The Supervisour, by E. G. [prose, followed by] A Paraphrasticall Epigram [verse]

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt 39
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1640s
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 36 ff. Unbound manuscript comprising two booklets and a cover, in a single hand. &quote;Pages" 1-72 are stitched in 2 quires of 16 ff. each; the cover, with the poem, folds loose around them. Watermark of ornamental lidded cup.

Scope and Content

Lengthy prose rebuttal of the presbyterian anti-episcopal pamphlet A worke for the wisely considerate (1641), followed by an obscure outspoken satirical attack on ecclesiastical pamphleteers or religious controversialists

Administrative / Biographical History

The compiler of the pamphlet is unknown

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Purchased from Quaritch, November 1973

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

The poem is indexed in the BCMSV database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/bcmsv/intro.html

Personal Names

G. E.