Copies of verses in a late 17th-cent. hand
MS. Eng. misc. e. 536
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Copies of verses in a late 17th-cent. hand
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. misc. e. 536
Summary
Copies of verses in a late 17th-cent. hand, including:
(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
(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)
(pp. 119-37) notes on cases in the King's Bench, 1682
(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.
Date
c. 1670-1715
Language
English
Physical extent
154 pages
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Collection contents
Archive of William Gilpin and family
Miscellaneous papers
Copies of verses in a late 17th-cent. hand
