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Title: Upon the death of Dyonis Bond who dyed 4 dayes before the Protector [Epitaphs on Oliver Cromwell and Dionis Bond (f.10v)]
Author: Wild, Robert
Date(s): 1658
Manuscript: Lt q 52
Contents: Elegiac lament for the death of Dennis Bond, comparing his passing with that of Oliver Cromwell, and stressing his worth as a loyal patriot
Title: A satyr against marriage
Author: Style, Oliver
Date(s): 169- ?
Manuscript: Lt 10
Contents: Forthright declaration against the bonds of marriage, preferring the freedom
of love not bound by contracts
Title: An epitaph upon Oliver Cromwell buried amongst the tombs at Westminster [Epitaphs on Oliver Cromwell and Dionis Bond (f.10v)]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1658 or 1659 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 52
Contents: Royalist satire after the death of Oliver Cromwell, claiming that his burial in Westminster Abbey is a further act of usurpation against the royal family, and warning the Devil that he may try to take over hell
Title: Batchelour
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: BAP (at end)
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 110
Contents: On being a batchelor, contrasting its freedom and pleasure with the bonds and 'fetters' of marriage. Begins in mid-line, so possibly an extract.
Title: Answer
Author: Bond, William
Attribution: William Bond
Date(s): 16--
Manuscript: Lt 57
Contents: Doggerel lines, set out as verse, in answer to a preceding letter
(headed "The Lord Roberts letter" and subscribed "William
Robert") demanding the return of a cloak, wittily defending its
taking; almost entirely rhyming on the word 'cloak'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 173- ?
Manuscript: Lt 7
Contents: Contrasting the life of a husband, subject to the contrariness of a wife,
with that of a carefree unmarried youth whose mistress wants only to please
him