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Brotherton Collection6
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse6

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Coyte, William, Senior6
Dr. Coyte of Ipswich3
Dr. Coyte, Senior, of Ipswich1
Dr Coyte of Ipswich1
Coyte (Title)1

Title: The Parson and Physician

Author: Coyte, William, Senior

Attribution: Dr. Coyte, Senior, of Ipswich

Date(s): 175- or 176-?

Manuscript: Lt 104t 107

Contents: Witty exchange between a parson and his physician, concerning the parson's illness

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Title: Compassion or Coyte

Author: Coyte, William, Senior

Attribution: Coyte (title)

Date(s): 175- or 176- ?

Manuscript: Lt 104

Contents: Sentimental poem in the eighteenth-century sensibility tradition, in which the poet projects himself as an endlessly compassionate individual, sharing the suffering of those in pain (including animals)

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Title: A Riddle by the Same

Author: Coyte, William, Senior

Attribution: Dr. Coyte of Ipswich

Date(s): 175- or 176- ?

Manuscript: Lt 104

Contents: Poetic riddle (without a solution) in which the poet compares himself to various objects in nature, such as a bird, a lion, and a stream

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Title: Harvest, or Industry. By the Same

Author: Coyte, William, Senior

Attribution: Dr Coyte of Ipswich

Date(s): 175- or 176- ?

Manuscript: Lt 104

Contents: Verse idealising the hard-working and industrious peasant or country labourer

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Title: A Bowl of Punch. By the Same

Author: Coyte, William, Senior

Attribution: Dr. Coyte of Ipswich

Date(s): 175- or 176- ?

Manuscript: Lt 104

Contents: Lines in which the different ingredients of the drink punch are personified as nymphs ('Unda', 'Brandysia', 'Limonia' and 'Saccharissa')

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Title: On his old Gardener, John Forsdike. By the Same

Author: Coyte, William, Senior

Attribution: Dr. Coyte of Ipswich

Date(s): 175- or 176- ?

Manuscript: Lt 104

Contents: Epitaph on a gardener, John Forsdike, extolling his virtues, and describing where he is buried

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