[Commonplace book], [ca. 1646].
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Description
- Title
- [Commonplace book], [ca. 1646].
- Creator
- Assheton, Ralph, Sir, 1603-1680
- Abstract
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Manuscript, in a single secretary hand, consisting of about 37 prose and verse pieces, many on political, satirical, and topical subjects. Prose pieces include a tract titled Vox Populi, Or Newes from Spaine, Translated According to the Spanish Coppie; The Oath Sayd to bee Taken by Commanders in the Warre 1639; copies of proclamations, speeches, and warrants dated 1642 which pertain to the activities of Lord Fairfax's army in Yorkshire and the North; and an exposition of a system of shorthand titled The Art of Short Writeing Invented by ____ Laborer gouldsmith & Citizen of London, As Hee Taught Mee. Verses include a dialogue titled A Conference Held Att Angelo Castell Betweene the Pope, the Emperor and The King of Spayne; Verses uppon Prince Charle His Voyage For Spayne, in Febr. 1622; A Coppie of a Printed Ballade Called The Bishops Bridles, Lent by Will. Burton of Wakefield Oct 1639; satirical anagrams and verses on the word "Parliament"; and two verse libels written as petitions from the Lords and Commons in Parliament to King Charles I.
- Description
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In English.
The manuscript also includes one page of accounts, including a list of what "I owe to my Mother" and a list of wages for "John Sunderland," who had "begun his year the 5th of June (69)."
Pasted in back flyleaf: dealer's description of manuscript.
Inside front cover: Bookplate of Henry J.B. Clements, dated 1869, and the
On flyleaf: signature of Benjamin Heywood Bright, 1810.
On second page: armorial bookplate with phrase "Sub Robore Virtus" and signature (undecipherable) beneath. Above bookplate: "Memoranda kept by Ralph Assheton."
Binding: half calf; machine grain morocco. - Provenance
- For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
- Extent
- 1 18 x 11 cm. v. (ca. 150 p.) ;
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Osborn b101
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Commonplace books
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Great Britain
Spain.
Spain
Great Britain. - Subject (Name)
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Assheton, Ralph, Sir, 1603-1680.
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.
Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671. - Subject (Topic)
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Anagrams
English poetry
Occasional verse, English
Political poetry, English
Shorthand
Verse satire, English
Foreign relations
Politics and government - Subjects
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Assheton, Ralph, Sir, 1603-1680
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649
Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671
Anagrams
English poetry
Occasional verse, English
Political poetry, English
Shorthand
Verse satire, English
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Spain
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1625-1649
Spain > Foreign relations > Great Britain
Bright, Benjamin Heywood > Bookplate
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Sir Ralph Assheton, Commonplace Book. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7040128
- Object ID (OID)
- 31910642
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