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Title: [unknown]
Author: Hubert, Sir Francis
Date(s): 1629 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 84
Contents: Reflection on the changeabiity of fortune and the transience and mixture of human life. Extracts from Hubert's "Life and Death of Edward the Second" (lines 3340-3, 3345-6, 3352-3). BCMSV 3619, later in the manuscript, is a more complete version of
the sam
Title: Humility
Author: Hubert, Sir Francis
Date(s): 1629 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 84
Contents: Reflection on the changeability and transience of the world and of human fortune, extracted from Hubert's "Life and Death of Edward the Second" (lines 3328-53). A version of the same extract comprises BCMSV 3608 earlier in the manuscript.
Title: The humble contented man
Author: Hubert, Sir Francis
Date(s): 1629 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 84
Contents: Extract from Hubert's "Life and Death of Edward the Second" (lines 1821-55), praising a life of quiet contented moderation dedicated to study and self-knowledge
Title: [unknown]
Author: Hubert, Sir Francis
Attribution: Richard Hobert; Francis Hubert
Date(s): 1629 (published)
Manuscript: Lt q 51
Contents: Hubert's "Historie of Edward the Second", recounting the life and death of Edward II, and including meditations on fortune, youth, sovereignty, law, pleasure, favouritism, war, politics, rebellion, royal succession and death. Prefaced by notes on
the poem