Add MS 4457

Vol. II. (ff. 231).

(1) 'Ere You Read this now You'll Suppose'; song (8 x 5 lines). f. 1.

(2) Epitaph on Mrs. Mary Wynn, beg. 'Stay, reader, and with deep concern'. Two versions. ff. 2-3.

(3) The Epilogue to Don Carlos, by T. Otway; 1676. f. 4.

(4) 'These smiles bestow'd, these genrous Honours paid' (36 lines): epilogue spoken by Mrs Mary Porter, probably at the performance of Julius Caesar, in which she took part (circ. 1738) in aid of the fund for erecting a statue to Shakespeare (completed in 1741, when it was set up in the Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey). f. 5.

(5) 'O Fortune! how thy restless wavering state': sonnet (10 lines), said to be by Queen Elizabeth, 1555. f. 6.

(6) 'Iter Boriale' (sic), beg. 'Fowre Clerks of Oxford'; circ. 1625; here attributed to Ralph Thoresby, but really by Richard Corbet, Bishop of Norwich 1632. ff. 7-14b.

(7) 'England, once Europe's envy, now her scorne' (44 lines); circ. 1640. f. 15.

(8) The dramatis personae of 'Ignoramus': a comedy by George Ruggle, Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge, referring to events of 1611- 1612, performed twice before James I in 1615; with the casts. In Birch's autograph. f. 16.

(9) 'My song shall be alway of the loving kindness of the Lord': words of an 'Anthem for five voices with instruments'. ff. 17b-1 8b.

(10) 'And is it come to this?'. 'The Popish Priests' complaint for their being forc'd to leave England', by Seth Ward, Bishop of Salisbury 1667. f. 19.

(11) 'Hic subtus sive dormit, sive contemplatur': inscription by the above, when Bishop of Exeter, to the memory of Lawrence Rooke, the astronomer; 1662. f. 20.

(12) 'Sicilian Muse, begin a loftier flight' (120 lines); described as 'The Golden age retriev'd'; a parody of Virgil, Eclogue IV, with numerous political allusions (dated 1703 in Lansdowne MS. 852, f. 76). ff. 22-24.

(13) The headings of 51 sections of 'Critical Reflections upon Poetry and Painting', pt. 1. ff. 25-28b.

(14) Two Latin poems by Johannes Sictor, a Bohemian (fl. 1629- 1648), addressed to Thomas Winniffe, Dean of St. Paul's (1631), afterwards (1642) Bishop of Lincoln. They are (a) 'Trinobantum in Urbe, quaeperOrbemNobilis' (32 lines): on hospitality. f. 29;- (b) 'Dum tibi restituit Iova nunc per membra vigorem'; on the Dean's recovery from illness, in 1635. f. 30.

(15) Two papers in Birch's autograph relating to the device exhibited by the Earl of Essex before Queen Elizabeth I, 17 Nov. 1595, viz:-(1) Notes from a letter of Rowland Whyte to Sir Robert Sydney, giving an account of the device (cf. Arthur Collins, Letters and Memorials of State, 1746, i, p. 362); 22 Nov. 1595. f. 3 1;-(2) Notes of the speeches drawn up by Francis Bacon for the Earl's use on the same occasion. Apparently taken from 'Bp [Edmund?] Gibson's Papers'. ff. 32-33b.

(16) 'An Epistle from Romely Wood in Derbyshire to Haling Grove in Surrey' (92 lines), beg. 'Since every Naturalist agrees', with the answer (123 lines), beg. 'Dear Grove, I ask ten thousand pardons'. In Birch's autograph. ff. 34-39.

(17) 'When Islay to shew his fine delicate Taste' (15 lines); on the gardens on Hounslow Heath of Lord Islay (Archibald Campbell, Eari of Islay, 1706, and Duke of Argyll, 1743). f. 40.

(18) Account of Pierre Guérin de Tencin, Archbishop of Embrun, from Pierre François le Courayer's Defense de la Traduction de l'histoire du Concile de Trente, Amsterdam, 1742. f. 40b.

(19) 'Thee, bounteous Author of my days' (in 4 parts, of 6, 8, and 12 lines each); on the author's recovery from sickness. In the autograph of Elizabeth Carter. ff. 41-42b.

