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

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

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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.

[2], 10, 163 p.

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lat,

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Folger Shakespeare Library

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Dekker, Thomas, approximately 1572-1632

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Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674

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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, St. Johns [College], to his uncle, Sir William Herrick, ca. 1615/16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270472202 Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000270 ...

Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889

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English writer and librarian. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : London, to J. Harrison, 1868 July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270665313 Shakespeare scholar, literary antiquary, and lexicographer. From the description of Correspondence, 1849-1892. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34367915 Shakespeare scholar, literary antiquary, lexicographer, and critic. From the description of Correspondence, with W...

Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883

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Critic and journalist. From the description of John Payne Collier correspondence, 1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453934 Epithet: of Add MS 34574 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000246.0x0002e1 Epithet: of Add MS 37907 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000246.0x0002e3 John Payne Collier, English liter...

Denham, John, Sir, 1615-1669

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May, Thomas, 1595-1650

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Epithet: of Great Trowle, in Bradford-on-Avon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x000322 ...

Randolph, Thomas, 1605-1635

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King, Henry, 1592-1669

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Epithet: General; KCB 1835 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x000127 Henry King (1592-1669), poet, was educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford (B.A., 1611; M.A., 1614; D.D., 1625). He became a prebendary of St Paul's, London, 1616; Archdeacon of Colchester, 1617; and canon of Christ Church, Oxford, 1624. He was appointed Dean of Rochester in 1639, and Bishop of Chichester in 1642. King published...

Day, Matthew, 1574-1661

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...

Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618

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