Miscellany containing jests and poems [manuscript], ca. 1595.

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Miscellany containing jests and poems [manuscript], ca. 1595.

Poems include one beginning: Shepherd sawest thou not my fair Phyllis; Churchyard's verses to the Queen beginning: Your grace did promise on a time. In several hands, one being Elizabeth Clarke's whose name appears on the first and last pages; "Catharin Hardinant" also is written on leaf 1. Also includes accounts for funeral expenses of Mr. [Lotteschamp?] at St. Dunstan's [in West London].

8 leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7525203

Folger Shakespeare Library

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