(20) 'Nothing! Thou Elder Brother ev'n to shade'; by the Earl of Rochester. In the autograph of the Rev. John Nalson, Prebendary of Ely (d. 1686); by whose son, the Rev. Valentine Nalson, it was given to the owner in 1710. f. 43.

(21) 'My Dearest Friend, in thy well govern'd mind' (37 lines); addressed to 'The Christian Lawyer'. Draft. f. 44.

(22) 'Tell me, departed spirit, where you dwell' (138 lines): described as 'A dialogue betwixt ye Ghost of Tho. Kirke de Cookridge Esq [d. 1706] and Milo Gale Rector de K[e]ighley ... July 8. 1706'. ff. 45-47.

(23) 'Most Holy function, venerable Trust' (31 lines): described 'Religion, a Poem', but really in praise of Birch, a dedicatory note to whom by W. Howard accompanies it. ff. 49-53.

(24) Poems by Anne, wife of Heneage, 5th Earl of Winchelsea, viz:- (a) 'The Prodigy', beg. 'Protect the State and let old England thrive'; 1706. Published, with variations, in Poems on Affairs of State, 1707. ff. 54-55;- (b) Rhyming letter (7 x 4 lines) to Arabella Marrow, beg. 'How can our Correspondence please'; 1715. ff. 55b-56b;- (c) Another (10 lines) to the same on the death of her mother, Lady Marrow. ff. 56b-57;- (d) 'Disarmed with so genteel an Air' (9 x 4 lines), addressed to Pope on some verses written by him (quoted here) occasioned by a passage in his Rape of the lock, 1712. ff. 57-58;- (e) 'Prithee Friend that Hedge behold' (33 lines), addressed to 'A fellow Scribbler'. f. 58;- (f) 'Joy from a zealous pen Ardelia sends' (34 lines); addressed to the Countess of Hartford (sic) on the birthday of her husband (Algernon, Earl of Hertford, 7th Duke of Somerset) whom she married in 1713.

f. 59;- (g) 'How plain (dear Madam) was the want of Sight' (38 lines); addressed to the Hon. Mrs. Thynne (?Grace, widow of Hon. Henry Thynne); 1715-1716. f. 60.

(25) 'Unhappy Day! with what a dreadful Light'; by Mrs Elizabeth Howe, on the anniversary of her husband's death, 1715. f. 61.

(26) 'From tragic scenes just Clos'd 'tis now the Vogue' (20 lines): epilogue written by Mrs. -- Lucas for a performance of ?Addison's Cato, in 1755, enclosed by her in a letter to Birch. ff. 63-64.

(27) 'A Song for the Oxfordshire Freeholders' (8 x 4 lines), beg. 'Tho' Clubs in Abundance of Places are known'; circ. 1754. Printed. f. 65.

(28) 'Whilst in the venerable Dome we view' (32 lines); evidently referring to the same occasion as art. 4. f. 66.

(29) Letter from Jack Thornycroft to Josiah Welby, introducing some verses on butterflies; followed by a slightly different version of the latter in Birch's autograph. ff. 67-70.

(30) 'As in the den, the Lyon's Prey' (30 lines); on the King (? George I) playing with a tiger in Kensington Gardens. f. 71.

(31) 'Vanae sit Arti, sit studio Modus' (8 alcaic verses); addressed 'Ad ornatissimam Puellam'. In Birch's hand. f. 72.

(32) Epigram 'Ad Elizam in [Alexandri] Popi Horto Lauros carpentem'; with the answer (attributed in Add. MS. 4254, f. 20, to Elizabeth Carter), beg. 'En! marcet Laurus, nec quiquam (sic) juvit Elizam'. In Birch's autograph, he being probably the author of the English versions of both, which follow. Two copies. ff. 73, 123b.

(33) Two poems by Sir Peter Leicester, viz.:-(a) 'Welcome, Dread Soveraigne: Every Heart and Tongue' (54 lines); on the progress through London and coronation of Charles II, 1661. f.74;-(b) 'Brave George, our Englands Champion! Thou art hee' (30 lines); on Col. George Monck (Duke of Albermarle)'s services at the Restoration, 1660. f. 75.

(34) Fragment of The Weekly Register, 16 Oct. 1731. Printed. f. 76.

