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Title: A caution for courtly damsels
Author: Sylvester, Joshua
Date(s): 1641 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 91
Contents: Advising women at court not to trust the wooing or courtship of courtiers lest they lose their honour and reputation
Title: Orbis coeli et terrae
Author: Sylvester, Joshua
Date(s): 1621 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 91
Contents: Religious poem on the vanity and folly of taking pleasure and value only from the world, describing Earth's place in the heavens, its elements, seasons and relationship with death. Extracted from Sylvester's 'Spectacles'. Each stanza has a separate
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Title: [unknown]
Author: Sylvester, Joshua
Date(s): 1621 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 91
Contents: On the fragility of life's pleasures, compared to a soap bubble blown by a child; one of Sylvester's 'Mottoes'
Title: [unknown]
Author: Sylvester, Joshua
Date(s): 1621 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 91
Contents: Comparing the world to a court of law, describing the concepts which act as its officers, with judgement provided by death; one of Sylvester's "Mottoes"