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[ENGLAND] Seventeenth century English verse. Manuscript, in an unidentified late 17th century hand, of 38 satirical poems, including mostly verses by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680), also by Andrew Marvell (1621 - 1678) and Edmund Waller (1606 - 1687), and a few by anonymous writers, neatly written in brown ink, approximately 172 pages, 142 x 90 mm, 19th century morocco. Provenance. Robert, Marquess of Crewe (bookplate).
The manuscript comprises a selection of the popular verses in circulation after the Restoration, including Marvell's 'Last Instructions to a Painter', 'The Royal Scott' and 'To the King'; Waller's 'Panegyrick to the Lord Protector'; and Rochester's obscene 'Upon Signor Dildo', and 'The Maymed Drunkard', 'Love and Life', 'Give me Leave to Raile' and other songs. Among those by unidentified writers are 'The Lords and Commons having had y. Doome', 'Upon the Duke's turning Papist', and the poem (attributed to Buckmaster), 'Close Wrapt in Portsmouth's smock' mocking Charles II. A pencilled note in a later hand at the foot of the last page describes the manuscript as having been 'written by Brown'.
The manuscript comprises a selection of the popular verses in circulation after the Restoration, including Marvell's 'Last Instructions to a Painter', 'The Royal Scott' and 'To the King'; Waller's 'Panegyrick to the Lord Protector'; and Rochester's obscene 'Upon Signor Dildo', and 'The Maymed Drunkard', 'Love and Life', 'Give me Leave to Raile' and other songs. Among those by unidentified writers are 'The Lords and Commons having had y. Doome', 'Upon the Duke's turning Papist', and the poem (attributed to Buckmaster), 'Close Wrapt in Portsmouth's smock' mocking Charles II. A pencilled note in a later hand at the foot of the last page describes the manuscript as having been 'written by Brown'.