Comprises a satirical poem on the Declaration of Indulgence, in which poets express their thanks and urge all other loyal subjects to fall in with the King's wishes. For variant manuscript versions see Crum T281, where one Bodleian copy is attributed to Sir Roger L'Estrange.
Satirical poem to James II occasioned by the Declaration of Indulgence
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt q 41
- Dates of Creation
- ca. 1687-1688
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 2 ff., a bifolium manuscript. Written in a single late seventeenth-century hand and formerly folded as a letter. F.2v is inscribed thus: 'Mr James' and 'These for my Lady Long at Draicott near Chippeham in Wiltshire'.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Both the author and the scribe of this manuscript are unknown.
Access Information
Access is unrestricted.
Acquisition Information
Purchased at Christie's on 15 May 1980.
Note
In English.
Other Finding Aids
The poems are indexed in the BCMSV database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/bcmsv/bcmvlink.htm#bcltq41