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[Commonplace book], [late 17th century].

Title: [Commonplace book], [late 17th century].

Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, consisting of a collection of six poems, many of them responses to Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon's poem An Essay on Translated Verse. These include Dryden's To the Earl of Roscommon on his Excellent Essay on Translated Verse; Knightly Chetwood's To the Earle of Roscommon on his Excellent Poem; and J. Amherst's To the Earl of Roscommon, on his Excellent Essay on Translated Verse. The volume also contains two poems, Cowpers Hill and On Mr. Abraham Cowley, by Sir John Denham.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (54 p., rectos only) ; 21 x 16 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702174268 View

Denham, John, Sir, 1615-1669. Commonplace book : materials concerning Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford : manuscript, [after 1640]

Title: Commonplace book : materials concerning Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford : manuscript, [after 1640]

Material relating to the death of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, who was beheaded on 12 May 1641.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. [66 p.] ; 13 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612855688 View

Douai (France). English College. [Commonplace book], [late 17th century].

Title: [Commonplace book], [late 17th century].

Manuscript, in multiple hands, of several dozen entries, primarily in Latin verse, and on such subjects as eloquence, art, and rhetoric. Titles of entries include Narratio de aquila et virgine: historico stylo expressa; Paupertas impedit artes; Natura est eloquentia unica magistra; and Nemo ad eloquentiam pervenire potest sine artis auxilio. Other items are dedicatory, including a panegyric to Philip Thomas Howard, Cardinal of Norfolk; Simon Ford's Carmen funebre, on the burning of Northampton in 1675, addressed to Sir James Langham; a Latin poem titled London quod reliquum dedicated to William Langham, M. D., accompanied by an English translation dedicated to Langham's wife, Mary (Coleman) Langham; and a Latin version of John Denham's Cooper's Hill dedicated to William, Duke of Devonshire. Also in the collection is an English poem titled The ghost of the late House of Commons to the new one appointed to meet at Oxford. The manuscript was apparently compiled by a member of the English College at Douai, and contains verse and prose by various members of the College.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (299 p.) ; 17 x 12 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702174678 View

[Seventeenth century manuscript poems], [ca. 1636-1680].

Title: [Seventeenth century manuscript poems], [ca. 1636-1680].

Manuscript on paper, in multiple hands, of a collection of 33 satirical poems and songs which primarily satirize topics relating to the English Civil War and Restoration including Charles I; the Popish Plot; Calvinists and Puritans; and the fall of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford. Contents include An Elegie Uppon Judge Crooke by Sir John Denham and All You that Would No Longer To A Monarch Be Subjected by Thomas Weaver. Other anonymous poems include Rochester's Farewell; The Game Att Chess; and The Scottishman's Protestation.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (ca. 72 p., bound together) ; various sizes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702177441 View

Marvell, Andrew, 1621-1678. The second advice to a painter for drawing the history of our navall business : in imitation of Mr. Waller / being the last worke of Sr. John Denham ; The third advice to a painter ; New instructions, or, The fourth advice to a painter ; Additionall instructions, or, The fifth advice to the painter ; Clarendon house warming.

Title: The second advice to a painter for drawing the history of our navall business : in imitation of Mr. Waller / being the last worke of Sr. John Denham ; The third advice to a painter ; New instructions, or, The fourth advice to a painter ; Additionall instructions, or, The fifth advice to the painter ; Clarendon house warming. [ca. 1667]

A manuscript copy of five political satires attributed to Andrew Marvell, dating from approximately 1667. These five poems were published in 1667 under the title Directions to a painter and this copy was either made from this early octavo edition, or from a very closely related manuscript. The poems were attributed to Sir John Denham, the mad Royalist poet, to conceal the identity of the true author (or, possibly, authors).

ArchivalResource: [48] p., bound ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/276305792 View

Deedes, William, b. 1660,. Dramatic miscellany with extracts from verse plays by Dryden, Orrery and others [manuscript], ca. 1690.

Title: Dramatic miscellany with extracts from verse plays by Dryden, Orrery and others [manuscript], ca. 1690.

Compiled by William Deedes. Quotations, written continuously, from 13 plays listed on endleaves at both ends of the manuscript: Dryden's The Indian Emperour, The conquest of Granada, Aureng-Zebe, Oedipus, and The rival ladies; Orrery's The Black Prince, Tryphon, The history of Henry the Fifth, and Mustapha; Denham's The Sophy; Settle's Pastor Fido; and Shadwell's Timon of Athens.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Denham, John, Sir, 1615-1669. Directions to a painter for describing our navall businesse, [17th century].

Title: Directions to a painter for describing our navall businesse, [17th century].

Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of this satirical poem on the Anglo-Dutch War, followed by Andrew Marvell's poem, Clarindon's house-warming, a satire on Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, King Charles II's chief minister. The poem is followed, in a different hand, by a copy of Marvell's Advice to a Painter, a Latin epitaph for Cardinal Giulio Mazzarino and a copy of a condolence letter to Sir John Trott on the death of his son by Andrew Marvell, which contains Marvell's "sorry elogie of your son."

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (59 p.) ; 19 x 15 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702174489 View

University of Chicago. Library. Special Collections Research Center. Commonplace book : manuscript, 1651-1670.

Title: Commonplace book : manuscript, 1651-1670.

