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Title: [unknown]
Author: Butler, Samuel
Attribution: Hudibras
Date(s): 1678 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 48
Contents: Couplet from Butler's "Hudibras", III.1.163-4 (the knight to the lady)
followed by a comic expression of love in a different verse-form and seemingly
not by Butler
Title: On mony
Author: Butler, Samuel
Date(s): 1664 (published) and 1678 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 48
Contents: Satire on money being the driving force behind all the world's affairs,
including love. Assembled from extracts from Butler's "Hudibras", namely
II.3.851-4, III.2.1327-8, II.1.512-8, III:The lady's answer to the
knight:131-4, II.1.443-6, and II.1.463-6
Commonplace book of verse and prose
1680s
Contains three items of English verse, Samuel Butler's prose "The loyal satyrist" or "Mercurius menippeus", and (written from back, inverted) "Mr Adrian Battans service / Te deum", with music.