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Title: [unknown]
Date(s): 15-- ?
Manuscript: Lt 53
Contents: Lines said to be engraved on Elizabeth I's pocket pistol presented to her by
Philip of Spain, displayed on Dover pier, claiming to be able to shoot as far
as France; included in Coles's prose autobiography.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 15-- ?
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Proverb on the happiness of being poor, among a collection of "Latin proverbs
with English ones that answer to them".
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: Somers's Tracts, vol.XV or Coll.4 vol.3 p.314; [Latin]
Date(s): 15-- ?
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Proverb on the money value or resale worth of everything, said to be from
Somers's Tracts, here among a collection of "Latin proverbs with English ones
that answer to them".
Title: Description of death
Author: Spenser, Edmund
Date(s): 1590 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 15
Contents: "The Faerie Queene", II.xi.21-22, comparing death to an archer armed with
deadly arrows, and describing his ghastly appearance
Title: Mirth
Author: Spenser, Edward
Date(s): 1590 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 15
Contents: "The Faerie Queene", II.vi.3, describing the lady Mirth
Title: Danger
Author: Spenser, Edmund
Date(s): 1590 (published) 1596 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 15
Contents: "The Faerie Queene", III.xii.11, and part of IV.x.16, describing the dreadful
appearance of Danger
Title: Dispair
Author: Spenser, Edmund
Date(s): 1590 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 15
Contents: Part of "The Faerie Queene", I.ix.35, describing the appearance of Despair
Title: Harmony
Author: Spenser, Edmund
Date(s): 1590 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 15
Contents: "The Faerie Queene", II.xii.70, describing the music heard at the Bower of
Bliss
Title: Discord
Author: Spenser, Edmund
Date(s): 1596 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 15
Contents: "The Faerie Queene", IV.i.20-22, 24 (omitting 24.3), describing the
underground dwelling-place of Ate, representing discord
Title: Disdain
Author: Spenser, Edmund
Date(s): 1590 and 1596 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 15
Contents: "The Faerie Queene", II.vii,40 (part)-41 and VI.vii.41,43, describing the
dreadful appearance and nature of Disdain
Title: Dispair
Author: Raleigh, Sir Walter
Date(s): 1591 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 15
Contents: Lament of resignation to a life of solitary sorrow and despair, translating
the French of Desportes. Song, adapting Raleigh's sonnet.
Sender: James I, King of Great Britain and Ireland; VI, King of Scotland
Recipient: Sophia, Queen of Denmark
Letters: 1
Date(s): 14 Dec 1589
Location: BC SAFE
Note: 2pp. fol. sealed with royal arms. With regard to the marriage of James to Anne of Denmark, involving a journey by James to Norway and relating that stormy weather and his wife's health had delayed their visit to the Queen Mother in Denmark, which they still hope to accomplish. Address: Serenissimae Principi Sophiae Dei ³ gratia, Daniae, Noruegiae, Gothorum ³ Vandalorug Reginae viduae, ... Matri ³ et Consan ³ guineae nrae longe charissimae.
Begins: JACOBUS Dei gratia Rex Scotorum, Serenissimae Principi, Sophiae
Ends: Dat. Asloiae Noruegorum xiiij die Decembris ³ Anno vltimi seculi 1589 regniq nostrivicesimo tertio. S.V. addictissmus in perpe ³ tuum filius ³ Jacobus R.