Poems by Gerrard Cater celebrating the recapture of Namur by King William III (1695), in a fragment of his printed pamphlet 'On the Crowing Cock and Lyon Couchant' completed in manuscript
Single Item
MS. Eng. d. 4005
Held at the Weston Library
The full text of the pamphlet ([London: s.n., 1695], Wing (2nd ed.) C1483B), made up from its first two printed leaves (pp. (1)-(4), lacking the engraved frontispiece and pp. (5)-(11)) and from further handwritten leaves, with a further item not from the printed pamphlet comprising
- (fols. 1r-2v printed, 3r-4r manuscript) 'On The Crowing Cock And Lyon Couchant, Or, A Poem To Express the Gallantry of our Royall Chanticlere', beginning 'The King of Beasts doth Couch and Tremble here'
- (fol. 4r-v) 'The Germane Cock', beginning 'There was of late, and from ye Germane stock'
- (fol. 4v) 'The Conclusion', beginning 'The Covetous and most Opinionate'
- (fol. 5r) 'The Loyall Wish', beginning 'May Fate with Honour and with Lawrells crown'
- (fol. 5v) 'Epigram', beginning 'In Eighty eight Spaine sent a vast Armado', signed 'Gerard Cater gent.'
With a further item not from the printed pamphlet
- (fols. 5v-6r) two lines in Latin headed 'A Satyrick Distick', beginning 'Quis negat Auriacum natum sub stirpe Neronis', followed by 'Gerard's Loyall Response in Plaine English', beginning 'Nassaw Knight-Errant of our Church! chose rather', signed 'G. C.'
Dates
- 1695 or after
Extent
6 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. d. 4005, fols. 1-2].
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Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. d. 4005
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 6568
Abstract
Poems by Gerrard Cater celebrating the recapture of Namur by King William III (1695), in a fragment of his printed pamphlet 'On the Crowing Cock and Lyon Couchant' completed in manuscript
Biographical / Historical
Gerrard Cater (fl 1662-1702) was a poet.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought from Byass Rare Books, Bristol, 2010.
Sponsored by anonymous donor, Duke Humfrey's Night, 15 Oct. 2011.
Sponsored by anonymous donor, Duke Humfrey's Night, 15 Oct. 2011.
- Title
- Poems by Gerrard Cater celebrating the recapture of Namur by King William III (1695)
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2018
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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