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Brotherton Collection	2
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english poetry	2
latin language	1

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Dryden, John (1631-1700)	2
Trumbull, William	1
Tate, Nahum (1652-1715)	1
Maidwell, Lewis (1650-1715)	1
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)	1

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Archive Item:
BC MS Lt 16

Verse translation of Book III, metre 9 of Boethius's 'De consolatione philosophiae', by Alexander Pope

c.1703-1704

Verse prayer to God as creator and source of reason, for inspiration, strength and comfort, translated from Boethius, 'Consolation of Philosophy', III.9, by Alexander Pope; together with bifolium lett...

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BC MS Lt 66

Treatise on grammar by Lewis Maidwell, with commendatory poems by John Dryden and Nahum Tate

c.1684

Manuscript treatise on grammar headed 'Grammar is the art of speaking', using Latin and English examples (ff.3r-37r); preceded by poems 'To Mr. L. Maidwell on his new method' (f.1r-v), signed 'J. Dryd...