Latin text, with English translation.
Two ballads on one sheet.
A commercially-produced print stamped, in capitals, ‘Messrs Stearn, Photos: Cambridge.’ The image is rather poor.
(It is unclear which edition this is from.)
Numbered 20.
‘Aeterna sequamur.’ Dated at Jena.
John Gill had a lease from Queen dated 4 Mar. 1563, by which he was granted, among other things, a tenement late in the occupation of John Bingley in Over Trelabe, Cornwall, part of the manor of Carmedon Prior, and another tenement late in the occupation of John Shere in Nethertrelabe, part of the manor of ‘Clemeslande’ (Climsland) Prior, Cornwall. The yearly rent of the two tenements is 56s. 2d. and the fine is equivalent to four years’ rent, i.e. £11 4s. 8d. Gill having surrendered his interest in these tenements, the Queen, being petitioned for them, has granted them by letters patent dated 18 Nov. 1564 to William Sheres, in reversion for 31 years [see the Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1563–1566, p. 342]. The correspondent is therefore directed to repay Gill or the bringer of the letter £11 4s. 8d., and take an acquittance in return.
(In the hand of an amanuensis. Signed by Winchester and Mildmay. Examined by Christopher Smyth, clerk of the pipe.)
First line: ‘No joy I in these peaceful Shades can find’.
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Transcript
The Complaint …
No joy I in these peaceful Shades can find,
Their Gloom adds Sorrow to my tortur’d Mind;
There† flow’ry Borders Seem no longer Sweet,
And the Gay Birds in vain their Songs repeat;
That Brook which o’er the Pebbles murmurs by,
I with my Tears continually Supply;
And when the Sparkling Stars I chance to see,
Ask, if there is not one a Friend to me?
But cruel as they are, they all conspire
To curse my Being with a hopeless Fire,
And doom me thus in Absence to deplore
The Loss of every Joy I knew before:
For thus Secluded from the Sight of Thee,
The Universe is all a Blank to me;
Yet I with Patience will my Lot endure,
Till Death to all my Grief Shall bring a Cure;
For in a Region far above the Skies
A Realm of Joy and endless Pleasure lies,
Those happy Climes my drooping Soul will chear,
And yield that Peace which is deny’d me hear†.
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† Sic.
A threatening letter addressed to a republican, who is described as a partisan of Robespierre.
(The message concludes, ‘Nous sommes Les amis de lordre social et de la Royauté’. Certified as a true copy by Lévêque.)
Pages 83-4. The article is headed ‘Discoveries at Jesus College, Cambridge’, and is accompanied by a panel of drawings by Roland W. Paul captioned ‘Jesus College, Cambridge. Recent discoveries in the east walk of the Cloisters.’
These arches were uncovered in 1893, as explained in the article in The Builder pasted below the photograph.
Of a similar date to the print on f. 2r.
Two ballads on same sheet.
Dated at Terrace, Richmond. Numbered 19.
(In the top left-hand corner is ‘Vol. III. page 509.’ It is unclear which edition this is from.)
‘Suaviter equitat, quem Gratia Dei portat.’ (Thomas à Kempis.) Dated at Frankfurt am Main.
(i) Untitled verses (author unknown).
First line: ‘But O! litle George thou struttest in vain’. A satire on King George II and Queen Caroline.
(ii) Untitled verses (author unknown).
First line: ‘Since England was England, sure never was seen’. A satire on King George II and Queen Caroline.
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Transcripts
But O! litle George thou Struttest in vain,
For this is not thine, but Q— Carolines Reign:
And thou govern’st England, as Phillip do’s Spain.
Then Strike a bold Stroke, as thy Dad did before thee,
Shut up thy fat Spouse, and we all shall adore thee.
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Since England was England, Sure never was Seen,
So Strutting a K— and So prating a Q—.
But I cou’d o’erlook George’s green Velvet coat,
His feather, tho yellow, and dangling Sword knot;
Nay I cou’d forgive his masking with Polly,
His tawdry Reviews, and the rest of his Folly:
But his army and Fleets, and his Senators vile,
That disgrace and oppress this once happy Isle:
He’s So fond of his Knight, and his Knight of our Coyn,
And to ruin us all his Courtiers combine
That {1} We cant keep our pence and the Hanover Line.
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{1} Omitted by mistake, and added in the margin.
A commercially-produced print, captioned on the image, ‘Cambridge. 15519 J.V.’ The view shows, among other things, in the foreground, the Round Church, the Union building, and part of Sidney Street, and in the distance, All Saints’ Church.
Of a similar date to the print on f. 2r.
Notes of reports made to a public official of the district of Lisieux on 21, 24, and 25 Pluviôse (10, 13, and 14 Feb.) about presumed attacks of the Chouans against republicans from the commune Mesnil-Simon.
(Headed ‘Notes’. Certified by Lévêque as a true copy.)
A commercially-produced print, captioned on the image, ‘Cambridge. 15519 J.V.’ The view shows, among other things, in the foreground, the Round Church, the Union building, and part of Sidney Street, and in the distance, All Saints’ Church.
Of a similar date to the print on f. 2r.
Two ballads on one sheet.