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Bentley, Gerald Eades, 1901-1994. [Pamphlets on the theater in England].

Title: [Pamphlets on the theater in England].

ArchivalResource: v.

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Shirley, James, 1596-1666. The instrumentale and vocale musique in the morale representation [Cupid and Death, a masque] at the military ground, in Lescestre Fields, 1653.

Title: The instrumentale and vocale musique in the morale representation [Cupid and Death, a masque] at the military ground, in Lescestre Fields, 1653.

ArchivalResource: score (1 v.)

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English-language manuscript verse in the Houghton Library: First-line index, ca. 1000-ca. 1820.

Title: English-language manuscript verse in the Houghton Library: First-line index ca. 1000-ca. 1820.

First-line index to English-language verse in manuscripts held in the Houghton Library that date from the Anglo-Saxon period to the eighteenth century.

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Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889. Papers of J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps [manuscript], 1853-1889.

Title: Papers of J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps [manuscript], 1853-1889.

Contents: notes on [James] Shirley and William Kemp; excerpts from his An historical sketch of the provincial dialects of England, 1863, and a short one from his A dictionary of archaic. . . words; proofs of A list of the contents of the drawers in my study, 1870, and of p. 391-394 of vol. II of his [Outlines, 1886]; a copy of reviews of two of his works in the Athenaeum, 1853; A facsimile of an indenture executed by Sir John and Lady Barnard, in October, 1652, 1883; a printed copy of his letter to Thomas Hunt, December 18, 1883, the 2nd edition of The Executive Committee of Shakespeare's Birth-Place and Mr. Halliwell-Phillipps, 1887; corrections and annotations in Shakespeare and the enclosure of common fields...a fragment of the private diary of Thomas Greene...1614-1617, edit. by C.M. Ingleby, 1885 (lacks 3 preliminary leaves, plans and photographs); printed report of the New Shakspere Society, August 1879, and a prospectus, 1880; 3 sketch-plans of the way to Hollingsbury Copse, 1877, 1888; a toast written on the occasion of his daughter's wedding, December 14, 1869; a notice on him, ca. 1875; an In Memoriam card; and various oddments and newspaper cuttings. Also, a receipt for a subscription to the New Shakspere Society from R.A. Halliwell, signed by A.G. Snelgrove, the hon. sec. January 1, 1874; and a prospectus, 1874. Some items undated.

ArchivalResource: 64 items : ill.

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Shirley, James, 1596-1666. Cupid and death. A masque. Presented before the Portugese Ambassador 26 March, 1653.

Title: Cupid and death. A masque. Presented before the Portugese Ambassador 26 March, 1653. Date of ms. 1659.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Shirley, James, 1596-1666. The triumph of beautie ; A contention for honour and riches ; Cvpid and death : manuscript, [18--]

Title: The triumph of beautie ; A contention for honour and riches ; Cvpid and death : manuscript, [18--]

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (47 leaves) ; 22 cm.

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Aitken, John, 1793-1833. Letter: 1822 Nov. 6, Dunbar, to David Laing, Edinburgh / J. Aitken.

Title: Letter: 1822 Nov. 6, Dunbar, to David Laing, Edinburgh / J. Aitken. 1822.

Aitken to set up as a bookseller and returning a volume of Shirley's poetry.

ArchivalResource: [3]p.

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How, William, 17th cent. Dramatic miscellany, ca. 1650.

Title: Dramatic miscellany, ca. 1650.

The book opens with two chapter (excerpts?) on religious doctrines apparently by a William How (possibly an abbreviation), but the greater part of the volume consists of excerpts from plays in different hand, among then Pericles, The merchant of Venice, The Dutch courtesan, Antonio and Mellida, Sophonisba, Hyde Park, The insatiate countess, The valiant Scot, The great duke of Florence, Rival friends, Caesar and Pompey, and Maid of Honour.

ArchivalResource: 46 leaves.

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Magalotti, Lorenzo, 1637-1712,. Poesie Inglesi, [late 17th century].

Title: Poesie Inglesi, [late 17th century].

A collection of copies of about 36 English poems, in various hands, many of them satirical and bawdy. Political and social satires include Thomas Brown's Melting Downe The Plate, Or The Pisspotts Farewell; John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester's Satire Against Reason and Mankind; and an excerpt from Samuel Butler's Hudibras. The volume also contains several sexually explicit satires against women, as well as numerous serious poems, which include an excerpt from Contention Of Ajax And Ulysses by James Shirley, attributed in the manuscript to the Earl of Orrery; an excerpted description of heaven from Abraham Cowley's Davideis; and John Denham's Cooper's Hill.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (64 p.) ; 33 x 22 cm.

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Shirley, James, 1596-1666. Cupid and death: a private entertainment : represented with scenes, variety of dancing and musick both vocall & instrumentall, [late 18th century].

Title: Cupid and death: a private entertainment : represented with scenes, variety of dancing and musick both vocall & instrumentall, [late 18th century].

Manuscript copy, in unknown hand, from the 1659 print version of a comic musical play in which Cupid and Death, staying at the same inn on the same night, have their respective arrows exchanged by a chamberlain, with confusion resulting. Songs include: "Change, oh change your fatall blows,/ since neither knows/ the vertue of each others darts;/ Alas what will become of hearts." The chamberlain, shot by Death in revenge, falls in love with his pet circus apes.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (29 p.) ; 19 x 13 cm.

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St. John, Anthony, Sir, fl. 1640,. Commonplace book : of poetry : manuscript, 1640.

Title: Commonplace book : of poetry : manuscript, 1640.

