Add MS 4456

Vol. I (ff. 215).

(1) Verses, etc., almost entirely by Birch, or addressed to him, some of them apparently written as exercises. They are:— (a) 'Jam tibi perfectum jactare, Britannia, carmen': a version (100 lines) of the Rev. John Nixon's poem on Sir R. Blackmore's Creation, 1712; 1725; followed by a copy of Nixon's poem, beg. 'Brittain at length may boast a finisht piece'. ff. 2-7;— (b) 'A Pindarick ode on Learning', beg. 'Rise, Phoebus! rise, assume the vocal lyre' (in 10 stanzas of from 8 to 17 lines); 1725. ff. 8- 11;— (c) 'When Neptune saw in Adria's wat'ry plain' (8 lines): translation of Sannazaro's epigram on Venice, 1725. f. 11;— (d) 'O qualis minimas venusta Tricas' (12 lines); translated from some English lines by Dr. Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester, on a girl playing with a fan; 1725.

f. 11 b;— (e) 'Deliciae, Rex, Angligenum! quo sospite Terras' (8 lines): on George I's return from Germany, in Jan. 1726. f. 12;— (f) 'Fir'd with his Grandsire's praise, the youth resigns' (32 lines): on a friend going to Leyden to study; 1725. ff. 12-13;— (g) 'Strike, Clio, strike the trembling string' (in 7 stanzas of from 6 to 14 lines); translated from Horace, Odes i.

12; 1726. ff. 13b-15;— (h) 'In vain the Muse attempts to tune the Lyre' (51 lines): on the death of Dr. George Sewell, Feb. 1726. ff. 15b-17;— (i) 'Laura' (a translation), beg. 'Love's pow'r immense the World allows' (28 lines). f. 17;— (j) 'Naso Temitanis exul miserandus in Oris' (14 lines): on the Analysis Ovidiana of Oswald Dykes, 1726. f. 18;— (k) 'Envy! retire to Glooms to Stygian night' (55 lines), June 1727; described in a printed copy from the British Journal, 1727 (f. 41b) as 'Upon the Picture of his late Majesty King George [I], occasion'd by his death. By T. Birch'. ff. 18b-19b;— (1) 'Ardore cur Mens insolito mea' (37 x 4 lines); by Birch, on Christmas day, 1723; apparently (see f. 1b) from the English of J. Hughes. ff. 20-21b;— (m) 'Ecce! redis rursus nostratum (sic) prime dierum' (54 lines); by Birch, on his eighteenth birthday, 1723. f. 22. For the end see Add. MS. 4457, f. 90b;— (n) 'Pollicitus carmen mihi, Navole, verba dedisti': epigram (4 lines). f. 23;— (o) 'Carmen Bucolicum in Virginem Mariam... ex Anglico J[ohannis] Norrisii' (i.e. 'And why, Alpheus', A Collection of Miscellanies, Oxford, 1687, p. 43); 1723. Begins 'Cur, Alpheu, fagi patulae resupinus in umbra' (106 lines). Imperfect. For the end, see Add. MS. 4457, f. 88. ff. 23-24b;— (p) 'While pining Anguish, wild Despair' (120 lines): several rough drafts of Birch's poem on his wife's death, with a printed copy from The Whitehall Evening Post, 13-15 Nov. 1729. ff. 25-32b, 38;— (q) 'Thy love's last Debt, these fun'ral lays' (4 x 4 lines): two copies in Birch's autograph, apparently addressed to him on the same occasion. ff. 33, 34;— (r) Lines addressed to Birch, viz:-'Birch, born to please with every art refined' (4 lines); and 'Industrious Birch a[ttend?] my gratefull lays'. ff. 35, 36;— (s) Latin epitaph in memory of Hannah, Birch's late wife (see also Add. MS. 4457, f. 11). f. 37;— (t) Letter from Birch to -, shortly before his wife's death, 31 July 1729. f. 39;—(u) Letter of Elizabeth Rowe, the author, to Birch, about publishing the latter's poem (p); 1730. f. 40;— (v) Two verses (10 lines each) in Birch's autograph, viz: 'Birchius rusticans', beg. 'After all his long Labours, to give him some play' (10 lines); by Daniel Wray, on behalf of Philip Yorke, afterwards 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, and Charles Yorke, afterwards Lord Chancellor, inviting Birch to 'Wrest'; 9 Aug. 1743; followed by 'Carolus fastidiosus', beg. 'Charles, turn'd to studies g[r]ave from youthful play' (10 lines), evidently by the same (see Add. MS. 35401, f. 104b); 11 Aug. 1743. f. 42;— (w, x, y) Verses in Birch's early hand, viz:— (w) 'To Clio', beg. 'While adverse Fate on distant plains' (64 lines). ff. 43-44;— (x) 'The Dream', beg. 'Now night in