(35) 'With this at once I give up all my joy' (58 lines); described as 'Lindamores' Farewel upon the Delivery of his Key to Mr [John] Eames' (the dissenting tutor, d. 1744). Draft. f. 77.

(36) Juvenile compositions of Birch's, including one of 1720, entitled 'Mr. Lily's Admonitions to his Scholars', evidently referring to the grammarian of that name (d. 1522). ff. 78-81b (37) 'Alas, what dismal tydings do I hear' (32 lines); on the death of William Daile (16 Oct. 1724), by S. Owen. f. 82.

(38) 'The fall of Man' (28 lines): dialogue (Serpent, Eve, Adam), beg. 'Why eat not of this fair fruitfull Tree'; by Birch; 1720. f. 83.

(39) Latin letters from Birch to (a) J. Welby; 1728. Draft. f. 84;-(b) John Owen; 1722. Two drafts. ff. 86-87, 89.

(40) Four Latin epigrams in Birch's autograph; 1723. f. 88b.

(41) 'Laura spreta' (6 sapphic verses); and 9 lines 'De uxore', apparently by T. F., 1723. ff. 91, 91b.

(42) 'Ingenii monumenta tui, mihi Carmina mittis': acrostic by Birch on the name of John Owen (see art. 39); followed by a postscript, also in Latin, 1723. ff. 92-93.

(43) 'Why should Apollo's mournfull Choir bewail': epitaph on Lord Carteret's son (? Philip, son of Sir George, 1st Baron Carteret); circ. 1723. In the same hand as art. 41. f. 95.

(44) 'Thanks to you, Ladies, who so kindly deign' (46 lines); 1731. Draft. ff. 96-97b.

(45) 'Whilst other Poets ransack Earth and Heaven' (about 160 lines); addressed by the writer to his brother Stephen, a farmer. Draft. ff. 98-101b.

(46) A quasi-oration by a Cambridge University man, in Latin, interspersed with numerous verses in English. Probably written before 1704, from the allusion to 'honest' Daniel Slater of Queens' College. ff. 102-105b.

(47) 'Oh that my Lungs would bleat like butter'd Pease' (16 lines): nonsense verses. Two copies, the second in Birch's autograph. ff. 106-107.

(48) Latin verses, apparently by H. J., viz: (a, b) Two sets of elegiac verses (12 lines each) addressed to Pierre Des Maizeaux (1666-1743). f. 108;- (c) 'G. Chillingworthi [1602-1644] Icon. Ad Ignatium Loyolam' (4 lines). f. 109.

(49) Letter from Elizabeth Carter 'Margarettae suae'; 1739. English and Latin. In Birch's autograph. f. 112.

(50) 'Sweet Tyrant Love, O hear me now' (4 x 4 lines); 1739. In the autograph of Elizabeth Carter. f. 115.

(51) 'Snatch me some God from Baia's desert seats', with an alternative setting 'Bear me some God to Baia's gentle seats' (8 lines each). Two copies, the first in Birch's autograph. ff. 116-117.

(52) 'The Press has labour'd long to tell' (8 lines); 'on A Toast [Mrs. Fane]'s visiteing A Printing House'. f. 118.

(53) Drafts of two sets of verses, beg. (a) 'If in those Plains where all is bright and clear';- (b) 'You Powers, from whom in vain I seek repose'.- (c) the answer to the lady-author ('Euthalia'), beg. 'The warbling lark'. ff. 119, 119b, 120.

(54) 'Seaven year agoe Christ rod' to Court' (16 lines); by 'a gentleman of ye Innes of Court:-in ye late king's days' (called in Harley MS. 4391, f. 13b, 'Mr Williams' ... prophecy ... 1616'). f. 121.

(55) A prescription for Dr. Nehemiah? Grew; 1675. f. 121b.

(56) 'Thanks, Douglass, thanks. To thee a nation pays' (14 lines). f. 122.

(57) Epigrams in Latin and Greek on Elizabeth Carter?'s 'Aenigma de Somniis'. In Birch's hand. f. 123.

(58) Three epitaphs, the first ('Conspicis, victor, Blenheimiae Monumentum duplex') in memory of the Duke of Marlborough. In the same hand. f. 125.

