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Harley MS 7312

Record Id:
040-002053166
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
040-002053166
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000935.0x000349
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7312
Title:

Miscellany of satirical poetry, and a copy of the play 'Sodom, or The Quintesence of Debauchery'

Scope & Content:

Folio manuscript volume.

Contents:

  • p. 1*: Table of Contents.
  • pp. 1-2: 'Prologue'. First line: 'Gentle Reproofes have long been try'd in vaine'.
  • pp. 2-4: 'The Hypocrite'. First line: 'Thou'rt more unconstant, then the wind or sea'.
  • pp. 5-10: 'Observacons on Tunbridge Wells' [By John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester]. First line: 'Att five this Morn: when Phoebus rais'd his head'.
  • pp. 11-17: 'A Satyr against Man by the E_ of R_r' [Also known as 'A Satyr against Reason and Mankind', by John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester]. First line: 'Were I who to my Cost already am'.
  • pp. 18-24: 'Answer to the foregoing Satyr'. First line: 'Were I to choose what sort of Corps I'de weare'.
  • p. 24: First line: 'How happy was that night yee' Gods'.
  • p. 25: 'Upon our late Publicke loss of the Duke of Cambridge'. First line: 'The failing Blossom, which a young plant beares'.
  • pp. 26-41: 'Controversiall Letters between a supposed Atheist and a Minister'. First line: 'Sir John for so in times preceding'.
  • pp. 42-44: 'The Duke of Buckingham's Litany'. First line: 'From a Sensuall proid Atheisticall Life'.
  • pp. 45-47: 'On the Prince and Princess of Orange' [by Nathaniel Lee]. First line: 'Haile happy Warriour whose Armes have won'.
  • pp. 48-50: 'A Broadside against Marriage Directed to the Inconsiderable Animall called a Husband'. First line: 'Husband thou dull Insipid Miscreant'.
  • pp. 51-54: 'The Answer in Vindication of a Marriage life'. First line: 'Thou dull insipid wretch who Could'st not Choose'.
  • pp. 55-59: 'Satyr against Marriage in a Letter to a friend'. First line: 'Thanks yee kind powers I am att last got free'.
  • pp. 60-67: 'The answer to the foregoing Letter'. First line: 'Thanks yee kind powers I am at last in Love'.
  • pp. 68-73: 'The Reply'. First line: 'What Sir I see yov'e answer'd what I writt'.
  • pp. 74-77: 'Some verses upon D_ of _' First line: 'I sing the praise of a worth Knight'.
  • pp. 78-80: 'A Satyrick poem on Women in Generall'. First line: 'Woman thou damned Hyperbole in Sin'.
  • pp. 81-82: 'On Womans Lust'. First line: 'Hot Lust within her Reines in ev'ry part'.
  • pp. 83-84: 'The Night Ramble'. First line: 'Drunk as a beggar or a Lord'.
  • pp. 85-87: 'The imperfect enjoyment by E: Rr [John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester]'. First line: 'Naked she lay Clasp'd in my longing armes'.
  • pp. 87-88: 'Another by R:'. First line: 'Fruition was the question in debate'.
  • p. 89: 'Advice to a C_tmonger'. First line: 'Fucksters you that would be happy'
  • pp. 90-95: 'Dildoe' [by Samuel Butler]. First line: 'Such a sad Tale prepare to heare'.
  • pp. 96-99: 'The duell of the Crablice' [by Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset]. First line: 'In Milford lane neare to St. Clements Steeple'
  • pp. 100-105: 'Le Temple del' Lamour'. First line: 'Deep in an uncouth Vaile 'twixt swelling hills'.
  • p. 106: 'A Dreame'. First line' Twas when the dark Lanthorn of the night'.
  • pp. 107-108: 'To the Post Boy' [by John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester]. First line: 'Son of a whore G_ dam the canst thou tell'.
  • pp. 108-109: 'Upon Enjoyment'. First line: 'Thrice happy I, Thrice blessed was that night'.
  • pp. 110-112: 'A Satyr by the E_ of R_r [John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester] which he deliver'd by mistake to King Charles the 2nd and upon which he was banish'd'. First line: 'Preserv'd by wonder in the Oake O! Charles'.
  • pp. 113-117: 'A Sermon supposed to be preached by Do. R'. First line: 'A Lewd woman is a Sinfull Temptation which is a positive truth'.
  • pp. 118-148: 'Sodom or The Quintesence of Debauchery by E of R. Written for the Royall Company of Whoremasters'. The attribution of this play is disputed. It has been attributed, it in whole or in part, to John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester. A play in 5 acts, with 2 prologues, a dramatis personae, 2 epilogues, and a speech.
  • pp. 149-150: 'Some verses sent by a friend to one who twice ventur'd his Carcass in Marriage'. First line: 'The husband the Pilott, the wife is the Ocean'.
  • p. 151: 'Maria, a Pastorall on the Late Queen Mary'. First line: 'Curs't be the day and doubly Curst that morn'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Harley Collection
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002045828
040-002053166
Is part of:
Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

 

Harley MS 7312 : Miscellany of satirical poetry, and a copy of the play 'Sodom, or The Quintesence of Debauchery'
Hierarchy:
032-002045828[7322]/040-002053166
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 volume
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1660
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Paper.

Dimensions: 315 x 190 mm.

Foliation: 1* + 152 pages.

Binding: British Museum binding.

Custodial History:

Provenance:

The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (1661-1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (1689-1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts.

Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (1694-1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.

Finding Aids:

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), Volume III

'Harley MS 7312', Catalogue of English Literary Manuscripts 1450–1700: http://www.celm-ms.org.uk/repositories/british-library-harley-7000.html

Publications:
Extracts in A Debt to Pleasure, Ed. by John Adlard, (Fyfield Books, 1974), pp. 46-50
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Butler, Samuel, Author of 'Hudibras.', 1613-1680
Lee, Nathaniel, dramatist, c 1653-1692
Sackville, Charles, 6th Earl of Dorset, poet and politician, 1643-1706
Wilmot, John, 2nd Earl of Rochester, 1647-1680