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Copies of verses in a late 17th-cent. hand, c. 1670-1715

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MS. Eng. misc. e. 536
Held at the Weston Library

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Copies of verses in a late 17th-cent. hand, including:

  1. (pp. 1-12, 13-26, 27-34, 35-6) the second, third, and fourth 'advice to a painter', and 'An advice to a painter in 1670', printed in Poems on affairs of state (London, 1697), 24-33, 34-46, 46-9, 115-17
  2. (pp. 41a-61, 67-9, 83-98, 103-10, 117-18) poems by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, printed in Poems, ed. V. de S. Pinto (London, 1953)
  3. (pp. 119-37) notes on cases in the King's Bench, 1682
  4. (pp. 139-46) draft apparently of a charge to the grand jury at the first quarter sessions held after the accession of George I (1714-15), in an unidentified county.

Dates

  • Creation: c. 1670-1715

Extent

154 pages

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Eng. misc. e. 536