sable Vest array'd' (62 lines). f. 45;— (y) 'Verses occasioned by the General History of Printing' (by Samuel Palmer, 1732) beg. 'Long had Mankind with Darkness been oppress'd' (75 lines); followed by a printed copy of The Weekly Register for 16 Sept. 1732, in which it appears. See also Add. MS. 4457, f. 133, for rough drafts. ff. 46-50b;— (z) "Io skotos, emou phaos, erembos" (4 lines from Sophocles), followed by a poem beg. 'Hail, Melancholy! gloomy pow'r' (12 x 6 lines); in Birch's later hand. ff. 51-52b;— (aa) 'Well then, my Birch is fixed at last' (56 lines) by Daniel Wray; circa 1 June 1746. See Add. MS. 35397, f. 8b. Copy. ff. 53-54.

(2) 'Fair Artist, well thy pencil has essay'd' (17 lines); in Birch's autograph, but evidently the 'Ode to the Hon. Miss [Elizabeth] Yorke [afterwards m. George, Baron Anson] on her copying a portrait of Dante by Clovio', by the Hon. Charles Yorke; 1747. ff. 55-56b.

(3) Copies of short poems, etc., by Elizabeth Carter (1717-1806), viz:— (a) 'A Dialogue between Body and Mind', beg. 'Says Body to Mind, 'tis amazing to see'. f. 57;— (b) 'In plaintive sounds that tun'd to woe', (to the Rev. Dr. Francis? Walwyn). ff. 57b-58b;— (c) 'Father Francis' prayer to St. Agnes', beg. 'Ne gay attire, ne marble Hall' (22 lines). f. 58b (see also Add. MS. 4457, f. 124);— (d) A Latin letter

addressed 'Johanni suo'; 24 Nov. 1738. f. 59;— (e) 'On the death of Mrs Elizabeth Rowe', beg. 'Accept, illustrious Shade, these artless Lays'; Jan. 1739. Autograph. ff. 60-61.

(4) Copy of 'Verses written by Dr. Walter Charl[e]ton's own hand on the back of his Print prefix'd to the 2d edition of his Exercitationes Animalium in the Library of Sr. Hans Sloane', beg. 'Amavit quotquot vidit fœminas'. f. 62.

(5) Short extracts from Abraham Cowley's works. ff. 63-64.

(6) 'Alexander's Feast' by Dryden. Copy. ff. 66b-65 (rev.).

(7) 'Sonnets' by Thomas Edwards, the critic, viz. (a) 'Eternal Darkness, shade thy hated name' (14 x 5 lines). ff. 67-69;- (b) 'Stranger, or Guest, whome'er this hallow'd Grove' (14 lines); attributed to D. Wray in Add. MS. 37684 (f. 66), but printed as Edwards's in his Canons of Criticism, 1765. f. 70.

(8) Ode by Miss Hester Mulso (m. — Chapone in 1760), on reading the above 'sonnets' in 1749, beg. 'Blest Bard! to whom the Muses weeping gave'. Two copies in Birch's hand, Jan. 1751. ff. 71, 79.

