First line: ‘O James was thy party as wise as theyre hearty’.
Probably a commercially-produced print. Captioned below by hand, ‘North Side IV. | Latin Christianity.’
Of a similar date to the photograph on f. 2r.
‘Φιλία τοῦ κόσμου ἔχθρα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστιν.’ (James, iv. 4.) Dated at Frankfurt am Main.
The sketch is captioned ‘& what became of them | “He jests at scars that never felt a wound.” Romeo. & Juliet. | Act. II. Sc. 2.’ (The quotation is repeated below in pencil.) This sketch, which is numbered 3 at the top, is a sequel to the two on f. 5v.
(The title is ‘Oeuvres de Saint-Evremond Tom. VI’. The number of the volume has been altered by hand to ‘4’. It is unclear which edition this is from.)
The sketch is captioned ‘Extraordinary nondescript seen at Rydal[,] placed by Owen in the order Anomola. & called Cobbius candatus [i.e., presumably, G. F. Cobb] or the long tailed mountain Cuddy’.
The sketch is captioned ‘Ugh! I’ve sat down on my gimblet.’
The sketch is captioned ‘a sweeping improvement.’
(Dated ‘Thursday morning past | a 11 o,Clock’. Signed ‘Cleora’. The salutation is ‘my Dearest Roselinda’. Marked ‘Num 6’.)
(Designed by Francesco Bartolozzi.)
‘Sit serpentinus oculus in Columbino corde’. (Matthew, x. 16.) Dated at Lützelstein.
The sketch is captioned ‘First attempts.’
Engraved by Johannes van Meurs. The engraving includes the date 1657, but it is found in various editions dated from 1656 onwards.
Beside the top figure, who is bearded and tidily dressed, is written: ‘This is Brown as he appeared before his famous ascent of Langdale Pikes one windy day in January—NB. Brown was remarkably proud of his beard.’ Beside the lower figure, who is clean-shaven and in rags, is written: ‘and this is the abject wretch who appeared some hours after at the Dungeon Ghyll Hotel “clean shaved & done for”’.
Eight lines, beginning ‘Will aber jemand Gut das immer währet finden’. (Opitz, Trost-Gedichte, ii. 325–32.) Dated at Jena.