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Arundel MS 418
- Record Id:
- 040-002039701
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002039280
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000395.0x00011a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Arundel MS 418
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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Paper, 4to., ff. 36, xvii. Cent., apparently the autograph of the Author. "A poore mans Pittance," by Richard Williams, containing, 1. "The Complaynte of Anthonye Babington, sometyme of Lyncolnes Inne, Esquier, whoe with others weare executed for highe treason in the fieldes nere Lyncolns Inne, the xixth. of September an. 1586;" a poem founded upon the plan of the Mirror of Magistrates, with a dedication in prose to King Janies I. fol. .3. It begins, "A dreame or induction." "Late wearied withe my daylie toyle To bedd my selfe I dreste, Where as a sloumber caught mee soun, Yet coulde I take no reste." 2. A lamentable motion, or mournfull remembraunce for the deathe of Roberte Lorde Deverox, late Earle of Essex, whoe was beheaded in the Towre of London on Ashwensdaye mornynge in the yeare of oure Lorde 1601;" with a dedication to King James, in which the Author states that the poem was written immediately after the execution, and that its truth was admitted by the friends of the Earl. fol. 1 4.
3. "Acclamatio Patrie, or the complaynte of the good subiects of Englande for the myserie of these tymes, or the Powder Treasons, otherwise a Pulpitt for Papistes and a Trappe for Traytors." fol. 24. In the introductory Epistle to the King, the Author says, "seyng no other had written thereof, I did pretende to have put the same in printe, and had gotten it lycenced accordinge to order; but a printer asked me a some of moneye for the Impression whiche I was not able to paye, and so I kepte it privatt; but that I presented some of them to my honorable and worshipfull frendes, and one of them I did presente to your famouse sonne Prince Henrie, when your Majestie was in your Progresse in Nottingham shire, at the house of one Sir John Byron, a knight that dwelleth in the forrest of Mansfelde-, but I never harde anyo awnswere of it."
includes:
- f. 3 Anthony Babington, of Lincoln's Inn: The Complaynte of Anthonye Babington, executecl for high treason, in 1586; a poem, by Richard Williams.: Cent. xvii.
- f. 14 Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex; beheaded in 160 1: A mournful remembrance for his death; a poem by Richard Williams.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Arundel Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002039280
040-002039701 - Is part of:
- Arundel MS 1-550 : Arundel Manuscripts
Arundel MS 418 : Paper, 4to., ff. 36, xvii. Cent., apparently the autograph of the Author. "A poore mans Pittance," by Richard Williams,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002039280[0419]/040-002039701
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Arundel MS 1-550
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Babington, Anthony, conspirator, 1561-1586
Devereux, Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex, soldier and politician, 1565-1601,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121382245