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
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
- Creation: 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].
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.
Subject
- 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
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