(9) 'Pardon (Great Sir) my too officious zeal' (34 lines); addressed to Sir Patient (i.e. Patience) Ward, Lord Mayor of London (1680-1) by Jo. Freman. ff. 72-73.

(10) Twenty-seven stanzas of 7 lines 'Out of the Convivium Colchestriense or The Tragedy of John Beck [i.e. Becke] ye last Abbot of Colchester — by Mr. Griffin, Min[iste]r of Colchester [probably the Rev. Lewis Griffin, poet, master of the Colchester Freeschool 1664-1671], presented [? to the Bishop, or the Censor] by H. Broome to be licensed'. Evidently written after 1667, from the reference to the 'Cabal' (stanza v, l. 5). In the same hand as art. 5. ff. 74-75b.

(11) 'From polish'd circles of the Fair' (50 lines), sent to Jemima, Marchioness de Grey, wife of Philip, afterwards 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, by John Hoadly, LL.D., along with his pastoral 'Phoebe'. In Birch's hand. ff. 76-77.

(12) 'If it is true, that, blended all in one' (21 lines), addressed by Joseph Mitchell (?) to Pope, on the publication of the Dunciad, 1712. f. 78.

(13) 'Ye sons of art, where'er your manes rest' (275 lines), addressed by the Rev. Thomas Newcomb to Dr. ?John Gardiner; circ. 1732-1737. ff. 81-85.

(14) 'In these deep solitudes, and awful cells' (Eloisa to Abelard), by Pope. Copy, in the same hand as art. 6. ff. 87-91 b.

(15) 'Abelard to Eloisa', beg. 'In my dark Cell low, prostrate on the Ground' (176 lines). By Mrs. Judith Madan, 1720, cf. Add. MS. 28101, f. 150. In the same hand. ff. 92-94.

(16) Two fragments by Pope, viz. (a) 'Take a knuckle of veal' (30 lines): 'a Receipt for a Soup sent ... to Dean Swift' in 1725, according to Add. MS. 32463, f. 96b. f. 95;— (b) 'O thou, who stopst where Thames' translucent wave' (on his grotto). Published as 'Thou who shalt stop', (a sonnet enclosed in a letter to Lord Bolingbroke, 13 Sept. 1740). In Birch's autograph. f. 96.

(17) 'Thy Pen, Great Pope, the wonder of the Age' (42 lines). Anonymous. f. 97.

(18) 'The Dream': ode by Miss — Ramsey (aged fifteen), beg. 'Come, gentle God of soft Repose'; followed by a Latin version (in the style of Horace), probably by Birch, in whose autograph they both are. ff. 98, 99.

(19) Letter from Joseph Standen to the Rev. — Lobb at Bath, 1732, enclosing Pope's sonnet entitled 'The looking-glass', beg. 'With scornful Mien, and various Toss of Air'. The subject of the lines is Anna Maria Gumley, wife of William Pulteney, Earl of Bath, in 1742. ff. 100, 102.

(20) 'Epître a Uranie par Monsr de Voltaire', beg. 'Tu veux donc, charmante Uranie'; otherwise known as 'Le Pour et le Contre', written in 1722 (but not published till 1732) and addressed to Mme. de Rupelmonde; followed by a short letter in French, dated 1749, enclosing the above, and adding the epigram on the same work, beg. 'Que pensez-vous de l'autheur d'Uranie'. In Birch's autograph. ff. 103-106b.

(21) Notes on classical subjects in the same hand as artt. 6 and 14 including (a) 'Poets Names in Sir Thomas Pope Blounts 'Remarks [up]on Poetry', 1694, followed by accounts of some of them. ff. 107-111 (see also Add. MS. 4457, f. 148);— (b) Extracts from Pope's 'Iliad', 1715- 1720. ff. 112-116, 117b-121b, 124-128 (see also Add. MS. 4457, ff. 155, 156). Two numbers originally inserted here, but 'sealed up' in Ayscough's time have since disappeared.