(59) 'When Hulse [Sir Edward Hulse, 1st Bart.] for some trifling unorthodox jests'; epigram on William Cheselden, F.R.S. (1688-1752). In the same hand. f. 126.

(60) Verses concerning the Creation, from Milton's Paradise Lost. In Birch's early hand. f. 127.

(61) Extracts from 'Solomon', 1718, and other poems by Matthew Prior. ff. 128, 128b.

(62) Latin verses composed by Birch in his student days, viz:-(a) 'Infernis Livor tenebris se condat; et atra' (on the picture of George I, lately deceased, 1727; cf. Add. MS. 4456, f. 18b). Two drafts. ff. 129- 132b;-(b) Imitations of Theocritus, etc. ff. 134-135b.

(63) Epitaphs of Abraham Cowley, one in Latin and four in English. On f. 136b is the name of Joseph Birrell, in a different hand. f. 136.

(64) 'The Rural Sweets a gratefull Song require' (45 lines); an early poem by Birch on Hemel Hempstead?, on the river Gade, co. Bedf. f. 137.

(65) 'Once Jacob, when He was a-dying' (30 lines): a mock last testament. f. 138.

(66) 'From Hannah pensive and alone' (15 lines): draft, probably in the autograph of Birch's wife. f. 143.

(67) Two verses in Birch's autograph, viz:- (a) 'When pensive on this portraiture I gaze' (14 lines). f. 144;- (b) 'By Business summon'd and the Will of Fate' (6 lines). f. 145.

(68) 'Wish not that things not in your power may run' (14 lines). f. 146.

(69) (a) Extracts from a philosophical work relating to the natural affections, etc. ff. 149-152;-(b) Definitions of Theist, Daemonist, etc. ff. 152b-154.

(70) 'Adieu, fond world, and all they wiles' (16 lines); by J. Stevens?. f. 159.

(71) 'Fairest Isle, all Isles excelling' (4 x 4 lines); from Dryden's King Arthur. f. 161.

(72) Aphorisms, apparently taken from the writings of the 'Turkish Spy'. f. 162.

(73) 'Orinda! Sappho! Sister! Friend!' (35 lines). ff. 163-164.

(74) 'Tis thou the languid song inspires' (sic) (42 lines). ff. 165b- 166.

(75) 'Ce Prophète menteur, ce Prêtre fanatique' (6 lines); on Voltaire's Mahomet, 1742. f. 167.

(76) 'Dic mihi fatalis regem quem denotat Annus'; verse prophecy 'de destructione regis Gallici, et gregis ... Hollandiae per ... regem Angliae ... 1666'. f. 168.

(77) Verses on death (32 lines), beg. 'O Death, fell Pow'r, of all that lives the Dread'. Draft. f. 169.

(78) Epitaphs on (a) Cardinal Mazarin, in French and Latin. ff. 170- 172b;- (b) A rich and well-born Englishman, circa 1670-1725. Latin. Draft. ff. 173-174;- (c, d) Edward Patterson, M.A. (1750) (three

copies), and Charlotte his wife (1741) (two copies). Latin. ff. 175- 177;- (e) William Mitchel of Bowling, 1705. English. f. 178;- (f) Cardinal Richelieu. French. ff. 178-180.

(79) Extracts from the works of Pierre Le Loyer (1550-1634) including verses addressed to Mathieu de Chalvet. French. ff. 181-183b.

(80) 'Nos fuerat quondam medio laudare senatu': verses (6 lines) in praise of Cardinal Richelieu (1631). In Birch's autograph. f. 184.

(81) 'Ostrea Baianis minime cedentia testis' (105 lines); 1726. In the same hand as art. 48. ff. 185-186b.

(82) 'Inter docta piae supremaque munera turbae' (8 lines); by - Coster, on the death of John Milner, Prebendary of Ripon, 1702. f. 187.

(83) Two epitaphs on Medus (?Richard Mead, M.D., F.R.S., d. 1754). Latin. f. 188.

(84) 'Julii Maz[arinil Cardinalis elogium'. Latin. Apparently in the autograph of the Rev. Thomas Belk (see below, art. 99). ff. 190-191.

