Merry Passages and Jeasts

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Scope and Content

'Merry passages and jeasts', a collection of over 600 anecdotes concerning domestic, historical and biographical topics compiled by Sir Nicholas L'Estrange, transcribed from British Library, Harley MS 6395, 194 folios. On fos 183v-192v is an alphabetical index in another hand. Most of the versos are blank.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Guy Le Strange, 1912.

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