Orkney Islands: List of gentlemen of: circ. 1600.
• f. 164 Shetland Islands: List of gentlemen of: circ. 1600.
• f. 169 Political and Satirical Poems: Lines on the Huguenots: 1666.
• f. 169 Huguenots: Verses on: 1666.: Copy.
• f. 171 Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford d 1641: Epitaph on: 17th cent.: Lat.
• f. 171 Epitaphs: On Lord Strafford (d. 1641): 17th cent.: Lat.
• f. 172 Political and Satirical Poems: Epithalamia on the marriage of William Henry, Prince of Orange (afterw. William III): 1677.: Lat.: Copies.
• f. 172 Richard Duke, of Trinity College, Cambridge: Epithalamium on marriage of the Prince of Orange by: 1677.: Lat.
• f. 172 b Aldrovandus Everard, of Trinity College, Cambridge: Epithalamium on marriage of the Prince of Orange by: 1677.: Lat.
• ff. 172-173 William III and Mary II of England: Cambridge epithalamia on their marriage: 1677.: Copies.
• f. 173 Thomas Lynford, Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge: Epithalamium on marriage of the Prince of Orange: 1677.: Lat.
• f. 175 Marcus Valerius Martialis: Translations from his Epigrams and Liber Spectaculorum: 17th cent.
• f. 175 Epigrams: Translations from Martial's epigrams: 17th cent.
• f. 175 Sir John Heath, Knight 1664; Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster 1660; Treasurer of the Inner Temple 1673: Translations by, from Martial's Epigrams and Liber Spectaculorum: 17th cent.: Hologr.
• f. 192 b Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet; Ambassador to Spain, Master of Requests: Translation of Martial's epigram v. 62 by,: 17th cent.
• f. 243 Marcus Tullius Cicero: Adaptation into Lat. and Engl. verse of part of ch. xi of his first Catiline oration: 17th cent.
• f. 246 Epitaphs: On Cardinal Richelieu (d. 1642): 17th cent.: Lat.
• f. 246 Armand Jean Du Plessis, Bishop of Luçon, afterwards Cardinal, Duc de Richelieu: Epitaph on: 17th cent.: Lat.
• f. 248 Epitaphs: On Sir R. Heath (d. 1649) and his wife Margaret (d. 1647) at Brasted: 17th cent.
• f. 248 Sir Robert Heath, Chief Justice of King's Bench: Epitaph on him (1649) and his wife Margaret (1647).
• f. 248 Brasted, Kent: Epitaphs on Sir R. Heath, and his wife Margaret at.: 1649, 1647.
• f. 252 William Aylesbury: Notes from his and Sir C. Cotterell's transl. of E. C. Davila's Historia delle guerre civili di Francia: 17th cent.
• f. 252 Sir Charles Cottrell, Master of Ceremonies: Notes from his and W. Aylesbury's transl. of E. C. Davila's Historia delle guerre civili di Francia: 17th cent.
• f. 252 Enrico Caterino Davila: Notes from transl. of his Historia delle guerre civili di Francia: 17th cent.
• f. 252 Huguenots: Notes from translation of E. C. Davila's 'Historia delle guerre civili di Francia': 17th cent.
• f. 254 Political Tracts: R. Sanderson, " Resolution of conscience in answere to Mr. Aschams booke": 1649.: Copy.
• f. 254 Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln 1660: Reply to A. Ascham's Discourse: 1649.: Copy.
• f. 254 Anthony Ascham, Ambassador at Madrid: Dr. R. Sanderson's reply to his Discourse of what is lawful during confusions and revolutions of government: 1649.: Copy.
• f. 255 Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans: Supposed letter to Sir G. Villiers: 1616.: Copy.
• ff. 255-265 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham: Letter of advice to (?), from Sir F. Bacon (?): [1616].: Copy, [aft. 1627].
• f. 267 Elkanah Settle, poet: Observations on his Character of a Popish Successour: [1681].
• f. 267 Political Tracts: Observations on Elkanah Settle's Character of a Popish Successour (1681).
• f. 269 Recipes: Cookery and medical: 17th cent.