Part Two of Colvil's "Mock poem", a long Hudibrastic satire largely on the Scottish Presbyterian covenanters. In this case the Latin version of the final 36 lines precedes the English.
The factious crew or Presbyterie di[s]plaid, by Samuel Colvil
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- Reference
- GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt 63
- Dates of Creation
- ca.1680
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English Latin
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. (46 ff.) Bound in contemporary calf. Begins on front paste-down; subsequent pages numbered 2-92 (ff.1r-46r); ends on f.46v (unnumbered page); rear paste-down blank. In ink, in a single hand throughout, except for a mathematical puzzle and calculation on the last page added in another hand. Text headed "Phillipps MS 2322" [i.e. 23222]
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Samuel Colvil (or Colvill, or Colville), a Scottish satirist, published his "Mock Poem" in London in 1681. It was reissued in 1687 as "The Whiggs supplication" and in 1692 as "The Scotch Hudibras"; it was frequently reprinted in the 18th century. Colvil also published "The grand impostor discovered; or, An historical dispute of the papacy and popish religion" (Edinburgh, 1673).
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Bought at Christie's sale, 20 July 1983, lot 358
Note
In English and Latin
Other Finding Aids
Indexed in the BCMSV database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/bcmsv/intro.html