[Collection of verse], [ca. 1640-1680].

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[Collection of verse], [ca. 1640-1680].

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Album containing a collection of manuscript verse that belonged to James Butler, Duke of Ormonde (1610-88). The volume includes English and Latin panegyrics of Ormonde and on his role as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; epigrams and elegies; Royalist political satires such as Dorset's "Clarendon had law and sense", Thomas Cobbes's "A poeme upon Cromwell', and Waller's "To His Majesty Upon his Motto, 'Beati Pacifici'"; a poem by Denham; translations from the Greek and Latin, and acrostic poems in English and Latin. Several comment on contemporary Irish affairs.

1 v. (120 p.) ; 34 x 22 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Cobbes, Thomas.

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Denham, John, Sir, 1615-1669

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Dorset, Charles Sackville, Earl of, 1638-1696.

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Waller Edmund 1606-1687

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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to William Cavendish, third Earl of Devonshire, [1657?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586444 Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000246 Edmund Waller (1606-1687), the poet. For a fuller account of his life and writings see the Dictionary of National Biography. From the guide to the Te...

Ormonde, James Butler, Duke of, 1610-1688

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