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Title: The garden, or the contention of flowers. To my dear daughter Mistris Anne Pulter [Anne crossed through, Pulter blotted out] at her desire written
Author: Pulter, Lady Hester
Attribution: Hadassas
Date(s): 164- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 32
Contents: Debate between several types of flowers (named in the margins), in which each presents arguments for precedence over the others, and at the the end of which their "parliament" is "prorogued"; with some revisions
Title: Upon the imprisonment of his Sacred Majestie that unparalel'd prince King Charles the First
Author: Pulter, Lady Hester
Attribution: Hadassas
Date(s): 1648 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 32
Contents: Royalist lament for the plight of Charles I whilst in prison, calling for vengeance; with some revisions
Title: On the horrid murther of that incomparable prince King Charles the First
Author: Pulter, Lady Hester
Attribution: Hadassas
Date(s): 1649 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 32
Contents: Royalist lament for the death of Charles I, arguing that tears are not a sufficient expression of grief for such a loss
Title: On the same [i.e. the horrid murther of that incomparable prince King Charles the First]
Author: Pulter, Lady Hester
Attribution: Hadassas
Date(s): 1649 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 32
Contents: Royalist lament for the death of Charles I, but also for that of Sir Charles Lucas, Sir George Lisle, and Arthur, Lord Capel of Hadham
Title: The revolution
Author: Pulter, Lady Hester
Attribution: Hadassas
Date(s): 164- or 165- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 32
Contents: Religious poem imagining rising from the earth into heavenly light
Title: The circle
Author: Pulter, Lady Hester
Attribution: Hadassas
Date(s): 164- or 165- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 32
Contents: Religious poem putting trust in God at a time of weeping and sadness
Title: The desire
Author: Pulter, Lady Hester
Attribution: Hadassas
Date(s): 164- or 165- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 32
Contents: Religious poem, prayer to God at a time of sadness, expressing the desire to leave the earth for the bliss of heaven
Title: The welcom
Author: Pulter, Lady Hester
Attribution: Hadassas
Date(s): 164- or 165- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 32
Contents: Religious poem looking forward to death and the bliss of heaven
Title: [unknown]
Author: Pulter, Lady Hester
Attribution: Hadassas
Date(s): 164- or 165- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 32
Contents: Religious poem, prayer to God for sustained help so that death may be defeated and heaven attained
Title: The circle
Author: Pulter, Lady Hester
Attribution: Hadassas
Date(s): 164- or 165- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 32
Contents: Criticism of alchemists and others who try to ensure their bodily survival after death, forgetting that mankind must inevitably return to dust
Title: To Aurora
Author: Pulter, Lady Hester
Attribution: Hadassas
Date(s): 164- or 165- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 32
Contents: On the battle between light (Aurora) and darkness (Night); with religious overtones
Title: To Astrea
Author: Pulter, Lady Hester
Attribution: Hadassas
Date(s): 164- or 165- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 32
Contents: In praise of the beauty of the morning star Astraea