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Collection of English pasquils, mostly anonymous, but some attributed to John Dryden, Andrew Marvell and others.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.12

Scope and Contents

The poems were written, according to the dates in the margin, mainly between 1676 and 1687 and are copied in several hands.

Dates

  • Creation: ?1676-?1687.

Extent

204 Leaves ; Folio.

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.

Existence and Location of Copies

Microfilms available:

Mf.Sec.MSS.312;

Mf.Sec.MSS.696 (manuscript may not have been filmed in full);

Mf.Sec.MSS.825.

Bibliography

The following poems are published in ‘Poems on affairs of state. Augustan satirical verse, 1660-1714’ (New Haven, 1963-1975).

Folio 1. ‘Satire on Old Rowley’, 1680. Volume 2, page 184. Folio 7 verso. ‘The hypocrite’ by John Caryll, 1678. Volume 2, page 104. Folio 39. ‘An essay upon satire’ by John Sheffield and John Dryden, 1679. Volume 1, page 401. Folio 42 verso. ‘Britannia and Raleigh’ by John Ayloffe, 1674-1675. Volume 1, page 228. Folio 44 verso. ‘The chronicle’. Printed under the title, ‘The history of Insipids’, 1674. Volume 1, page 243. Folio 47 verso. ‘The Royal kiss or prorogation’. Printed under the title, ‘The Royal buss’, 1675. Volume 1, page 263. Folio 48 verso. ‘On the statue erected by Sir Robert Viner’ by Andrew Marvell, 1675. Volume 1, page 266. Folio 49 verso. ‘On King Charles’. Printed under the title, “The Earl of Rochester’s verses” by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, 1675. Volume 1, page 424. Folio 49 verso. ‘A dialogue between two horses’, 1676. Volume 1, page 275. Folio 53. “Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey’s ghost”, 1679. Volume 2, page 7. Folio 56. ‘Hodge’, 1670. Volume 2, page 146. Folio 65 verso. ‘A raree show’ by Stephen College, 1681. Volume 2, page 426. Folio 70 verso. ‘A new ballad’. Volume 3, page 506. Folio 73 verso. “On the Lord Chancellor’s hide”. Printed under the title, ‘The downfall of the Chancellor’, 1667. Volume 1, page 158. Folio 74. ‘Instructions to a painter’, attributed to Andrew Marvell, 1667. Printed under the title, ‘The fourth advice to a painter’. Volume 1, page 141. Folio 76. ‘Further advice to a painter’ by Andrew Marvell, 1671. Volume 1, page 164. Folio 77. “Upon blood’s attempt to steal the crown” by Andrew Marvell, 1671. Volume 1, page 178. Folio 77. ‘The dream of the cabal’, attributed to Andrew Marvell, 1672. Volume 1, page 192. Folio 82. ‘The dispute’, ascribed to the Earl of Rochester, 1673. Printed under the title, “His Highness’ conversion by Father Patrick”. Volume 1, page 211. Folio 82 verso. ‘Advice to a painter to draw the Duke’, attributed to Andrew Marvell, 1673. Volume 1, page 214. Folio 85. ‘The statue at Charing Cross’ by Andrew Marvell, 1675. Volume 1, page 270. Folio 86. ‘On his excellent friend, Mr Andrew Marvell’, 1678. Volume 1, page 436. Folio 86 verso. “Marvell’s ghost” by John Ayloffe, 1678. Volume, page 285. Folio 87. ‘A familiar epistle to Mr Julian’ by George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, 1677 (here attributed to John Dryden). Volume 1, page 388. Folio 88 verso. “Preserv’d by wonder satire”, 1677. Volume 1, page 425. Folio 90. “On the Queen’s dancing”. Printed under the title, “The Queen’s ball”, 1670. Volume 1, page 421. Folio 91. ‘Advice to Apollo’, 1677. Volume 1, page 393. Folio 92. ‘The fancy’. Printed under the title, ‘The waking vision”, 1681. Volume 2, page 419. Folio 95A. ‘The time’. Printed under the title, ‘Queries’, 1679. Volume 2, page 293. Folio 96A ‘Letter of the Duke of Monmouth to the King’ and “The King’s answer”, 1680. Volume 2, page 254. Folio 98. ‘Colon, a satyr on the Court ladies’ by Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset, 1679. Volume 2, page 167. Folio 103. ‘An ironical satyr’, 1680. Volume 2, page 200. Folio 104. ‘Satyr’, 1680. Volume 2, page 205. Folio 105 verso. ‘On the young statesmen’ by Charles Sackville (here attributed to Dryden), 1680. Volume 2, page 339. Folio 112. ‘The rabble’, 1680. Volume 2, page 342. Folio 113. ‘Flatfoot the gudgeon taker’, 1680. Volume 2, page 190. Folio 113 verso. ‘A ballad of Sir Robert Peyton’, 1680. Volume 2, page 308. Folio 117 verso. “Rochester’s farewell”, 1680. Volume 2, page 218. Folio 145. ‘The widows and maids”, 1686. Volume 4, page 67. Folio 167. ‘A merry new ballad’, 1683. Volume 3, page 484. Folio 168 verso. ‘Old Rowley the King’, 1683. Volume 3, 478. Folio 176. ‘The town life’, 1686. Volume 4, page 62. Folio 190 verso. “Dr. Wild’s ghost”, 1687. Volume 4, page 104.

A list is inserted at the beginning of the volume giving the references to the printed versions.
Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland
Date
03 02 2015
Description rules
Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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