[Commonplace book], [ca. 1644-1707].

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[Commonplace book], [ca. 1644-1707].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702174534

Manuscript on paper, in several different hands, of a collection of about 69 poems and prose entries, primarily on philosophical, religious, and metaphysical subjects. Prose pieces in the volume include a copy of Ethica Compendium, by Johann Stier; and The Life of Richard Marsh D. D. Archdeacon of York Vicar of Halifax, and Chaplain to King Charles 2nd From a Manuscript Written By His Descendant. Verses include numerous poems by John Donne; Song To A Coy Lady by Alexander Brome; and other poems by Cowley, Thomas Otway, and Richard Fanshaw. Pasted in on p. 263 is a contemporary MS copy of a poem, "Rise oh my sone wth thy desires to heaven," which the writer attributes to Sir Henry Wotton. The manuscript also includes a list of Middle English words titled "A few words from Urry's Chaucer that seem to have furnished several English families with surnames."

1 v. (279 p.) ; 16 x 10 cm.

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Urry, John, 1606-1715.

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Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667

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Donne, John, 1572-1631

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Han, William.

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Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639

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Stier, Johann, 1599-1648

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Brome, Alexander, 1620-1666

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Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685

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