Miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1667.

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Miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1667.

Part I: Mustapha and Henry the Fifth, plays by Roger Boyle, Earl of Orrery, as printed but with no list of characters; songs; A discourse of friendship, by Mrs. Mary Beale. Perhaps compiled by Charles Crompton, whose name and motto appears on fly-leaves at both ends of the book, dated 1667. Crompton motto: "Non magna loquimur, sed vivimus". Part II: includes poems by Cowley, Flatman, and others; The second advice to the painter ... being the last worke of Sir John Denham. London: written for the company of Drunken poets, 1666 (published in State poems); Third advice to the painter (published in State poems).

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Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667

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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Mr. Long, 1650 Jan. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526766 From the description of Autograph endorsement and signature : [n.p.], 1660 Dec. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270512553 Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x00028d ...

Flatman, Thomas, 1637-1688

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Epithet: Poet and Miniature-Painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001161.0x0002c5 ...

Crompton, Charles, fl. 1667,

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Beale, Mary, 1632-1697

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Orrery, Roger Boyle, Earl of, 1621-1679

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Both plays were first printed, together, in 1668. Henry the Fifth was first acted in 1664, Mustapha in 1665. See W.S. Clark's edition of the plays. From the description of The history of Henry the Fifth and The tragedy of Mustapha [manuscript], ca. 1667. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 682955727 ...

Bunbury, Henry, Sir, 1778-1860

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English army officer and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : Rome, to Emily Napier, whom he was to marry the following year, 1829 Mar. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531397 ...