Poetical miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1650.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.; Browne, William, 1590-approximately 1645.; Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687.; Randolph, Thomas, 1605-1635.; Farlie, Robert. Kalendarium humanae vitae. Selections.; Guarini, Battista, 1538-1612. Pastor fido. Selections. English.; Chapman, George, 1559?-1634.; Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640.; Ford, John, 1586-approximately 1640.; Goffe, Thomas, 1591-1629.; Greville, Fulke, Baron Brooke, 1554-1628.; Middleton, Thomas, -1627.; Marston, John, 1575?-1634.; Wellstood, Frederick C. (Frederick Christian), 1884-1942, former owner.
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Title
Poetical miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1650.
Variant title
Poetical commonplace book, ca. 1650.
Description
1 v. ; 23 x 18 cm
Associated name
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
Browne, William, 1590-approximately 1645.
Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687.
Randolph, Thomas, 1605-1635.
Chapman, George, 1559?-1634.
Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640.
Ford, John, 1586-approximately 1640.
Goffe, Thomas, 1591-1629.
Greville, Fulke, Baron Brooke, 1554-1628.
Middleton, Thomas, -1627.
Marston, John, 1575?-1634.
Wellstood, Frederick C. (Frederick Christian), 1884-1942, former owner.
Browne, William, 1590-approximately 1645.
Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687.
Randolph, Thomas, 1605-1635.
Chapman, George, 1559?-1634.
Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640.
Ford, John, 1586-approximately 1640.
Goffe, Thomas, 1591-1629.
Greville, Fulke, Baron Brooke, 1554-1628.
Middleton, Thomas, -1627.
Marston, John, 1575?-1634.
Wellstood, Frederick C. (Frederick Christian), 1884-1942, former owner.
Scope and content
Consists of several batches of numbered extracts from poems and dramatic works: miscellaneous extracts (leaves 14-17v) includes an epitaph on Dr. Donne (leaf 15v), an excerpt from Thomas Carew's poem to King Charles (leaf 16r); poems by Thomas Randolph (leaves 18-25v); poems "written vpon Thom: Randolph" and "vpon Dr. Dunne" (leaves 25v-29r), many with attributions noted; poems by Edmund Waller (leaves 29r-32v); poems by Ben Jonson (leaves 33r-34v); poems in late-18th century hand (leaf 35); a section consisting of poems by William Browne and dramatic excerpts (leaves 37r-38r); extracts from Robert Farley's Kalendarium humanae vitae (mistakenly identified as "Joannes Farleus") (leaves 38v-40v); 3 numbered sequences of epigrams (some incomplete), including some attributed to Euseby Andrewes (leaves 40v, 43r-44r); extracts chiefly from Richard Fanshawe's translation of Baptista Guarini's Pastor fido (The faithfull shepherd) (leaves 44v-50r); and a sequence of dramatic extracts from George Chapman, Philip Massinger, John Ford, Thomas Goffe, Fulke Greville, Thomas Middleton, John Marston, Shakespeare and others (leaves 51r-52v).
Note
Leaves 14-40, 43-52 only; leaves 1-13 and 41-42 lacking. Partially foliated in contemporary hand; leaf 45 erroneously numbered 44.
Includes extracts from Hamlet (leaves 37v, 52r) and Othello (leaf 51r).
Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines.
Loose sheets of poems in various later hands removed, and cataloged separately as X.d.388.
Includes extracts from Hamlet (leaves 37v, 52r) and Othello (leaf 51r).
Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines.
Loose sheets of poems in various later hands removed, and cataloged separately as X.d.388.
Provenance
F.C. Wellstood MS.
Formerly Folger MS. 451106.2
Formerly Folger MS. 451106.2
Includes
Farlie, Robert. Kalendarium humanae vitae. Selections.
Guarini, Battista, 1538-1612. Pastor fido. Selections. English.
Guarini, Battista, 1538-1612. Pastor fido. Selections. English.
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Call number
V.a.219
Folger accession
451106 [i.e. 11.6.45]