(22) Imitations in Birch's autograph, from (a) Horace, beg. 'Would you, Licinius, choose the surest way' (32 lines). f. 129;— (b) Quevedo, beg. 'Tis true, my Form no Tyrian Purples grace' (16-lines). f. 130;— (c) Martial, beg. 'Farmers of Higham and Silsovian Swains' (22 lines; apparently by Philip Yorke, aft. 2nd Earl of Hardwicke). f. 131.

(23) 'Disputation held at ... Bath between two grave Divines [Robert Crosse and Joseph Glanville, 1667] ... to the tune of Chivy Chace', beg. 'Two Gospel Knights' (22 x 6 lines). ff. 133-134b.

(24) 'To Paeon', beg. 'To give my Love, tho' 'tis too late' (24 lines). In the same hand as art. 21. f. 135.

(25) Lines 1-12 of metrical versions of (a) Psalm IX ('The Needy for Defence'), and (b) Psalm X ('Why dost Thou, Lord, stand far aside'). f. 136.

(26) 'Thou, Ignorance, hath (i.e. hast) Death a Tyrant made' (55 lines). ff. 137b-138b.

(27) Two short poems on death in the autograph of John Morton (of Gloucester?), 1720, but dating from the 17th cent (see Add. MS. 33234, f. 151). They are:— (a) 'When on my sick-bed I languish' (20 lines), and (b)'Oh the sad day'(18 lines). f. 139. Copies of both, in a different hand, occur on ff. 163b, 164.

(28) 'In what soft Language shall my thoughts get free' (96 lines); written by a young lady on the death of her husband. ff. 140-141.

(29) Two sets of verses, both addressed to Horatio (in imitation of Hamlet?), but in different hands. They are:— (a) 'Well, yesterday is pass'd, and cannot be' (37 lines). ff. 124-143;— (b) 'Tomorrow didst thou say' (35 lines). f. 144.

(30) 'Come, Oysters, hoa-Attend awhile' (92 lines). ff. 145-147b.

(31) Prior's 'The Female Phaeton', 1718?; followed by two Latin imitations, viz. (a) in the same hand, beg. 'Egregia Lyde forma jam cruda marito';— (b) in a different hand (signed J.T.), beg. 'Lucia formosam formosior ipsa parentem'. ff. 148b-150b.

(32) (a) 'To thee, Eubolus, I would scrib[b]le' (26 lines), from a parson in the country to a lawyer in the city; with the lawyer's answer (49 lines), beg. 'Witt's hill's too steep for me to climb'. f. 151;— (b) A long satirical letter in the same hand from 'Teague Belphill', 1701, purporting to be addressed to 'Mr Robins, a poetical lawyer of Lincoln's Inn'. ff. 152- 154.

(33) Published poems by Thomas Parnell, in the same hand as artt. 21, 24. They are:— (a) 'A Night-Peice on Death', beg. 'By the blue Taper's trembling light'. ff. 156b, 155;— (b) 'A Hymn to Contentment', beg. 'Lovely, lasting Peace of Mind'. ff. 155b, 156, 157;— (c)'A Fairy Tale', beg. 'In Britains Isle and Arthur's days'. ff. 157b-160;— (d) 'The Book-Worm'. ff. 160-161.

(34) 'Orinda! you the languid song inspire' (15 lines); apparently in Birch's early hand. f. 162.

(35) Some astronomical notes. f. 164b.

(36) Poems by Leonard Welsted, in the same hand as art. 33. They are:— 'In his fond heart in vain does man'; from the Ode addressed to Lord Cadogan after he was created Earl, 1718. f. 165;— (b) 'The Genius: An Ode written in 1717, on ... the Duke of Marlbro's Apoplexy', beg.'Awful Hero, Marlbro, rise'. ff. 165b-166 (rev.);— (c)'Ambition long has woman's heart betray'd'; addressed to the Countess of Warwick on her marriage with Joseph Addison, 1716. f. 166b.