Commonplace book in two hands. The first hand includes notes in Latin mainly on Christian doctrine. The second hand includes medical prescriptions, a poem by Sir John Denham and astrological observations.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 15 x 10 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52246527 View

Marvell, Andrew, 1621-1678. The third advice to a painter.

Title: The third advice to a painter. [ca. 1667]

A manuscript copy of five political satires attributed to Andrew Marvell, dating from approximately 1667. These five poems were published in 1667 under the title Directions to a painter and this copy was either made from this early octavo edition, or from a very closely related manuscript. The poems were attributed to Sir John Denham, the mad Royalist poet, to conceal the identity of the true author (or, possibly, authors).

ArchivalResource: [48] p., bound ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/276305794 View

[Political tracts], [early 17th century].

Title: [Political tracts], [early 17th century].

Manuscript, in several hands, of a collection of essays on points of law and political speeches. The manuscript begins with an exposition on the commission for Justices of the Peace, followed by a collection of cases which address the crimes of high treason, petty treason, murder, felony, and robbery. These items are followed by a collection of primarily Parliamentary speeches, including five speeches by Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans addressed to, among others, Sir John Denham on Denham's receiving his patent to succed as one of the Barons of the Exchequer; Sir William Jones on his appointment as Chief Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland; and Queen Elizabeth I exhorting her to marriage; and two speeches by Sir Nicholas Bacon.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (279 p.) ; 32 x 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702177373 View

University of Chicago. Library. Special Collections Research Center. Commonplace book : manuscript, 1651-1670.

Title: Commonplace book : manuscript, 1651-1670.

Commonplace book in two hands. The first hand includes notes in Latin mainly on Christian doctrine. The second hand includes medical prescriptions, a poem by Sir John Denham and astrological observations.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 15 x 10 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82201525 View

Donne, John, 1572-1631. Poetical commonplace book, ca. 1650.

Title: Poetical commonplace book, ca. 1650.

Several different hands. One, p. 92-209, very similar to hand in V.a.96, leaves 1-84. Authors include Donne, Ben Jonson, Strode, and Thomas Randolph. Poems include Basse's epitaph on Shakespeare (p. 189); Herrick's King Oberon his cloathing, (p. 184); and Cowley's prologue and epilogue to The guardian acted before Prince Charles at Cambridge, 1641, (Wing C6673), (p. 212). On p. 216 is Mr. Denham's "Cooper's Hill", edited by B.O. Hehir in Expans'd hieroglyphicks.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/281533363 View

Treswell, Robert, fl. 17th century. Statement of Account, 1623, May 6.

Title: Statement of Account, 1623, May 6. 21 James I.

Statement of account by Robert Treswell, surveyor general of the king's woods this side of Trent, that sales of the tops from various trees amounted to only £8 14s. 8d. With a memorandum in Latin, dated 21 James I, 1623, to the effect that Robert took his coporal oath as to the truth of this statement; signed Jo. Denham. Woods concerned: in Bedfordshire, Keyne Parke, Pydly Wood, Hongrove, Warden Woods; in Hertfordshire, Mauden.

ArchivalResource: 1 sheet : paper ; 15 x 175. cm

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/236236298 View

Day, Matthew, 1574-1661,. Commonplace book of Matthew Day [manuscript], ca. 1650.

Title: Commonplace book of Matthew Day [manuscript], ca. 1650.

Commonplace book of Latin aphorisms (Part I: p. 1-9). Poetical miscellany (Part II: p. 1-107). Among the poets mentioned are Denham, Thomas Dekker, Walter Raleigh, Randolph, Herrick, King, Thomas May and Shakespeare to whom a poem on the King is attributed (p. 2, Part II). Probably collected by Matthew Day who was mayor of Windsor. Also, a work on the five senses.

ArchivalResource: [2], 10, 163 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/458616266 View

[Collection of poetry], [ca. 1650-ca. 1760].

Title: [Collection of poetry], [ca. 1650-ca. 1760].

Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of nine booklets containing primarily satirical poetry, many on political subjects. Such satirical verses include Sir John Denham's Directions to a painter; An epistle from Jemmy Singleton to his friend Tom Pullen about the election race, accompanied by a key to the names in the poem; An invitation to Sir Matthew Wentworth to hasten out of Ireland into England with a congratulation for the great estate which falls to him by the death of Sir Thomas Wentworth; Upon that vain conceited fop; and George Eyre's Epitaph on John Barnes. The collection also includes serious poetry: one booklet contains only Biblical poetry; another contains a serious poem by Godfrey Bosvile on the moors of England; and yet another booklet contains an elegy "on the best of men and choysest of friends," by Richard Thornton.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (ca. 225 p.) ; 23 x 18 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702175247 View

Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk).

Title: Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted manuscripts and prints relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

ArchivalResource: 10 volumes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01783/catalog View

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.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702177382 View

[Collection of verse], [ca. 1640-1680].

Title: [Collection of verse], [ca. 1640-1680].

Album containing a collection of manuscript verse that belonged to James Butler, Duke of Ormonde (1610-88). The volume includes English and Latin panegyrics of Ormonde and on his role as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; epigrams and elegies; Royalist political satires such as Dorset's "Clarendon had law and sense", Thomas Cobbes's "A poeme upon Cromwell', and Waller's "To His Majesty Upon his Motto, 'Beati Pacifici'"; a poem by Denham; translations from the Greek and Latin, and acrostic poems in English and Latin. Several comment on contemporary Irish affairs.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (120 p.) ; 34 x 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702177609 View