(85) Drafts of a Latin poem criticizing the Danish astronomers Elias Olaus Cimber (fl. 1586) and Christianus Severinus Longomontanus (1562-1647); apparently by Dr. John Pell. ff. 192-194.

(86) Latin letter, introducing verses in Latin and Greek, from Jo-- Ellis to a patron. ff. 195-196b.

(87) 'Jonae historiae', beg. 'Temporibus quondam priscis per Aprica superbae' (about 150 lines). In Birch's early hand. ff. 197-199.

(88) Birch's school time-table; Jan. 1721. f. 201.

(89) 'Redde animam, quam nunc Furiae, nunc Tartara poscunt' (31 lines); translated by Sir Edward Dering (?2nd Bart., d. 1684) from Edmund Wailer's verses on the death of Oliver Cromwell. f. 202.

(90) 'At O deorum quisquis amicior': verses (15 x 4) addressed by John Hedges (?Vicar of E. Peckham, 1722) to Noel Broxholme, M. D. ff. 204-205.

(91) Epitaphs of Henry of Abingdon (d. 1437), copied by Birch from a work of J. Michael Lange, 1707. f. 206.

(92) 'Quique suas ultra borealia littora sedes': Latin version by Bonaventura Vulcanius of part of Callimachus's Hymn on Delos. f. 207.

(93) Early Latin poems by Birch, addressed to (a) Dr. N. Broxholme (4 x 4 lines); before 1728 (from the allusion to Dr. John Freind, d. 1728). f. 208;-(b) John, Lord Carteret (Earl Granville 1744), on his second appointment as Viceroy of Ireland, 1727. f. 209.

(94) 'Jam p[r]idem Caelum quem suspiravit anhelans' (18 lines); on the death of Dr. William Lupton (Prebendary of Durham 1726). f. 210.

(95) 'Tu nostree memor usque Scholae dum Vita manebat'; inscrip-

tion by the scholars of Westminster to the memory of John Savage, D.D.; 1750. In Birch's autograph. f. 211.

(96) Poems, etc., in the hand of Pierre Des Maizeaux, viz:- (a) Cui nota non est Musa Bonnefoni (13 lines); addressed to Gilles Durant, sieur de la Bergerie. f. 110;- (b) 'Mansaeine tui beata rura' (14 lines); addressed to Jean Barillon. f. 213;-(c) 'Sit in deliciis Puella, Myro' (15 lines); addressed to François Miron. f. 214;-(d) 'Ma folastre Nymphelette' (80 lines). ff. 215-216;-(e) List of 'Imitations', including the preceding verses. f. 217.

(97) Two Latin inscriptions over the gate of Philippsburg, in Baden, the first (a) referring to its capture by Louis XIV, in 1667. f. 218;- (b) to its recapture by the Emperor Leopold I in 1676. f. 219.

(98) Early compositions by Birch. Greek and Latin. ff. 220-222.

(99) Poems in honour of Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II, by the Rev. Thomas Belk, Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge (d. 1712), viz;- (a) 'A voi crescan i regni, ed a voi gl' honori' (14 lines). f.223;- (b) 'Que ay de nuevo, pastor mo(?) querido'. ff. 223-224b.

(100) 'Si ad Praesulatum velles ascendere' copied by Birch from an Irish source, in 1722, 'Forte J[onathan] Swyft'. f. 225.

(101) 'Vitam quae faciunt beatiorem' (16 lines); by Birch (?) on his friend Andrea Moretti being made a Doctor of Padua. f. 226.

(102) Poems on the use of antimony, apparently by Thomas Belk (see above, art. 99), viz:-(a) 'Beny soit le vin Emetique' (with a reference to Louis XIV). f. 227;- (b) 'Jam licet aurato scandat Capitolia curru'. f. 228.

(103) 'Quanta superveniunt, Britones, nova Gaudia! quanta' (28 lines); by Thomas Fern (?M.D. 1698), on the accession of George II. f. 231.