Commonplace book complied by or for Sir Anthony St. John (inscription, front flyleaf v), with work from Ben Jonson, Thomas Randolph, James Shirley, and others.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (81 leaves) ; 30 cm.

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Whalley, Peter, 1722-1791,. Autograph letter signed from Peter Whalley, Horley Vicarage, to George Steevens, Hampstead Heath [manuscript], 1778 December 7.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Peter Whalley, Horley Vicarage, to George Steevens, Hampstead Heath [manuscript], 1778 December 7.

Whalley mentions that he has sent Major Pierson's copies of Shirley's plays to Mr. Reed. He also reminds Steevens that he had once troubled him "with some Triticisms upon the old bard."

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 24 x 19 cm.

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Shirley, James, 1596-1666. The manner of the progression of the masque, The triumph of peace [manuscript], 1634.

Title: The manner of the progression of the masque, The triumph of peace [manuscript], 1634.

The masque was performed by the four Inns of Court on February 3, 1633/4, at Whitehall.

ArchivalResource: 8 p.

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Locke, Matthew, 1621 or 2-1677. Cupid & death [microform] : a private entertainment represented with scenes and music, vocal & instrumental : a masque / written by Js. Shirley ; [music by Matthew Locke and Christopher Gibbons].

Title: Cupid & death [microform] : a private entertainment represented with scenes and music, vocal & instrumental : a masque / written by Js. Shirley ; [music by Matthew Locke and Christopher Gibbons]. [1659]

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. score (34 leaves)

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Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 1571-1896

Title: Portland (Welbeck) Collection 1571-1896

ArchivalResource: 428 boxes

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Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified

Index to ownership/provenance information primarily from printed books at Houghton Library.

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Vol. vii. Jan. 1759-June, 1760.John Farhill, Attorney at Chichester: Letters to J. and E. Caryll: 1757-1768.Edward Caryll, of Compton and Highden: Letters to his nephew, J. Caryll: 1741-1765.includes:f. 1 William Prujean: Letter to J. Caryll: 1759. ...

Title: Vol. vii. Jan. 1759-June, 1760.John Farhill, Attorney at Chichester: Letters to J. and E. Caryll: 1757-1768.Edward Caryll, of Compton and Highden: Letters to his nephew, J. Caryll: 1741-1765.includes:f. 1 William Prujean: Letter to J. Caryll: 1759. ... Jan 1759-Jun 1760

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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ESSEX PAPERS. Vol. I. (ff. 493). Jan.-Dec. 1672. 1. Warrants to send troops from the " army of Ireland " into England, under command of Richard, Lord Le Power; Whitehall, 1, 3 Aug. 1672. ff. 96, 102. 2. Letters from the Bishops of Derry and Down and ...

Title: ESSEX PAPERS. Vol. I. (ff. 493). Jan.-Dec. 1672. 1. Warrants to send troops from the " army of Ireland " into England, under command of Richard, Lord Le Power; Whitehall, 1, 3 Aug. 1672. ff. 96, 102. 2. Letters from the Bishops of Derry and Down and ... Unspecified

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Lee, Sophia, 1750-1824. Almeyda, Queen of Granada [microform].

Title: Almeyda, Queen of Granada [microform]. 1796.

ArchivalResource: 83 leaves.

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Davis, David H., 1930-. Tudor moods : 3 Tudor English poems for mixed chorus and piano / David Davis.

Title: Tudor moods : 3 Tudor English poems for mixed chorus and piano / David Davis. 1956.

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. score (12 p.), bound ; 38 cm.

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Stanley, Thomas, 1625-1678. A register of friends, ca. 1696.

Title: A register of friends, ca. 1696.

Manuscript, in a single Italic hand, containing poetical tributes to the author's friends: William Fairfax, William Hammond, James Shirley, John Hall, Richard Lovelace, Sir Justiniam Isham, Bowman, Sir Edward Sherburne, and Reverend Salmon. The collection is prefaced by a poem titled "A Register of Friends." Also includes, in a different Italic hand, economic tracts and notes by Charles Davenant. The first title, "Observations upon the state of the value & strength of France, Holland, & England, made July the 15th, 1696 by Dr C. D'Av," lists tables of population count, taxation, and total income and expenses of those countries. This piece is followed by "A scheme for a councill of Trade," which proposes a council to be established by the House of Commons which would oversee shipping and manufactures in England. The next piece, "Munn upon Trade," advocates foreign trade "to increase our wealth and Treasure," and the final piece, "Sr. Josiah Child upon Trade," discusses trade practices in foreign countries and their levels of success, including various countries' plantation ventures in Tobago, Barbados, and the West Indies. This piece also contains passages concerning "our American Plantations," which "produce Commoditys of a different nature from our own except N. England."

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (83 p.) ; 24 x 19 cm.

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[Collection of English proverbs], circa 1654.

Title: [Collection of English proverbs], circa 1654.

Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of quoted proverbs on such subjects as youth, wisdom, wealth and poverty, sin and wickedness, and virtue, drawn from contemporary collections such as John Clarke's Paroemiologia Anglolatina, George Herbert's Jacula Prudentum, and James Shirley's Wit's Labyrinth. The aphorisms are arranged alphabetically according to the first word; in the first volume, some of the letter tabs are still intact, while all the letter tabs are intact in the second volume. Dates appear throughout both volumes, indicating the years 1653 and 1654.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. (378 p.) ; 30 x 20 and 33 x 21 cm.

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Shirley, James, 1596-1666. The triumph of peace. A masque of the Inns of Court. Presented at Whitehall on Candlemas Night, 1633.

Title: The triumph of peace. A masque of the Inns of Court. Presented at Whitehall on Candlemas Night, 1633.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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