Collection of prose, verse and music [manuscript], ca. 1475-ca. 1600.

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Collection of prose, verse and music [manuscript], ca. 1475-ca. 1600.

Includes Chronicles of saints and kings of England, 1476; A brief history of England from the beginning of the world; the last portion of the play by Robert Wilmot, Gismond of Salerne, with the sonnets and argument; poems by, among others, Robert Davy, Thomas Churchyard, Richard Huett and Lodowick Lloyd; A four fold meditation by Robert Southwell; and a piece of music following Robert Davy's poem "If thou by byrth beccom of noble kinde". S.E. Brydges notes in this volume that several of the items appear in his Censura literaria.

viii, 44 leaves : music ; 16 x 22 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7620651

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Huett, Richard, poet.

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Haslewood, Joseph, 1769-1833

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Brydges, Egerton, Sir, 1762-1837

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