Crewe Manuscripts

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ff. 132–4 Notes on various substances Part early 18th c.
f. 139 Notes on René Aubert Vertot’s History of the Revolutions in Sweden, translated by John Mitchel (1696) Part early 18th c.
ff. 140–5 Notes on botany, spices, and other natural substances Part early 18th c.
ff. 146–9 Notes on architecture Part early 18th c.
ff. 150–9 Tables of books read, books to be read, etc., with notes on the ‘Arts of a Meer Politician’ Part early 18th c.
p. iii Title: ‘A Book of Poems. The First Part.’ Part
pp. 37–45 ‘A Dialogue Between Britannia and Raleigh’s Ghost’, by John Ayloffe (and Andrew Marvell?) Part
pp. 45–52 ‘The Chronicle’ (author unknown) Part
pp. 68–72 ‘On Several of the Councel’ (author unknown) Part
pp. 100–6 ‘Thom. of Danby or A Merry New Ballad upon a Lamentable occasion’ (author unknown) Part
pp. 127–8 ‘The Test’ Part
pp. 130–3 ‘A Speech of the King’s’, by Andrew Marvell(?) Part
pp. 140–3 ‘A broadside against Marriage. Directed to that Inconsiderable Animal Call’d a Husband’ (author unknown), 1675 Part
pp. 149–51 ‘Upon The Bishop’s Throwing owt the Bill’ (author unknown) Part
pp. 167–72 ‘Instructions to a Painter, On the Burning the Ships at Chattam’ (author unknown), 1667 Part
pp. 230–2 ‘The King’s Answer’ (author unknown), 1679 Part
pp. 232–3 ‘A Character of the English. An Allusion. Tacit. de vita Agric.’, by Robert Wolseley(?), 1679 Part
pp. 254–5 ‘On The Dutchess of Portsmouth’s Picture’ (author unknown), 1682 Part
pp. 255–7 ‘The Coffee-house Wits’ (author unknown), 1679 Part
pp. 277–85 ‘Rochester’s Farewel’ (author unknown), 1680 Part
pp. 295–7 ‘The Impartial Trimmer’ (author unknown), 1682 Part
pp. 298–301 ‘A Lenten Prologue, Refus’d by the Players’, by Thomas Shadwell(?), c. 1683 Part
ff. 15–20 Leaves from Memoirs of the Life of Benjamin Starkey (1818) (pp. iii–iv, 5–14) Part 1818
ff. 22, 24, 26, 28, 31, 33, 35, 37 Autograph memoir of Benjamin Starkey, entitled ‘A Short Account of the Writer of this Narration’, concluding with a letter from him to Mr Humble junior, 14 Nov. 1811 Part 1811
ff. 41r–42r Cuttings from the Every-Day Book (1825), containing a letter to the editor (William Hone) from C. L. (Charles Lamb), headed ‘Captain Starkey’ Part 1825
pp. 42a–b, 43 ‘Altre notizie curiose di Curzio Marigniolli’ Part
pp. 44–53 ‘Vendetta del Signor Niccolò Compagni Gentiluomo Fiorentino l’Anno 1600’ Part
pp. 71–80 ‘Morte di Pietro Paolo Stibbi dalle Pomerancie Seguita il di 29 di Luglio 1634’ Part
pp. 83–103 ‘Vita, e Morte di Vincenzio Serzelli, e di Matteo Santini Seguita in Via Ghibellina [blank] il di [blank] dell’anno 1557’ Part
pp. 105–16 ‘Vita, e Morte della Caterina Canacci, e di Bartolomeo Suo Figliolo Seguita l’Anno 1638 In Firenze’ Part