(37) Pindaric ode on the vanities of this life, beg. 'What makes fond man the Trifle Life desire' (14 lines). f. 167.

(38) 'Whilst this thesis I maintain'; dialogue between Richard and Matthew (49 lines). f. 167b.

(39) 'Cleon to Dorrinda', beg. 'Since soon this hated World and I must part' (107 lines); by 'F. E.' In a youthful hand. ff. 168-169.

(40) 'Roman Faith we all adore' (9 lines). In the same hand as art. 38. f. 170.

(41) 'Britania (sic)! Goddess Heavenly fair' (20 lines), on Miss Eustace's landing at Bristol. f. 171.

(42) 'Capricious Wray a Sonnet needs must have'. f. 172.

(43) Sonnets in imitation of Milton, in Birch's hand, with the exception of (b), viz:— (a) 'Wray, whom chast[e] Wit and various Arts adorn'. f. 173;— (b) 'Lady (than whom, thy antient pedigree', addressed to Jemima, Marchioness Grey. f. 174;— (c) 'Philip, well-versed in the wily maze'; evidently addressed to Philip Yorke, husband of the above, Feb. 1743. f. 175;— (d) 'Captain (eftsoons a Colonel, I ween)'. f. 175.

(44) 'The Man, who History Compiles' (52 lines), in imitation of Horace; in the autograph of Daniel Wray. ff. 176-177.

(45) 'The Cremona fiddle', called 'The fiddle's farewell' in Add. MS. 28101, f. 116, beg. 'Ye Lads and ye Lasses, that live at Long Leet'. Imperfect at the end. f. 178.

(46) 'While you the healing Stream at Scarb'rough sip' (22 lines, in imitation of Martial) addressed to the Hon. Philip? Yorke; after 1754. In Birch's autograph. f. 180.

(47) 'While you, my Lord, with Care opprest' (79 lines), addressed to 'Lord [i.e. Charles, 2nd Viscount] Townshend on the present Posture of Affairs, March, 1728'. In Birch's autograph. ff. 181-182b.

(48) 'Laurietta to her Altamira' (99 lines), beg. 'O how shall I begin, how tune my Lays'. In Birch's early hand. ff. 183-185b.

(49) From Laurietta to Lucinda, on her wedding-day (74 lines), beg. 'Now let my Joy to Heaven's high roofs ascend'. f. 186.

(50) 'Our Short acquaintance in Its Earlyest Prime' (11 x 3 lines), addressed to Philoretta, on friendship, 1719. ff. 187b-188.

(51) 'The portrait' (32 lines), beg. 'Soft, gentle, handsome, fair, and young'. f. 189.

(52) 'The cushion-plot' (16 x 4 lines), beg. 'When Gaby possession had got to the Hall'. In Birch's autograph. f. 190.

(53) 'Miranda to Gallio, occasion'd by the Tack' (55 lines), beg. 'Your Tack Petition, I have seen'; apparently addressed to Dean Swift. It is followed by a reply from 'Gallio to Miranda, on Her Tack-poem' (100 lines), beg. 'Once more, tho' well-nighd (sic) tir'd, my muse'. In the same hand as art. 41. ff. 191-193b.

(54) 'The Brittish Ambassadress's speech to the French King', in 1712, according to Add. MS. 21544, f. 26, where the verses occur with some variations; beg. 'Hail, Tricking Monarch, more successful far' (68 lines). The lady in question was Adelaide, daughter of the Marquis Paleotti, and wife of Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury, Ambassador to Louis XIV in 1712-1713. ff. 194-195b.

(55) 'Delia's complaint of the falacy (sic) of Cupid' (55 lines), beg. 'Inspire me Phebus, and yee tunefull Nine'. ff. 196-197.

