Leeds Brotherton Lt 11 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	Brotherton Library
Call Number	Leeds Brotherton Lt 11
Complete	Yes
Description	Smyth family of Heath, ca. 1710–1806. This entry concerns only pp. 1-239 which consists of two hands, the second replacing the first but adopting the first hand's format. The second hand is also responsible for the index. All in all, however, the book is a sequence of at least six single-hand compilations. 173 items. Political satire (Tory perspective), Oxford affairs, Wakefield-area affairs.
Format	Quarto
Book Size
Filled Page Count	145 pages
Item Count	45
Poem Count	43
Periods	1701-1730
First Line Index	Yes
Digitized	Yes
Region	Heath Wakefield, Yorkshire Yorkshire
Additional Genres	Prose
Print Sources	Elegant Extracts
Major Themes	Local interest Public affairs Satire - political Satire - social Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Animals, pets Courtship, marriage Death, afterlife Imitation, parody Passions, Sentiments Women Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	firstlines.folger.edu www.literarymanuscriptsleeds.amdigital.co.uk.proxy.lib.sfu.ca
Bibliography
Citation	“Leeds Brotherton Lt 11.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/291. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
Created	2019-09-04 1:13:45 PM
Updated	2023-07-25 11:32:03 AM

Contributor	Role
Isaac Hawkins Browne	Major author
William Congreve	Major author
William Hamilton	Major author
George Lyttelton	Major author
George Plaxton	Major author
Nicholas Rowe	Major author
Smyth Family Members	Primary compiler Possibly also Major author(s).
William Tunstall	Major author
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams	Major author
John Wilmot	Major author
Charles Yorke	Major author

First Line	Context
Clio, behold this charming Day	pp. 256–259 Local title: An ode to Harry Foxe upon the Dutchess of Manchester marrying -- Hussey, an Irish man. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Cries Celia to a reverend Dean	p. 248 Local title: An epigram. Attributed author: Anonymous. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: "Cries Celia to a learned dean"... instead of "reverend." Other: n/a
Despairing, beside a clear Stream	pp. 185–187 Local title: Colin's Complaint. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
From Me, Dear Charles, inspir’d with Ale	pp. 190–192 Local title: From Will. Tonstall in the Marshalsea to Charles Wogan in Newgate. Tune, To all the ladies, etc. Attributed author: Will. Tonstall. Adaptation: n/a Other variant: n/a Other: n/a
Goddess of golden dreams, whose magic pow'r	pp. 287–291 Local title: Castle building. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
In Charles the Second’s Golden Days	pp. 240–242. Local title: Vicar of Bray on ye Clergy. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Remote from Liberty and Truth	pp. 257–277 Local title: An ode to William Pulteney Esq. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Thee, Mary, with this Ring I wed	pp. 304–305. Local title: A gentleman on the late anniversary of his wedding day presented his wife with a ring & the following lines. Attributed author: A gentleman. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Where the loveliest expression to features is join'd	pp. 295 Local title: To Mrs Crewe. Attributed author: Ch: Fox. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: Followed by the Answer on p. 296.

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Never.
Binding	Post-bound. No blanks; spine title suggests it was bound by someone else as part of a larger collection of manuscripts. Spine lettered “XXVI” and “A.B^P MARGETSON WILL & MISCELL: POEMS.” Eighteenth-century panelled calf.
Hands	Two consecutive; six hands total, but this database entry concerns only the first two. First hand is very calligraphic. The second hand adopts the formatting of the first.
Indications of use	Successive entries suggest book was passed on as a useful record of something, perhaps a personalised anthology. Spine label suggests the volume was bound by someone as part of a larger collection of manuscripts.
Item formatting	Horizontal lines seperating items. Running titles written across the top margin.
Original poetry	Perhaps the first nine poems, which are not in the FLI.
Ownership mark	Bookplate of John Smyth of Heath.
Page layout	Paginated (both sides of the page). Heavy line ruled across the top and down the left margin of each page. Carefully compiled; writing is spacious.
Table of Contents	Index by the second hand (pp. 345–350).