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Miscellany of Henry Newcome [manuscript], begun 1669 September.

Newcome, Henry, 1650-1713, author.; Wild, Robert, 1609-1679. Benefice.; Hockwold Hall Library, former owner.
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Title
Miscellany of Henry Newcome [manuscript], begun 1669 September.
Variant title
Folger card catalog title: Commonplace book of Henry Newcome
Description
1 v.
Associated name
Newcome, Henry, 1650-1713, author.
Hockwold Hall Library, former owner.
Scope and content
Signed and dated on first leaf. List of contents at beginning. These include: The benefice, a comedy by Robert Wild (printed in 1689, Wing W 2123) (p.1); many verses, included in Folger card index of first lines; and numerous anecdotes of the times. At end (part II) a catalog of Lancashire words, with their "true English" equivalents.
Note
Part I: [4], 131 p.; Part II: [18 p.], 64 columns [i.e. 32 p.]

Includes table of contents.

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Provenance
Hockwold Hall [Norfolk] MS.
Formerly Folger MS 7042.
Includes
Wild, Robert, 1609-1679. Benefice.
Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Anthologies.
Plays (performing arts compositions)
Poems.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Lancashire.

Call number
V.a.232
Folger accession
7043

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