(56) 'An address to his Majesty [George III] from the Orford', by the chaplain, according to Add. MS. 5439, f. 118; beg. 'Most Gracious Sov'reign Lord our King' (46 lines); circa 1727 (see lines 11, 12). ff. 198-199.

(57) 'Uncertain, without hope, The Duke he dyes' (8 lines); verses on George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. f. 200.

(58) Satires by 'L.R.', i.e., John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester; in the same hand as art. 10. They are:— (a) 'On Tunbridge-wells' (1 87 lines), beg. 'At five this morn, when Phoebus rais'd his head'; 1675. ff. 201- 203b;— (b) 'Were I (who to my cost already am)'; published as 'Satyr against mankind'. ff. 204-206b.

(59) 'The Seven wisemen of England, to the tune of To all you ladies now' (19 x 6 lines), beg. 'Sev'n planets they do grace the Skies'. The seven, reckoning the two Walpoles as one, are:- Edward Russell, Earl of Orford; Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend; William, 1st Earl Cowper; William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire; Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford 1742; Horatio Walpole, Baron Walpole, 1756; Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe 1742; John(?) Gumley, brother of Lady Pulteney (see art. 19); and the poem describes their visit to the Prince of Wales at Richmond, to petition against the present Administration; circ. 1718-1721. ff. 207-208b.

(60) 'A wig, that's full, an empty scull' (6 x 4 lines). f. 209.

(61) 'Song on the prisoners at St. James' (13 x 6 lines), beg. 'Now dos (sic) S. James's Flourish more'. Among those imprisoned on this occasion (1655) for treason against Cromwell, were Sir Frederick Cornwallis, Sir Robert Shirley, Lord Lucas, Lord Maynard, Lord Petre, Sir Ralph Verney, Sir John Wake, and Sir Justinian Isham. ff. 210-21 1b.

(62) 'The Trojans' Distress', beg. 'Ye Lads and ye Lasses attend to my Ditty' (20 x 4 lines). Two verses relate to Lord Bolingbroke's attacks on

Sir Robert Walpole's Administration, probably in 1726-1727. ff. 212- 213b.

(63) 'God bless our young Prince, and endow him with grace' (7 x 4 lines); on the accession of George III, 1760. f. 214.

Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Verses, etc., by, or collected by: circ. 1625-1760.: Lat. and Engl.: Partly autogr.

includes:

