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Title: On the pictures of the confederates hung round a room in 1693. To the tune
of Old Simon the King
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 1693 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Satirical song on the alliance of nations at war with France and on their
leaders, including William III
Title: The battle of the Boyne. To the tune of Packingtons Pound
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 169- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Detailed satirical song about the Battle of the Boyne, in particular the
actions of William III's forces
Title: On the business of Brest in 1692. To the tune of Which Nobody Can Deny
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 1692 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Satirical song on the rout of the english navy at Brest, 1692
Title: The Jacobites quaeres for the Thanksgiving Day in 1694. To the tune of The
Children in the Wood
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 1694 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Jacobite satirical song, at a time of public celebration for William III's
return home, on his lack of success in the war against France
Title: Catch
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 169- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Jacobite song, hoping for the return of James II
Title: Ballad on the Cheshire plott 1694
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 1694 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Satirical song on the failure, in 1694, of the prosecutions of Jacobites in
Lancashire and Cheshire
Title: On the burning of Dr Burnetts book entitled A Pastoral Letter
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 1693
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Jacobite satire on the House of Lords' decision, in 1693, to burn the
"Pastoral Letter" issued in 1689 by Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury,
because of the terms in which it described William III's accession
Title: On K W----ms taking of Namur 1695
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 1695 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Reflections on the fate of Namur after its fall to William III following the
siege of 1695
Title: On K--g W---ms returne out of Flanders
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 1695 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Satirical comment on the enthusiastic reception given to William III in 1695
on his return home after the victory at Namur
Title: An account of an odd accident that happen'd to the Right Reverend
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 169- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Satire on Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, accusing him of lack of
reverence before God
Title: On the observing the 30th of January 1691
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 1691 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Attack on those who would commemorate the anniversary of the death of Charles
I as wanting also to kill James II
Title: Ballad on the thanksgiving day so solemnly observ'd the 12th of April 1694
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 1694 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Jacobite satirical song, at a time of public celebration for William III's
return home, on his lack of success in the war against France
Title: Upon K--g W---ms two first campagnes
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 1692 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Satire on William III's lack of success in the war against France in 1691
and 1692. A variant of "The author sure must take great pains" printed in
"Poems on affairs of state", III, 1704, p.342.
Title: The auction
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 169- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Satirical description of paintings of various establishment figures in
Hereford, including a justice, the mayor, a physician and an apothecary
Title: A dialogue between the engine & the lamp given by Mr Morgan & Mr Foley
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 1695 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Satirical dialogue supposedly between a fire-engine with Jacobite sympathies
and a Protestant street-lamp, respectively representing Paul Foley and James
Morgan, Members of Parliament for Hereford 1695- 1698
Title: Catch in the year 1689
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 1689 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Song praising drinking as better than arguing about religion or politics
Title: To Dr Broughton
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 169- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Satire on the practice of organising public celebrations despite William
III's lack of success in the war against France, addressed to Dr Broughton of
Hereford
Title: On Mr Page's marriage
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 169- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Lighthearted satire on a clergyman named Page, torn between marrying for
love or money; he chooses the former but when rejected opts for the latter
Title: Song
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 169- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Love poem, hoping that the grief of bereavement will soon give way to new
desire
Title: Song
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 169- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Love poem, urging present enjoyment
Title: To Sylvia advising her alwayes to wear black
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 169- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Love poem, on the lady's beauty
Title: To a lady that wou'd have put herself for a spright on a gentleman
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 169- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Love poem, on the lady's beauty
Title: On Tom Broads picture
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 169- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: On the changeable nature of Tom Broad of Hereford
Title: Song
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 169- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Love poem, urging present enjoyment. Followed by an "Answer", BCMSV 219