Mr. Adisen of Magd.'s Poem on ye Playhouse. 1699.

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Title: Mr. Adisen of Magd.'s Poem on ye Playhouse. 1699.
Contributor: Estwick, Sampson,--ca. 1657-1739
Published / Created: [late 17th century].
Abstract: Anonymous manuscript collection of verse and prose by various authors. The volume includes "A Peaceable and Friendly Address to the Nonconformists written upon their desiring an Act of Toleration without the Sacramental Test," a possibly unpublished poem by Edmund Waller (1606-87) and works by Rochester, Dryden, Roscommon, Congreve, Sidney Godolphin, Addison and others. A later owner, signing himself Sam.[?pson] Estwick on the endpaper, has used the leaves at the end of the book for historical, scriptural and legal memoranda, and has on p. 37 made a note on "Some anthems proper for our Choire..."
Extent: 1 v. (79 p.) ; 18 x 11 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Format: text
Genre: Commonplace books
Manuscripts
Poems
Subject (Name): Estwick, Sampson,--ca. 1657-1739
Subject (Topic): Church music
Dissenters
English poetry--17th century
Test Act--(1673)

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Citation: Commonplace Book, Late 17th Century. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.