Add MS 78359

EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CXCII (ff. 55). Miscellaneous literary manuscripts, including verse, inscriptions and epitaphs by, addressed to, or otherwise associated with John Evelyn; circa 1634-1706.

1. ff. 1-4. Act I, Scene 1 of `The Originals. A Comedy', by Evelyn; [1660s?]. Autograph fair copy. Lot 428 in Evans’ sale of William Upcott’s collections, 22 June 1846 (Add. MS 78584 B) and purchased by William John Evelyn. Formerly Evelyn MSS 534. Beal EvJ 212.

2. ff. 5-17. Notes concerning comedy and other forms of dramatic writing, in quarto and folio sheets; n.d. Autograph. Formerly Evelyn MSS 534, 542. Beal EvJ 136, 212.

3. f. 18. Two sets of elegaic verses by Nicholas Crouch, student at Balliol, addressed to George Bradshaw, Dean of Balliol, apologizing for some minor transgression; circa 1634-?June 1638. Latin. Evelyn was at Balliol at this period and Bradshaw was his tutor (see Add. MS 78274 above).

4. f. 19. Epitaph for Margaretha (b. 1276), wife of Hermann, Count of Hennenberg, who according to legend gave birth to 365 children. Latin. Certified as a faithful copy of the inscription in the church of Loosduinen by the notary public in [1641?]. With an endorsement by Evelyn.

5. f. 20. Epitaph of Pierre Gassendi; aft. 1655. Latin. Copy.

6. f. 21. Inscription endorsed by Evelyn as by or relating to Edward Hyde, 1^st Earl of Clarendon, dated `M.D.C.L.X'; [aft. 1660]. Autograph. Latin. Beal EvJ 83. Formerly Evelyn MS 470.

7. f. 22. Verses by Abraham Cowley, addressed to Evelyn, beg. `Happy art Thou, whom God does bless'; facsimile, 1837, of verses in Cowley's hand written circa 1664, and with an engraving of `Abraham Cowley's Residence at Chertsey' at the head.

8. ff. 23-25. `Epigr: Verses and Inscriptions sent me from Learned Persons, which should have ben Engraven in Marble, and set up at Oxford in acknowledgement of my Procuring them The Greek Marmora Arundeliana'; [1667]. Autograph copies of Latin inscriptions, partly in verse. Evelyn adds that he would not allow them to be set up, `as to[o] greate a Vanity in me'. On the verso of one sheet is a rough pencil sketch of wharves and sluice-gates, presumably at Deptford. Formerly Evelyn MS 533.

9. ff. 26-28. Inscription to Cornelius de Wit, beg. `Aeternitati Sacrum'; 1667. Latin. Three copies, the first in Evelyn's hand and the last with a copy of the monumental inscription of his brother Richard, 1669, on the verso. Formerly Evelyn MS 472. Beal EvJ 8.

10. ff. 29-31. Two sets of Latin elegaics relating to Evelyn and the Dutch wars, complimenting him on his care of the sick and wounded seamen, on the safety of his wife after the plague, and on the re-establishment of peace and trade; [1665-1674?]. Copies in a scribal hand.

11. ff. 32-33. Verses by Evelyn concerning Mary Tuke, the daughter of Lady Tuke, headed, `A Pleasant Ballad How Mop went to France to be a Nunn', and `De Bith Income. How Mop from France is lately come ...'; [1680s?]. Autograph. Formerly Evelyn MSS 325, 326. Beal EvJ 7, 8.

12. f. 34. Epitaph by Evelyn for Sir Richard Browne; 1683. Autograph. Beal EvJ 82. Formerly Evelyn MS 391.

13. f. 35. Epitaph by Evelyn for Dr John Beale; 1683. Autograph, with notes for alternative wording.

14. f. 36 Epitaph for Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington; [1685]. Latin.

15. ff. 37-38. Political verse on the reign of James II, headed `Hounslow Heath’; 1688. In a scribal hand.

16. f. 39. Three sets of extempore verses in Latin by Evelyn, with notes of their context; 1696, n.d. Autograph fair copies.

17. f. 40. Verses by Evelyn on Peter the Great's stay at Sayes Court; 1697. Autograph. Latin and English.

18. f. 41. Inscription of the poet and courtier Fleetwood Sheppard’; aft. 1698. Latin. Endorsed by Evelyn `Fleetewod Shephards Epitaph’.

19. f. 42. `An Inscription Intended to be set up for the E of R When by the unhappy effects of his Ministry, The Chappell of St Stephen is become a Chappel to the Jesuites . . .'; 1701. Autograph. The paper has been damaged at the foot, with some loss of text. Beal EvJ 81. Formerly Evelyn MS 324.

20. ff. 43-44. Copy of the Latin hymn, `Dies irae', calligraphically written, with annotations in pencil by Evelyn; bef. 1706.

21. ff. 45-46. Verses addressed to John Evelyn by Jo: Bowes, beg. `Sir./ To a great Age God lengthens out your years ...'; [early 1700s?]. Calligraphically written and decorated with illustrations of tulips in coloured inks. Formerly Evelyn MS 328.

22. ff. 47-48. Inscription for John Evelyn's tomb at Wotton; 1706, endorsed in the hand of his grandson. Formerly Evelyn MS 339.

23. ff. 49-50. Two inscriptions, calligraphically written to accompany the copy by John Bogdane of Evelyn's portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1689, presented to the Royal Society after his death; aft 1706. Unnumbered.

24. f. 51. Two stanzas endorsed by Evelyn, `Song / Ital[i]an Verses’; 17th cent.

25. ff. 52-62. Transcripts of verses from `Otium Evelyni' (Add. MS 78357); 20th cent. Incomplete, pp. 5, 11, 31, 40, 45, 55, 58, 62, 63, 68 only.