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

includes:

• ff. 2-3 Mrs Mary Wynn: Epitaphs on: 18th cent.
• f. 4 Thomas Otway, dramatist: Epilogue to 'Don Carlos', 1676.: 18th cent.: Copy.
• f. 5 Mrs Mary Porter, actress: Epilogue spoken by: circ. 1738.
• f. 6 Elizabeth I of England: Verses attrib. to,: 1555.: Copy, 18th cent.
• ff. 7-14b Ralph Thoresby, antiquary: 'Iter Boriale' wrongly attrib. to: 18th cent.
• ff. 7-14b Richard Corbett, Bishop of Norwich: 'Iter boriale': circ. 1625. 17th cent.: copy.
• f. 16 George Ruggle, Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge: Cast of characters for his comedy 'Ignoramus', 1615.: 18th cent.: Copy.
• f. 16 Drama: Dramatis personae in G. Ruggle's 'Ignoramus' with casts: 1615: Copy, 18th cent.
• f. 19 Seth Ward, Bishop of Exeter, afterwards of Salisbury, Chancellor of the Order of the Garter: Poem by,: bef. 1689.: Copy, 18th cent.
• f. 20 Laurence Rooke, FRS; astronomer: Epitaph on, 1662.: 18th cent.: Lat.: Copy.
• f. 20 Seth Ward, Bishop of Exeter, afterwards of Salisbury, Chancellor of the Order of the Garter: Epitaph on Laurence Rooke by: 1662.: Lat.: Copy, 18th cent.
• ff. 22-24 Publius Virgilius Maro: Parody of Ecl. 4: 1703.: Engl.
• ff. 29, 30 Jan Sictor, Czech humanist: Poems in praise of T. Winniffe: 1635, circ. 1635.: Lat.
• ff. 29, 30 Thomas Winniffe, Bishop of Lincoln 1641: Poems addressed to, by J. Sictor: 1635, circ. 1635.: Lat.
• f. 31 Rowland Whyte: Letter to Sir R. Sydney: 1595.: Extr.
• ff. 31, 32 Elizabeth I of England: Memoranda on a 'device' acted before her in 1595,: 18th cent.
• ff. 32-33b Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Notes of speeches written for him by Sir F. Bacon, 1595.: 1595: Copy, 18th cent.
• ff. 32-33b Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans: Notes on speeches written by, for Lord Essex: 18th cent.
• f. 40 Hounslow Heath, Middlesex: Poem on Lord Islay's gardens there: 18th cent.
• f. 40 Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll: Poem on his gardens at Hounslow Heath: bef. 1743.
• f. 40b Cardinal Pierre Guérin de Tencin, Archbishop of Embrun: Notes on: aft. 1742.
• ff. 41-42b, 115 (autogr.) Elizabeth Carter, author: Poems by: 1739, n.d.
• f. 43 John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester: Poems: 17th-18th centt.: Copies.
• f. 43 Reverend John Nalson, historian: Transeribed: bef. 1686.
• ff. 45-47 Reverend Miles Gale, d 1721 antiquary: Poem on: 1706.
• ff.45-47 Thomas Kirke, FRS; of Cookridge: Poem on his ghost: 1706.
• ff. 49-53 William Howard, excise officer: Letter with poem addressed to T. Birch: 18th cent.
• ff. 54-60 Anne Finch, wife of Heneage, 5th earl of Winchilsea: Verses by: 1706-1713, n.d.
• ff.55b-57 Arabella Marrow, daughter of Sir S Marrow: Verses addressed to: 1715.
• ff. 57-58 Alexander Pope: Verses to: 18th cent.
• f. 59 Frances Seymour, wife of Algernon, 7th Duke of Somerset: Poem addressed to: 18th cent.
• f. 60 Grace Thynne, widow of Henry Thynne, son of 1st Viscount Weymouth: Poem to, by Lady Winchilsea: 1716.
• f. 61 Elizabeth Rowe, d 1737 poet; widow of T Rowe, biographer: Poem by, on the anniversary of her husband's death: 1715.
• f. 61 Thomas Rowe, biographer: Poem on his death: 1715.
• ff. 63, 64 Mrs Lucas: Letter, with verses, to T. Birch: 1755.
• f. 67 Jack Thornycroft: Letter to J. Welby: 18th cent.
• f. 71 George I of England: Poem (?) on: 18th cent.
