A Cambridge madrigall confuting Oxford ballad : manuscript, [ca. 1615]

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A Cambridge madrigall confuting Oxford ballad : manuscript, [ca. 1615]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612818228

Poem of 16 stanzas in an unidentified 17-cent. hand in answer to Richard Corbet's satirical ballad about James I's visit to Cambridge in March 1614/1615 when he saw George Ruggle's play "Ignoramus." Includes a Latin translation of the poem in the same hand.

[4] p. ; 31 cm.

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Houghton Library

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