Miscellaneous Verses, copies of letters, and other pieces in various hands collected...

Miscellaneous Verses, copies of letters, and other pieces in various hands collected into common place books, now bound together in one volume. Included among them are:-

1. Epitaph on Col. the Hon Roger Townshend, d. 1761 (f.1); "Song by the E[arl] of Dorset upon Mrs Waldegrave", beg. "Phyllis, for shame" (f.2); "From Lord L[ove]l to Lord C[hesterfiel]d, by Mr. P[ulteney]", beg. "O Holcom, blest, beloved abode" (f.4); Account of the Earthquake at Lisbon, 5 Nov, 1755 (f.6). The Duke of Shrewsbury to the Bishop of Oxford, on his marriage to an Italian widow (cf. vol. vi. f.17), Augsburg, 11 Sept, 1705 (f.7); Archb. Tillotson to the Earl of Shrewsbury, on reports to his discredit, n.d. (ff.9, 47); Lord Lansdowne to his nephew Bevil Granville, "upon his resolution of entering into Holy Orders" (f.11); Letters of Lord Rochester to his wife and son, before 1680 (ff.13-16); "C[harles] H[anbury] to Sir Hans Sloane", etc, beg." Since you, dear Doctor, Saved my life" (f.17); "Pindaric verses upon T[homas], Lord Fairfax, by the D. of Buckingham", beg. "Under this stone doth lye" (f.19); "Lord Dorset's Ballad at sea in the Dutch War", beg. "To all you Ladys now at land" (f.21); "A Ballad by Miss Verney just turn'd of 10 years old", beg. "The South Sea affair" (f.23); "The Judgment of Hercules", beg. "Now had the son of Jove mature attain'd" (f.28); "The Royston Bargain, or the Alehouse Wedding", beg. "Ye fathers and mothers" (f.32); Lord Burghley's "ten precepts to his son Sir Robert Cecil" - "wrote 1570" (f.34); "The Ceremony of creating a Freemason", in prose. (f.40). Particulars of Sir Edward Harley's patriotic conduct as Governor of Dunkirk (f.49); Minutes of proceedings in the House of Commons on thanks being given to Sir George Rooke, 21 Nov, 1702 (f.50); "Lord Carlisle's letter to his son a few days before he dyed", beg. "If in these lawns and woods thus formed" (f.53); "Character of Mr. [Henry] Hasting [d.1650] taken from the 1st Earl of Shaftesbury's. Memoirs" (f.55); "Letter from the Earl of Middleton about the changing of his religion and retiring from Court" at St Germain, 1702 (f.57); "An Ode to William Pulteney, Esq, by Mr. Nugent", beg "Remote from Liberty and Truth (f.59); John Hough, Bp. of Worcester (at 92), to Lord Digby, [1743] (f. 61); Portrait of John, Earl Granville (d.1763), beg. "Commanding beauty smooth'd by chearfull grace" (f.62); "Whilst you, my Lord, with subtle tricks" (f.63); "Algernon Sidneys letter of Advice to his friend concerning the education of his only son", beg. "Since 'tis your only study and your care" (f.65); Answer of Catharine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry, to the King on being forbidden the Court, 1729 (f.67); To Lady Harvey [Hervey] on a conversation about names", in verse, beg. "Soul-moving Hervey, in whose charming eyes" (f.68); "The Funeral" [sc. of the Duke of Marlborough], beg. "I'll tell you a story, a story so merry" (f.69); Mary, Duchess of Ormonde [wife of James Butler, 2nd Duke], to Lady Elizabeth Southwell, with answer, n.d. (ff.71, 72); "Song, by Lady M. Wortley", beg. "Whither soever thou shalt rove" (f.73); Account of the madness of the Duke of Douglas and of his murder of his cousin, 1725 (f.75); "Upon Nothing, by Lord Rochester, in verse, beg. "Nothing, thou elder brother even to shade" (f.77); Samuel Maden to Lady Elizabeth Diana Molyneux, dissuading her from marrying one who was her husband's murderer, 21 Dec, 1728 (f.81); Robert Walpole, Earl of Oxford, to Gen. Charles Churchill, on the pleasures of the country, Houghton, 24 June, 1743 (f.93); "The Chusing of a Poet Laureal at the death of Mr. Rowe", 1718, beg. "A famous Assembly was summoned of late" (f.95).

