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Manuscript verse by various hands and a masque by Thomas Cooke, inserted in a copy of 'Poems on several occasions', by Charles Cotton.
c.1720-1750
The pages of manuscript contain: (1) A short verse miscellany, including 'A satyr against woman' (16 pp), 'The batchelors lettany' (3 pp), Alexander Pope's 'How much egregious Moore/ Are we deceive'd ...
Title: [unknown]
Author: Cotton, Charles
Date(s): 1689 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 91
Contents: On the perils and sufferings of being married to a woman; variant extracts from Cotton's 'The joys of marriage'
Title: Contentation
Author: Cotton, Charles
Attribution: By Mr Cotton
Date(s): 1689 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 123
Contents: In praise of the contented, innnocent life as the source of true happiness.
Title: How few see the errors of life till tis almost too late to amend.
Author: Cotton, Charles
Attribution: Mr Cotton
Date(s): 1689 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 123
Contents: Meditation on the wastefulness and vanity of youth, and inconveniences of old age; musing on the good that could be done if 'youth' had the experience and wisdom of old age.