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Fly leaf, recto: Bassus ii Parts. Adages, Latin and English.
Verso: Proverbes & Adages by James Howell, Esq. Verse in English, annot.
in French.
Foliation: 254 leaves, 18.4 x 14.2 cms.
f. 1r-72r reads thus:-
f. 14r here endeth Mr Locks opera
f. 13r-14r Dr. R. Harding of Meldreth, Herts, has identified as 'Old Men & Women's Dance':
f. 16r (complete) from Locke's 'Cupid & Death'.
No. 21 fifth entry music, last item, last four bars, also from 'Cupid & Death' B flat in the signature is an error, & erased sharps should be reinstated. 3rd October 1974 (see correspondence).
f. 42rL: Kat Audly's Bells, first appeared in Playford's Courtly Masques. London, 1662.
f. 54r: Finish: John: Jenkins
f.67r: Finis J: Jenkins.
? Other items, viol pieces from 'Engels Spiel-Thresoor van der 200 der nieuwste Allemanden, Couranten, Sarabanden, Ayres &c' Amsterdam, 1664.
Text: f. 73r- f. 254v Adages alphabetically arranged, four cols. Subj. Lingua. Proverb. Author with subdivision after each section. Text throughout, English, Latin, French.
Hand: C17th secretary hand, same hand throughout ? holograph mss.
Watermarks: Heawood nos 2776 and 2777.
Provenance: M. Locke (1630?-1677) D.N.B. Vol. XXXIV. Lloyd-Macartney.
London, 1893 p. 38-39.
J. Howell (1594?1666) D.N.B. Vol. XXVIII. Howard-Inglethorpe.
London, 1891 p. 109-114.
John Jenkins (1592-1678) D.N.B. Vol. XXIX. Inglis-John.
London, 1892. p. 301.
Positive microfilm, R.C. Charteris, London, Feb. 1974.
Negative microfilm, John Rylands Library, Feb. 1974.
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