Notebook of Lord North, c.1600-1612

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MS. North adds. e. 1

Held at the Weston Library

Notebook of Lord North, containing:

(fols. 3-8) 'Heroical epistle. Leander to Hero';
(fols. 10v-24) lists of names connected with domestic and foreign affairs;
(fols. 72v-71 rev.) dissertation, 'Ignis est elementum callidissimum';
(fols. 70v-69v rev.) five poems, probably on the death of a friend;
(fols. 68v-9) list of expenses on a ceremonial occasion;
(fols. 57v-26 rev.) thirty-five poems, composed c.1612, all except three printed in A forest of varieties (London, 1645).

Dates

73 Leaves

MS. North adds. e. 1

Bought with the aid of a grant from the fund administered by the Victoria and Albert Museum, Sotheby's, 29 Oct. 1975, lot 149.

See Margaret Crum, 'Poetical manuscripts of Dudley, 3rd Baron North', BLR, 10 (1978-81), 98-108.

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