• ff. 73, 123b Elizabeth Carter, author: Epigram: 18th cent.: Lat.: Two copies.
• ff. 74, 75 Charles II of England: Poems on his restoration and coronation: 1660, 1661.
• ff.74,75 Sir Peter Leicester, 1st Baronet; alias Leycester; antiquary: Poems by: 1660, 1661.
• f. 75 General George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle: Poem addressed to: 1660.
• f. 76 Newspapers Great Britain and Ireland: 'Weekly Register': 16 Oct. 1731.: Fragm.
• f. 77 John Eames, FRS: Poem addressed to: 18th cent.
• f. 77 Lindamore; pseudonym: 'Lindamores farewell', a poem: 18th cent.
• f. 82 S. Owen: Poem on the death of W. Dale: 1724.
• f. 82 William Daile: Poem on his death, by S. Owen: 1724.
• f. 86 Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Letter to J. Welby: 1728.: Lat.: Draft.
• ff. 86, 89 Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Letters to J. Owen: 1722.: Lat.: Drafts.
• f. 91 T. F: Verses by: 1723.: Lat.
• ff. 92-93 John Owen: Acrostic on his name: 1723.: Lat.
• f. 95 Philip Carteret, son of George, 1st Baron Carteret: Epitaph on: circ. 1723.
• f. 108 Pierre Des Maizeaux, d 1745 F R S; author: Verses addressed to: 17th-18th centt.
• ff. 108, 109 H. J: Verses by: 17th-18th cent.: Lat.
• f. 109 William Chillingworth, d 1644 D D; Chancellor of Salisbury Cathedral: Verses on: 17th-18th cent.
• f. 110 Jean Bonnefons, d 1614 the elder; French poet: Lines on a French transl. of his 'Pancharis': 17th-18th cent.: Lat.
• f. 110 Gilles Durant, Sieur de la Bergerie; d. circa 1615: Lines on his transl. of the 'Pancharis' of Jean Bonnefons: 17th-18th cent.: Lat.
• ff. 110, 213-217 Pierre Des Maizeaux, d 1745 F R S; author: Poems copied by: 18th cent.: Lat. and Fr.
• f. 111 Hannah Birch, née Cox; wife of T Birch: Poems, etc., on the death of: 1729.: Lat. and Engl.: Partly printed.
• f. 112 Elizabeth Carter, author: Letters to-: 1739, n.d.: Lat. and Engl.: Copies.
• f. 118 Mrs Fane: Verses on: 18th cent.
• f. 121 Williams: Prophecy attrib. to: 1616.
• f. 121b [Nehemiah?] Grew, MD: Prescriptionfor: 1675.
• f. 121b Medicine and Surgery: Recipes: 15th-18th centt.: Lat., Engl., Fr. and Ital.
• f. 125 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Epitaph on: 18th cent.: Lat.
• f. 126 William Cheselden, d 1752 F R S; surgeon and anatomist: Epigram on: 18th cent.
• f. 127 John Milton, poet: Extract from 'Paradise Lost': 18th cent.
• ff. 128, 128b Matthew Prior, poet and diplomatist: Extracts from his poems: 18th cent.
• ff. 129,131 George I of England: Verses on: 1726, 1727.
• ff. 134-135b Theocritus: lmitations of: 18th cent.: Lat.
• f. 135b Alpheus, of Mytilene: Translation of epigram by: 18th cent.: Lat.
• f. 136 Abraham Cowley, poet: Epitaphs on: 18th cent.: Lat. and Engl.
• f. 136b Joseph Birrell: Signature: 18th cent.
• f. 137 Hemel Hampstead, Hertfordshire: Poem on(?): 18th cent.
• f. 143 Hannah Birch, née Cox; wife of T Birch: Verses probably by: 18th cent.
• f. 148 Sir Thomas Pope Blount, 1st Baronet: Extracts from his 'Remarks upon Poetry' (1694): 18th cent.
• ff.155, 156 Alexander Pope: Extracts from his 'Iliad': 18th cent.
• f. 159 J. Stevens: Verses apparently by: 18th cent.
• f. 161 John Dryden, poet and dramatist: 'Fairest Isle', from 'King Arthur': 18th cent.: Copy.
• f. 162 Turkish Spy; pseudonym: Aphorisms from his writings: 18th cent.
• f. 167 François Marie Arouet de Voltaire: Lines on his 'Mahomet': 1742.: Fr.
