Comprises a poem of 16 lines, principally on the indignity of living under the domination of another man.
Drafts of two poems, attributed to John Hanson
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt q 43
- Dates of Creation
- ca. 1630-1640
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 folio, manuscript. An autograph draft with revisions, probably unfinished, with another draft poem and a draft letter written at the request of 'Hancome'; headed '?John Hanson' in pencil in a modern hand. Verso contains only just over one line of text written upsidedown in relation to the main text on recto, probably in the same hand.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
John Hanson, the poet, graduated B.A. from Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1604. He is best known as the author of Time is a Turn-coate, or England's Threefold Metamorphosis, written in 1604.
Access Information
Access is unrestricted.
Acquisition Information
Purchased at Sotheby's on 21 August 1981.
Note
In English.
Other Finding Aids
The poem is indexed in the BCMSV database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/bcmsv/bcmvlink.htm#bcltq43