Miscellany of Joseph Hall [manuscript], ca. 1650.
Hall, Joseph, active 1650, author.; Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883, forger.; Arcaeus, Franciscus, 1493-1573?; Read, John, active 1588.; Laguna, Andrés de, 1499-1559.; Mason, Edmund, -1634.; Vaus, John, active 17th century.; Cuff, Henry, 1563-1601.; Taylor, John, active 17th century.; May, Thomas, 1595-1650.; Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.; King, Henry, 1592-1669.; Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.; Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618, correspondent.; Monteagle, William Parker, Baron, 1574 or 1575-1622, addressee.; Throckmorton, Bess, 1565?-1647, addressee.; Carr, Robert, Earl of Somerset, -1645, addressee.; Carpenter, Nathanael, 1589-1628? Achitophel. Selections.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Passionate pilgrim. Selections.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Richard II. Selections.; Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan, 1569-1627, correspondent.; James I, King of England, 1566-1625, addressee.; England and Wales. Parliament.
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Title
Miscellany of Joseph Hall [manuscript], ca. 1650.
Variant title
Folger card catalog title: Commonplace book of Joseph Hall, ca. 1650
Description
1 v. ; 14 x 9 cm
Associated name
Hall, Joseph, active 1650, author.
Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883, forger.
Arcaeus, Franciscus, 1493-1573?
Read, John, active 1588.
Laguna, Andrés de, 1499-1559.
Mason, Edmund, -1634.
Vaus, John, active 17th century.
Cuff, Henry, 1563-1601.
Taylor, John, active 17th century.
May, Thomas, 1595-1650.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
King, Henry, 1592-1669.
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.
Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618, correspondent.
Monteagle, William Parker, Baron, 1574 or 1575-1622, addressee.
Throckmorton, Bess, 1565?-1647, addressee.
Carr, Robert, Earl of Somerset, -1645, addressee.
Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan, 1569-1627, correspondent.
James I, King of England, 1566-1625, addressee.
England and Wales. Parliament.
Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883, forger.
Arcaeus, Franciscus, 1493-1573?
Read, John, active 1588.
Laguna, Andrés de, 1499-1559.
Mason, Edmund, -1634.
Vaus, John, active 17th century.
Cuff, Henry, 1563-1601.
Taylor, John, active 17th century.
May, Thomas, 1595-1650.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
King, Henry, 1592-1669.
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.
Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618, correspondent.
Monteagle, William Parker, Baron, 1574 or 1575-1622, addressee.
Throckmorton, Bess, 1565?-1647, addressee.
Carr, Robert, Earl of Somerset, -1645, addressee.
Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan, 1569-1627, correspondent.
James I, King of England, 1566-1625, addressee.
England and Wales. Parliament.
Scope and content
Contents include: notes on medicine from Francis Arcaeus, John Read and Andrew Lacuna, (90v); household recipes; how to make fireworks, (174v); a guide to angling, (180); Catholic propositions, (83); a legal formulary, (234v, 281v); figures of speech with index, (239v); samples of letter writing, (208v); epitaphs; proverbs; stories, (270v); sermons; the petition of the grammar schools in and about London to Parliament, 1642, (260); extracts from the Achitophel of Nathaneal Carpenter, (32); High Cuff's speech at his execution, (207); an epitaph on Raleigh, (252); 3 letters of Raleigh's to his wife, [1603], (205), to Sir Robert Carr, 1618, (205v), and to the King, (210v); a letter from the Great Mogul to the King, 1619, (208); the letter [to Monteagle] revealing the gunpowder plot, (209v); and poems and excerpts by e.g. Dr. Mason, dean of Salisbury, John Taylor, (24v), Thomas May, John Vaus, Henry King, Petrarch, (246), Ben Jonson, William Shakespeare (e.g. Richard II and The passionate pilgrim), including some from the Wits recreation.
Language Note
According to De Ricci and Dr. Dawson, Joseph Hall is not the bishop of that name.
Note
1-14, [1], 15-129, [1], 130-149, [1], 150-161, [1], 162-181, 181-205, 211-218, 206-210, 219-224, [1], 225-284 leaves.
Poems on leaves 37-39, 105v-174, 176, 221-222v, 236-239 are Collier forgeries. A number were included by Collier in his edition of Extracts from the registers of the Stationers' Company, London, Shakespeare Society, 1848-1849. see I, p. vii-viii and II, vii-x. For a discussion of this manuscript see "John Payne Collier's great forgery", by G.E. Dawson in Studies in bibliography, vol. 24 (1971).
Index of main prose items.
Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines.
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Poems on leaves 37-39, 105v-174, 176, 221-222v, 236-239 are Collier forgeries. A number were included by Collier in his edition of Extracts from the registers of the Stationers' Company, London, Shakespeare Society, 1848-1849. see I, p. vii-viii and II, vii-x. For a discussion of this manuscript see "John Payne Collier's great forgery", by G.E. Dawson in Studies in bibliography, vol. 24 (1971).
Index of main prose items.
Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines.
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 2071.7
Includes
Carpenter, Nathanael, 1589-1628? Achitophel. Selections.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Passionate pilgrim. Selections.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Richard II. Selections.
Wits recreation.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Passionate pilgrim. Selections.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Richard II. Selections.
Wits recreation.
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Call number
V.a.339
Folger accession
cs2071