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Title: [unknown]
Author: Fairfax, William ?
Date(s): 1619 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 22
Contents: Note presumably referring to the preceding 4-line epitaph in French (signed
wx, i.e. William Fairfax) on Mary Fairfax, possibly the wife of Sir
Ferdinando Fairfax, who died 1619.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Fairfax, William ?
Date(s): 1620 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 22
Contents: Epigram on the importance of self-knowledge
Title: Grace Wortley
Author: Fairfax, William ?
Date(s): 1620 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 22
Contents: Epigram praising Grace Wortley, the first of two copies in the book
Title: [unknown]
Author: Fairfax, William ?
Attribution: xt [Latin]
Date(s): 1620 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 22
Contents: On the danger of falling into one's own trap, translated from a preceding
Latin epigram ("Qui fodit foviam in ipsam incidet").
Title: [unknown]
Author: Fairfax, William ?
Date(s): 1620 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 22
Contents: On the conduct of life, possibly two separate epigrammatic couplets.
Corrected.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Fairfax, William ?
Date(s): 1620 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 22
Contents: Lighthearted satirical epigram apparently on a lady's painted face. Six
further lines heavily crossed through
Title: [unknown]
Author: Fairfax, William ?
Date(s): 1620 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 22
Contents: A series of six self-contained epigrammatic moral maxims, reflecting on life
Title: [unknown]
Author: Fairfax, William ?
Date(s): 1620 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 22
Contents: Two self-contained epigrammatic couplets on appearance and reality, the first
corrected
Title: Grace Wortley
Author: Fairfax, William ?
Date(s): 1620 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 22
Contents: Epigram praising Grace Wortley, the second of two copies in the book
Title: [unknown]
Author: Fairfax, William ?
Date(s): 1620 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 22
Contents: Criticising a girl for granting him love too readily. Corrected and finally
crossed through
Title: Dictum franc (?)
Author: Fairfax, William ?
Date(s): 1620 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 22
Contents: Warning against unstable government, translated from preceding French verses
Title: Seneca de la pauverte
Author: Fairfax, William ?
Attribution: Seneca; [Latin]
Date(s): 1620 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 22
Contents: Epigram on attitudes to poverty, translating preceding French verses said to
be rendering Seneca. Followed by related Latin lines. Corrected