Cave, Brian. Miscellany of Brian Cave

Folger bibliographic ID: 231215
Folger call number: V.a.402
Folger holdings ID: 280157
Accession Number: MS Add 375

Letter of the gentlemen of Leicestershire to the Lord Chancellor for the removal of some unworthy J.P.'s (fol. 3), and the answer of Lord Gray (fol. 4v); letter of the King of Bohemia's ambassador, Baron Dohna, to the Lord Lieutenant, 1620 (fol. 9); letter of Paul Thomson of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the King (fol. 11); letter from J.E., being a discourse of Scotland, June 20, 1617 (fol. 12); oration of the Marquis Spinola to his army, [1620?] (fol. 20); the moral precepts of Burghley to his son, Robert (fol. 21; for another copy see: V.a.381, p. 12); James' speech to Parliament, January 16 (actually 30), 1620/21 (fol. 25); and the Lord Chancellor's reply (fol. 32); Vox populi or News from Spain translated [by Thomas Scott] -- first part only (fol. 32); letter by Thomas Alured to the Marquis of Buckingham about the proposed match with Spain, 1620 (fol. 57); protestation of the Commons [in vindication of their privileges], December 18, 1621 (fol. 66); relation of the answer of the deputies of Ireland unto his charge (fol. 67); and a relation concerning the plaster ... given to James, [March 1625] (fol. 68v)

General notes

Two men named Brian Cave from Ingersby, Leicestershire, were admitted to the Middle Temple in 1596 and 1600 (Al. Cant.) Typed list of contents tipped into the end of the volume On leaf 1v (upside down) "1628" and "1626: scriptum est: Bri: Caue: forko:" and leaf 2r "Qui sapit pauca loquitur. Brian Caue"; "Sors mea mortalis non est mortale quod opto" and "John St. John" Also available as a digital reproduction Formerly Folger MS Add 375

Extended title: Miscellany of Brian Cave ca. 1625
Alternate titles: Commonplace book of Brian Cave

Conduct of life James I, King of England, 1566-1625

author: Cave, Brian, active 16th-17th century
subject: James I, King of England, 1566-1625
associated with: England and Wales. Parliament
associated with: Alured, Thomas
associated with: Dohna, Achatius von, 1581-1647
associated with: Thomson, Paul, approximately 1563-1617
associated with: Spinola, Ambrogio, 1569-1630
associated with: James I, King of England, 1566-1625