Poems by Abraham Cowley, with later articles, notes and correspondence of J.H.A. Sparrow, 1642-3, 1983

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MS. Don. d. 209

Held at the Weston Library

Comprises:

(fols. 1-4) Abraham Cowley's A Satyre Against Seperatists, or, the Conviction of Chamber-Preachers, and other Chismatickes contrary to the discipline of this our Protestant Profession; (London 1642)
(fols. 5-12) Abraham Cowley's 'The Puritan & the Papist. A Satyre', beg. 'See two rude waves by stormes together throwne', inscribed on (fol. 5) 'May. 20th 1643 A.C.'
(fols. 13-18) Abraham Cowley's A Satyre. The Puritan and the Papist, with notes by J.H.A. Sparrow on fol. 13
(fols. 19-21) Abraham Cowley's 'A Puritan, so nick-named; Tho indeed The syncere Xn and Sound Protestant', beg. 'A puritan is such another thing;'
(fols. 22-34, 35-47) Two copies of, 'The Puritan and the Papist', offpint from Anglia, 46.1 (1934), each with a few annotations by J. H. A Sparrow
(fols. 48-58) Typescript notes by J. H. A Sparrow, 'Variant Readings'
(fols. 59-70) correspondence between J.H.A. Sparrow, Lawrence Heyworth and Thomas O. Calhoun, relating to the publication of a new edition of Cowley's works, 1979-1983