• ff. 2-7 (imperf.) Sir Richard Blackmore, MD, Physician to William III. and Qu. Anne: Poem on his 'Creation', with Latin version: 1725.
• ff. 2-7 (imperf.) John Nixon, FRS, Vicar of Cold Higham: Poem on Sir R. Blackmore's 'Creation', with Latin version: 1725.
• f. 11 Jacopo Sannazaro, d 1530 Italian poet: Epigram on Venice.: 1725.: Engl. transl.
• f. 11b Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester: Latin version of lines by: 1725.
• ff. 12, 18b, 41b George I of England: Verses on: 1726, 1727.
• f. 13b Quintus Horatius Flaccus, poet: Translation of Odes i. 12: 1726.
• ff.15b-17 George Sewell, MD; poet and dramatist: Lines on his death: 1726.
• f. 18 Oswald Dykes, author of 'English Proverbs': Lines on his 'Analysis Ovidiana': 1726.
• ff. 20-21b John Hughes, poet: Latin version of poem attrib. to: 1723.
• f. 23 John Norris, d 1711 Rector of Bemeton: Latin version of a poem by: 1723.
• ff. 25-34, 37, 38 Hannah Birch, née Cox; wife of T Birch: Poems, etc., on the death of: 1729.: Lat. and Engl.: Partly printed.
• f. 40 Elizabeth Rowe, d 1737 poet; widow of T Rowe, biographer: Correspondence with T. Birch: 1730.
• ff. 42, 53, 70, 176 Daniel Wray, FRS: Verses by: 1743, 1746, 18th cent.
• ff. 46, 49 (printed) Samuel Palmer, d 1732 printer: Verses on his 'History of Printing': 1732.
• ff. 51-52b Sophocles: Translation of passage from: 18th cent.
• ff. 55-56b Hon Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor: Verses by: 18th cent.
• ff.55-56b Elizabeth Anson, d 1760 née Yorke; wife (1748) of George, Baron Anson: Lines addressed to: bef. 1748.
• ff. 57-58b, 60 (autogr.) Elizabeth Carter, author: Poems by: 1739, n.d.
• ff. 57b-58b Francis Walwyn, DD: Poem addressed to: 18th cent.
• f. 59 Elizabeth Carter, author: Letter to -: 1738.: Lat.
• ff. 60-61 Elizabeth Rowe, d 1737 poet; widow of T Rowe, biographer: Verses on her death: 1739.
• f. 62 Walter Charleton, d 1707 MD, FRS: Verses by: 18th cent.: Lat.: Copy.
• ff. 63-64 Abraham Cowley, poet: Short extracts from his works: 18th cent.
• ff. 66b-65 (rev.) John Dryden, poet and dramatist: 'Alexander's Feast': 18th cent.: Copy.
• ff.67-70 Thomas Edwards, d 1757 FSA; of Turrick: Sonnets: 18th cent.: Copies.
• ff. 71, 79 Hester Mulso, afterwards Chapone; essayist: Ode on T. Edwards: 1751.: Copies.
• ff. 72-73 Jo- Freman: Poetical address to Sir P. Ward: circ. 1681.
• ff. 72-73 Sir Patience Ward, d 1696 Lord Mayor of London: Poetical address to, by J. Freeman: circ. 1681.
• ff. 74-75b Reverend Lewis Griffin, Master of Colchester Grammar School: Verses by (?): aft. 1667.
• ff. 75-75b H. Broome: Allusion to: aft. 1667.
• ff. 76-77 Reverend John Hoadly, poet and dramatist; son of Benjamin Hoadly: Poetical epistle to Lady Grey: circ. 1748.: Copy.
• ff.76-77, 174 Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey; wife of Philip, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke: Poems addressed to: circ-1748.
• f. 78 Joseph Mitchell, poet and dramatist: Poem by (?) addressed to A. Pope: circ. 1712.
• ff. 78, 97 Alexander Pope: Verses to: 18th cent.
• f. 81 Reverend Thomas Newcomb, poet: Letter to Dr. [J.?] Gardiner: circ. 1732-1737.
• ff. 87-91b, 95, 96, 102 Alexander Pope: Verses: circ. 1715-1725, n.d.: Partly autogr.
• ff. 92-94 Judith Madan, wife of Colonel M Madan, MP: Poem by: 1720.: Copy.
• ff. 95, 191-193b Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin; author: Verses addressed to: 1725, 18th cent.
• ff. 98, 99 Miss Ramsey: 'The Dream': an ode: 18th cent.: Copy.
• ff.100-102 Joseph Standen, Vicar of Speen: Letter to (?) Rev. - Lobb: 1732.
• f. 102 Anna Maria Pulteney, née Gumley; wife of W Pulteney, Earl of Bath 1742: Poem on, by Pope: circ. 1732.
• ff. 103 - 106b François Marie Arouet de Voltaire: 'Epître à Uranie', followed by an epigram on the same: 1749.: Copies, late 17th cent.
• ff.103-106b Marie Marguerite Elisabeth de Récourt, Comtesse de Rupelmonde: Poem addressed to, by Voltaire, 1722.: aft. 1749.: Copy.
