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'Letters amorous, complementall, consolatorie, informing, militarie, historicall’: copies or drafts of letters of William Drummond of Hawthornden, in his hand, with a few letters of other persons, 1605, undated., 1605, 1626, undated.

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Identifier: MS.2061

Scope and Contents

The volume also contains:

'Of impresas' (folio 128); 'A dedication of some poems to Cragmiller' (folio 131); 'Of change of religion' (folio 136 verso); 'In praise of the allegorie in poesie' (folio 143); 'For the geneologie of the house of Drummond' (folio 144 verso); 'In praise of letters' (folio 147); 'New-Scotland' (folio 148); 'The Hermitage' (folio 151); 'Discourse in commendation of kinglie government', 1626 (folio 159); Speeches, etc., connected with the visit of Charles I to Edinburgh (folios 162-172); 'Bibliotheca Edinburgena Lectori' (folios 173-178); Poems (folios 58 verso-59 verso, 117, 140); Historical drafts and notes (folios 26 verso-27, 92-94, 129, 131 verso, 157); Various notes, etc. (folios 59, 77, 121, 141, 146, 152, 155-156, 158, 161).

Dates

  • Creation: 1605, 1626, undated.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

178 Leaves ; Folio.

Language of Materials

From the Series: Undetermined

Arrangement

178 folios.

Related Materials

Of the missing 'Informations be Ben Jonston to W.D. when he cam to Scotland upon foot, 1619', of which only the cover remains (folio 140), there is a transcript by Sir Robert Sibbald in Adv.MS.33.3.19, folio 25 verso, printed by C H Herford and Percy Simpson in their ‘Ben Jonson’, 1925-1952, Volume i, page 128.

Bibliography

Many of the letters are found printed in William Drummond’s ‘Works’ (Edinburgh, 1711), and in 'Archaeologia Scotia', volume iv, pages 83-98. References to the pages of the former and to the numbering of the letters in the latter are given in the manuscript.

General

Hawthornden Manuscript, volume IX.

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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