[Commonplace book], [ca. 1650-1725].

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[Commonplace book], [ca. 1650-1725].

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Manuscript on paper, of about 58 verse and prose pieces. Most of the poems concern love, including An Amorous Catch; Solicitation to a Married Woman; and Ben Jonson's In Defence of Women's Inconstancy. Other verses include The Tragedy of Mr. Christopher Love, rendered in five acts; and Roger L'Estrange's Loyalty Confined. The volume also contains several instructional prose texts, including Directions for Right Writing; Directions for Making Latine More Elegant or Pure; and An Introduction to Philosophy; as well as epigrammatic notes "collected out of Mr. James Howell's letters"; a letter titled "News out of Scotland by way of Letter the Author unknowne;" and "An imitation of Mr. Cleveland's letter of thanks sent to my Lord Westmorland who was pleased to send him an elegant paper in commendation of his poetry."

1 v. (296 p.) ; 16 x 9 cm.

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Love, Christopher, 1618-1651

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Cleveland, John, 1613-1658

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John Cleveland, the poet and satirist, was born in Loughborough in 1613. Although his education was Puritan, by the time he went up to Christ's College, Cambridge, his sympathies were with the Royalist cause. He became a Fellow of St. John's and lived in Cambridge for nine years.In 1655 he was imprisoned as a Royalist and spent three months in Yarmouth gaol, before securing his release by means of a petition to Cromwell. He died in London, at Gray's Inn, in 1658. He was associated with the Caval...

Howell, James, 1594?-1666

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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637

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L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704

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Hale, John

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