Collection of political and parliamentary documents [manuscript], ca. 1550-ca. 1650 / compiled by several people.

1 v. (364 p.)

Contains speeches, letters, petitions, reports of famous trials, notes on English, French, Spanish ... history and Anglo-French, Anglo-Spanish, Anglo-Portuguese ... relations, many satirical poems, chiefly of the Civil War period, and several prophecies, including two by Merlin, telling of the coming of James I. The original writer(s) of some of the parliamentary speeches may have been a member of parliament. The first person singular occurs several times in the reports, e.g. "Mr. Mason his advice to me of my manner of proceeding in Parliament" (p. 145), and elsewhere, e.g. "I Thomas Gee ..." (p. 232 -- transcribed as Thomas Crewe in the sale catalog).

[8], 1-3, [2], 4-53, 52-350, [2] p.
An incomplete list of contents at the beginning of the volume has been supplemented by another tipped in at the end.
Majority of manuscripts grouped by subject and cataloged separately.
Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines.
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P65737

Hon. Frederic North [later Earl of Guilford] -- Phillipps 7511 manuscript.
Formerly Folger MS Add 538.

V.b.303, p. 271, Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2008-2009. Breaking News (catalog entry 6)

Phillipps, T. Phillipps manuscripts, 7511

For a detailed inventory, view the finding aid for the Collection of Political and Parliamentary Documents, compiled circa 1550-circa 1650
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library V.b.303

V.b.303

MS Add 538