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16787342

Description

Title
[Commonplace book]
Contributor
Church of England--Controversial literature.
Church of England--Doctrines.
Parker, Samuel,--1640-1688.
Rawstorne, Edward--Autograph.
Thomson, James,--1700-1748.
Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot,--Earl of,--1630-1691.
Published / Created
[ca. 1688]
Abstract

Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand, of a collection of about 44 amorous, erotic, religious, and political verses, as well as some Latin prose on historical and philosophical subjects. The volume includes a series of religious satirical poems titled The Papists Rymes, followed by Protestants Answeare, in which topics as the Bible and the prophets are debated. Other short satirical verses include an epitaph on the Bishop of Oxford, Samuel Parker; another on Richard Talbot; and one titled Verses Made On Lawyer Hoy his Tryall For Bugering of a Boy; as well as a satirical poem titled Writt In A Bogghouse in Grays Time, in which the line "Hynd & Panther, Woolf & Bear" have been glossed, "Romanish & Church of England & al sorts of Fanatiques."

Description
Binding: full calf.
For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Printed waste endpapers; the printed matter is a Latin excerpt from "Aristotelis, De Moribus."
Signature in front and back of Edward Rawstorne.
Written in pencil, in a later hand, on the flyleaves: the poem "Winter" by James Thomson.
Extent
1 v. (71 f.) ; 20 x 17 cm.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been partially digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Osborn b209

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
text
Genre
Commonplace books.
Resource Type
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic)
Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century.
Ireland--History--1660-1690.
Subject (Name)
Church of England--Controversial literature.
Church of England--Doctrines.
Parker, Samuel,--1640-1688.
Rawstorne, Edward--Autograph.
Thomson, James,--1700-1748.
Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot,--Earl of,--1630-1691.
Subject (Topic)
English poetry--17th century.
Epitaphs.
Religious poetry, English.
Satirical verse, English.

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Citation
Commonplace Book, Ca. 1688. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Catalog Record
7040244
Object ID (OID)
16787342

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