Osborn MS b 104
An octavo commonplace book, 209 pages, in 17th-century calf (rebacked).
Owned and probably compiled (in part) by one John Hale.
c.1650s-1725.-
RnT 470 p. 6
Copy.
(Sometimes called A terible true Tragicall relacon of a duell fought at Wisbich June the 17th: 1637.) Published, and attributed to Randolph, in Hazlitt, I, xviii. II, 667-70. By Robert Wild.
Thomas Randolph, The Combat of the Cocks ('Go, you tame gallants, you that have the name') -
ClJ 221 p. 10 (last series)
Copy.
Published in J. Cleaveland Revived (London, 1660), pp. 78-9. The Works of Mr. John Cleveland (London, 1687), p. 343. Berdan, p. 185, as
probably not genuine
. Rejectedas probably not Cleveland's
by Withington, pp. 321-2.John Cleveland, The Definition of a Protector ('What's a Protector? Tis a stately Thing') -
StW 69 pp. [12-13] (last series)
Copy, headed
A Western humour
and here beginningRidlea, Ridlea neighbour John with atale ha' bea?
First published in Wits Interpreter (London, 1655), Part II, pp. 65-6. John Tuckett, A Devonshire Song, N&Q, 2nd Ser. 10 (15 December 1860), 462. Dobell, pp. 114-16. Forey, pp. 101-3.
William Strode, A Devonshire Song ('Thou ne'er wutt riddle, neighbour Jan') -
JnB 44.5 p. 115
Copy, headed
Clayminge another kiss on coullor of mending ye former, by Ben: J:
.Herford & Simpson, VIII, 139.
Ben Jonson, A Celebration of Charis in ten Lyrick Peeces. 7. Begging another, on colour of mending the former ('For Loves-sake, kisse me once againe') -
JnB 3 p. 116
Copy, headed
In Defence of weomens inconstancy by Ben: I:
.First published in The Vnder-wood (vi) in Workes (London, 1640). Herford & Simpson, VIII, 146.
Ben Jonson, Another. In defence of their Inconstancie. A Song ('Hang up those dull, and envious fooles')