Commonplace book : of poems and medical recipes : manuscript, [16--]

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Commonplace book : of poems and medical recipes : manuscript, [16--]

The first half (ff. 1r-24v) contains elegies, epigrams, and epitaphs; including elegies on John King, bishop of London (d. 1621), on Edward Holt, mentioning the Battle of Edgehill (1642), and on Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden (d. 1632). The second half (25r-48v) contain medical recipes for various cures and poultices.

1 v. (48 leaves) ; 18 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7796489

Houghton Library

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Gustav II Adolf, King of Sweden, 1594-1632

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King, John, 1559?-1621

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Hodgkin, John Eliot

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Holt, Edward Henry

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