• ff. 170-172b, 190-191 Jules Mazarin, d 1661 Cardinal: Epitaphs on: 17th- 18th centt.: Lat., Fr. and Engl.
• ff. 175, 176 Charlotte Patterson, wife of E Patterson, MA: Epitaph of: 1741.: Lat.
• ff. 175-177 Edward Patterson, MA: Epitaphs of: 1748, 1750.: Lat.
• f. 178 William Mitchel, of Bowling: Epitaph of: 1705.
• ff. 179, 180, 184 Armand Jean Du Plessis, Bishop of Luçon, afterwards Cardinal, Duc de Richelieu: Epitaphs of: 18th cent.: Fr. and Engl.
• ff. 181-183b Mathieu Chalvet, French scholar: Verses addressed to,: bef. 1607: Fr.: Copy, 18th cent.
• ff. 181-183b Pierre Le Loyer, Sieur de la Brosse d 1634: Extracts from his works: 18th cent.: Fr.
• f. 187 John Milner, Vicar of Leeds: Verses on his death: 1702.: Lat.
• f. 187 Coster: Verses by: 1702.: Lat.
• f. 188 Richard Mead, MD: Epitaphs on (?): 18th cent.
• ff. 190-191, 223-224b, 227,228 Thomas Belk, DD; Rector Of Wickhambreux: Poems by: 17th cent.: Lat., Ital., Span., and Fr.
• ff. 192-194 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Poem by: n.d.: Lat.: Draft.
• ff. 192-194 Elias Olsen Morsing, d 1596 Danish astronomer: Poem rel. to: 17th cent.: Lat.: Draft.
• ff. 192-194 Christianus Severinus Longomontanus, d 1647 Danish astronomer: Poem conc.: 17th cent.: Lat.: Draft.
• ff. 195-196b J. Ellis: Letter to a patron: 17th cent.: Lat.
• f. 201 Education: T. Birch's school time-table: 1721.
• f. 202 Oliver Cromwell of England: Verses by E. Waller on the death of: 17th cent.: Engl. transl.
• f. 202 Edmund Waller, poet: Latin translation of his verses on O. Cromwell: 17th cent.
• f. 202 Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Baronet: Latin translation (?) by, of verses by E. Waller: 17th cent.
• ff. 204-205 John Hedges, (?) Vicar of E Peckham: Verses by: aft. 1723.: Lat.
• ff. 204-205, 208 Noel Broxholme, MD: Verses addressed to: circ. 1723-1728.: Lat.
• f. 206 Henry, d 1437 of Abingdon; Warden of Merton College, Oxford: Epitaphs on: 18th cent.: Lat.: Copies.
• f. 206 Johann Michael Lange, German scholar: Extract from his 'Ad poesin Barbaro Graecam succincta introductio' (1707),: 18th cent.
• f. 207 Callimachus: Part of his Hymn on Delos translated by B. Vulcanius: bef. 1612: Copy, 18th cent.
• f. 207 Bonaventura Vulcanius, d 1612 Professor of Greek at Leyden University: Latin transl. of part of Callimachus's Hymn on Delos: n.d.: Copy, 18th cent.
• f. 209 John Carteret, 2nd Baron Carteret; afterwards 1st Earl Granville; Secretary of State; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland: Poem on his appointment as Viceroy of Ireland: 1727.
• f. 210 William Lupton, Prebendary of Durham: Verses on his death: 1726.: Lat.
• f. 211 John Savage, DD: Verses in memory of: 1750.: Lat.
• f. 213 Jean Barillon: Lines addressed to,: [17th cent.?]: Lat.: Copy, 18th cent.
• f. 214 François Miron: Lines addressed to, [?17th cent]: 18th cent.: Lat.: Copy.
• ff. 218, 219 Philippsburg, on the Rhine: Inscription over the gate: 1667, 1676.: Lat.
• ff. 223-224b Charles II of England: Poems in honour of Qu. Catherine, by T. Belk: 17th cent.: Ital. and Span.
• f. 225 Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin; author: Verses attrib. to: bef. 1722.: Lat.
• f. 226 Andrea Moretti, MD, of Padua: Verses on, n.d. Copy: 18th cent.: Lat.
• f. 231 Thomas Fern: Verses by: 1727.: Lat.
• f. 231 George II of England: Poem on his accession: 1727.