• ff. 107-111 Sir Thomas Pope Blount, 1st Baronet: Extracts from his 'Remarks upon Poetry' (1694): 18th cent.
• ff. 112-128 passim Alexander Pope: Extracts from his 'Iliad': 18th cent.
• ff. 129, 176 Quintus Horatius Flaccus, poet: Imitations of: 18th cent.: Engl.
• f. 130 Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo e Castellobramco, Portuguese poet, d. 1627: Imitation of, by T. Birch: 18th cent.
• f. 131 Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke: Imitation of Martial: bef. 1766.
• ff. 131, 180 Marcus Valerius Martialis: Imitations of: 18th cent.
• ff. 133-134b Joseph Glanvill, Rector of Bath Abbey Church; d.1680: Account of a disputation at Bath, with R. Cross: 1667.
• ff.133-134b Robert Crosse, Vicar of Chew Magna: Account of a disputation at Bath with Rev. J. Glanvill: 1667.
• f. 136 Bible ENGLISH: Lines 1-12 of metrical versions of Psalms IX and X: 18th cent.
• f. 139 John Morton, (?) of Gloucester: Poems copied by: 1720.
• f. 139b Hannah Morton, (?) niece of John Morton (?) of Gloucester: Letter to her uncle: circ. 1720.
• ff.148b-150b Matthew Prior, poet and diplomatist: 'The Female Phaeton' by, with Latin imitations: 18th cent.
• f. 150 J. T: Latin imitation of poem by Prior: aft. 1718.
• ff. 151, 152 Robins, of Lincoln's Inn (?): Poem sent to him with a letter from 'Teague Belphill': 1701.
• ff.152-154 'Teague Belphill'; pseudonym: Letter, so signed, to 'Mr. Robins': 1701.
• ff. 155-161 Thomas Parnell, poet; d.1718: Verses by: 18th cent.
• f. 164b Astronomy: Notes on: 18th cent.
• f. 165 William Cadogan, 1st Baron and (1718) Earl Cadogan: Verses addressed to: 1718.
• ff.165-166b Leonard Welsted, poet: Odes, etc.: 1716-1718.: Copies, 18th cent.
• ff. 165b-166 (rev.) John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Ode on his illness: 1717.
• f. 166b Charlotte Rich, widow of Edward, 6th Earl of Warwick: Verses on her marriage with Joseph Addison: 1716.
• f. 166b Joseph Addison, dramatist and essayist: Ode on his marriage with the Countess of Warwick: 1716.
• ff. 168-169 F. E: Poem by: 18th cent.
• f. 17 1 Miss Eustace: Ode on her landing at Bristol: 18th cent.
• ff. 172, 173 Daniel Wray, FRS: Sonnets addressed to: 18th cent.
• ff. 175, 180 Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke: Verses addressed to: 1743, aft. 1754.
• ff. 181-182b, 207-208b Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend: Verses on and addressed to: circ. 1718, 1728.
• ff. 194-195b Adelaide Talbot, wife of Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury: Speech in verse to Louis XIV of France: 1712-1713.
• ff. 198-199 George II of England: Address to, on his accession, by the chaplain of H.M.S. 'Orford': 1727.
• ff. 198-199 Orford H.M.S: Address to George II by the chaplain of: 1727.
• f. 200 George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham: Verses on: 18th cent.
• ff. 201-206b John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester: Poems: 17th-18th centt.: Copies.
• ff. 207, 208b Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe: Verses on: circ. 1718.
• ff. 207-208b Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton: Verses on: circ. 1718.
• ff. 207-208b William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire: Verses on: circ. 1718.
• ff. 207-208b William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper: Verses on: circ. 1718.
• ff. 207-208b [?John] Gumley, brother-in-law of W Pulteney, Earl of Bath 1742: Verses on: circ. 1718.
• ff. 207-208b George II of England: Poem addressed to, when Prince of Wales: circ. 1718.
• ff. 207-208b, 212-213b Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford; Prime Minister: Verses on: circ. 1718-1727.
• ff.207-208b Edward Russell, Earl of Oxford d 1727: Verses on: circ. 1718.
• ff.212-213b Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke: Poem rel. to his attacks on Sir R. Walpole's administration: circ. 1726-1727.
• f. 214 George III of England: Poem on his accession: 1760.