Poems and prose written in a volume that contain some commonplace book headings but without entries. Six or more different hands interspersed, from 1580s onwards. Material includes poems, some by Perkins, Hunnis, et al.; posies; classical commentaries, in Latin and English; notes on books; and copies of letters, mostly between R. Brewer and William Parkyn, 1588. Short time line of language and writing development (p. 94-95)
Notes
General notes
p. 1-30; leaf 29; p. 31-44 [45-100]. Half a leaf between p. 14 and 15
In English and Latin
Poems listed in Folger index of first lines
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W.G. Sterling; From the collection of Reverand [J. Modd?]
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Extended title: Poetical and prose miscellany ca. 1580-1800
Alternate titles: Commonplace book, ca. 1580-1800
subject: Brewer, Richard, active 1588
subject: Parkyn, William, active 1588
associated with: Hunnis, William, -1597
associated with: Brewer, Richard, active 1588
associated with: Parkyn, William, active 1588
former owner: Sterling, W. G.
former owner: Modd, J., Reverand
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