II. A collection of political and other pieces headed "Latin and English Verses, etc, 1694".

They include:- "Duvals [sc. Claude Duval the highwayman, hanged in 1670] Epitaph", by "Mr. Edwards", in English and Latin (f.102); "A Lampoonry on the Thanksgiving for the Birth of the Prince of Wales", 1688, beg. "Two Toms and a Nat", with a Lat. version (f.102b); "An Epistle to Dr Crosthwaite, Fellow of Queens Coll. From Mr. Waldron, of all Souls, advising him to take the Oaths, 1689", beg. "Since at a Tavern I can't meet you" (f.104); "The Miracle", on the birth of the Prince of Wales", 1688, beg. "You Catholick Statesmen" (f.104b); "A dialogue between Woolchurch and Charing Cross Horses", beg. "We read in prophane and sacred records" (f.105b); "A pair of Verses thrown into King James the 2ds Bedchamber, 1686", beg. "Casar to rule by law" (f.108); "On Tyburn", 1688, beg. "Hail, reverend Trypos" (f.108); "A Lampoon made at Bath", 1694, beg. "It is resolv'd once more" (f.108b); "To the King: a mock petition to James II. from the poets, beg. "That we, your majesties poor slaves" (f.109); "The Compleat Beau", beg. "Many have tried their skill" (f.110); and (reversing the volume) Copies of the Earl of Clarendon's letters to the Duke and Duchess of York on the latter's becoming a Roman Catholic, 1671 (ff.115b-112b).

III. A collection of political and other pieces, including among others:- "The Dutchess's Ghost", a satire on Queen Mary, beg. "At dead of Night", (f.116); "Prometheus", beg. "When first the Squire and Tinker Wood" (f.117); "A Dialogue", etc, beg. "As Satan o'er Lincoln was looking one day" (f.118); "An Epistle from Jack Sh[eppar]d to the E[arl] of M[acclesfield ?]", etc, beg. "Since your curiosity led you so far" (f.119); "An Epistle from the Ladies of Drury to those of Rome", beg. "To all our Sisters now at Rome", (f.120); "A Dialogue between an Abbot of Westminster and K[in]g" [George] beg. "I'll tell you a story that true is" (f.121); Extracts beg. "When young to prostitute his vote do's cease" (f.121b); "On Wisdom's Defeat in a learned debate", beg. "Minerva has vowed" (f.123); "The Duke of Wharton to Mr. Floyd", beg. "While you are fond of Whiggish martyrs" (f.124); "Don Dismall" [sc. Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham], beg. "Thou Tawney thing of Moorish race" (f.125); "Come, listen ye Torys and Jacobites now" (f.126); To K Harley, when wounded by Guiscard, by M. Prior, beg. "In one great Now" (f.126b); and (reversing the volume) "Upon the York Beauties", by Mr. Loyd", beg. "Dear Jemmy, what you wish to know" (f.138b); "Upon Mr. Prior's monument", by "S.W", beg. "While Gibbs displays his elegant design (f.138); "To Mifs Harley on the death of her White Sparrow", by Rev. T. Thomas beg. "Tho Venus now" (f.137b); "To [Patty Blount] on her Birthday", 15 June, 1723, by a. Pope, beg. "O be thou blest" (f.136b); "On Robert, Earl of Oxford by A. Pope, beg. "And sure, if ought" (f.136); "On the birth of my Lord Harley", 18 Oct, 1725, by Rev. --- Langford, beg. "Auspicious day" (f.135) "Harley, the nation's great support", by Dean Swift (f.135); On Love, begs "Love's no irregular desire" (f.133); "Mr. Pope to Mr. Morley", a letter, dated 19 Jan, 1725-1726 (f.132b); Inventory of the goods of Dean Swift, beg. "An oaken broken elbow chair" (f.132); On the judgment passed on John Ward of Hackney, beg. "When Spoil, corruption, etc. (f.131b); "The Receipt of a Soop sent by Mr. Pope to Dean Swift in Ireland", in verse, "Jake a knuckle of veal", and prose (f.130); "John Morgan of Matchin to Timothy Thomas at Downhall, Sep 12, 1726", beg. "Ine'er could relish, Sir, for truth" (f.130); Prologue and Epilogue to Julius Caesar acted by Westminster Scholars, Feb, 1727-1728 (ff.129, 129b); Epitaph on Will. Hine, organist of Gloucester Cathedral, d. 1730 (f.128b); "On a good conscience by Stephen Duck," beg. "The noblest good" (f.128); "Upon reading Mr. Thomson's Seasons", beg. "So bright, so dark" (f.127b); "On Mrs Oldfield", beg. "No more shall Flavia's graceful figure please" (f.127).

IV. Verses, etc, followed by Newspaper cuttings, including:-

"Why will Delila thus retire", by Lady Mary Wortley (f.139), with answer by Lady Irwin (f.139b); "On Sir Peter King, Lord Chancellor, 1724", beg. "Tis not the splendour of the place" (f.141b); Epitaph on the Hon. Robert Digby and his sister Mary, by Pope, beg. "Go, fair example of untainted youth" (f.143); On Lord Fairfax, by the Duke of Buckingham, beg. "Under this stone does bye" (f.143b); "To the Ladys at Oxburgh", by Sir Will. Young, beg. "News to expect from Houghton Hall" (f.145).

V. Godfrey of Bologne First Canto": a translation in blank verse (775 lines) of the beginning of Tasso's "Gerusalemme liberata", beg. "I sing the Holy Arms and Pious Chief". A copy, with a few (perhaps autograph) corrections (f.173).

Folio; ff.185.