Leeds Brotherton Lt 106 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	Brotherton Library
Call Number	Leeds Brotherton Lt 106
Complete	Yes
Description	Anonymous, ca. 1745–1780. An example of a collection that includes print paste-ins, perhaps added at a a later date onto the blank pages. 90 items, 48 poems. Post-1745 Jacobite-related material.
Format	Quarto
Book Size	19cm x 16cm
Filled Page Count	228 filled pages
Item Count	90
Poem Count	48
Periods	1731-1760 1761-1790
First Line Index	Yes
Digitized	Yes
Region	[Unknown]
Additional Genres	Lists, Prose
Print Sources	British Magazine St. James's Chronicle
Major Themes	Celebrities Death, afterlife Public affairs Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Devotional writing, religio... Greek poetry Humour, wordplay Latin poetry Satire - religious Shakespeare 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 106.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/308. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
Created	2019-09-04 1:13:45 PM
Updated	2025-09-22 11:19:04 AM

Contributor	Role
[Anonymous]	Primary compiler

First Line	Context
Beneath this Stone lies Katherine Gray	f. 136v Local title: Solution of before-written epitaph. Attributed author: Anonymous. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: "Katharine" instead of "Katherine." Other: n/a
God prosper long our noble King/ our lives and safeties all	f. 138v Local title: Chevy-Chase. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: Beginning of Chevy Chase ballad, only, up to "The stout Earls of Northumberland A vow to God did make." Other: Crossed-out.
Here lies Father & Mother, & Sister and I	f. 79v Local title: An exact copy of an epitaph in the Church-yard at Andover, in Hampshire. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
I Hold for faith	f. 89v-90r Local title: The Jesuits Double-fac'd creed in three languages Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: I hold as faith what England's church allows Other variants: n/a Other: Same as in Lt 99, but here begins with English, then in Latin, then in Greek [the other was Latin first, then English, but no Greek].
I love with all my heart/ The Tory party here	f. 144 Local title: n/a Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Struck with religious awe, and solemn dread	pp. 70–71 Local title: A Soliloquy, written in a Country Church-yard. Attributed author: the Revd Mr. Moore, of Cornwall. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Occasional; include some source attributions.
Binding	Pre-bound paperbook, likely. Stretches of blank pages ff. 90v–123v and ff. 148v–191. Plain vellum pasted on boards.
Hands	Single, with some additions to fill in blank sections.
Indications of use	Printed pieces pasted in may have been inserted at a later date, using blank pages. Also handwritten medical receipts, and some other bits of information seem to be later additions, sometimes pasted in – some of these also written or pasted-in sideways; some are foldout.
Item formatting	The first portion of the book uses a spiral device vertically down the page at the ends of items that end in mid-page; later, some items use a similar spiral mark, but it is oriented horizontally at the ends of items.
Original poetry	Maybe, but not obviously. Some shorter, unattributed items like On the Scotch Pavement (f. 124v) might be original - they are not in the First Line Index, though this might just be due to their length.
Page layout	Paginated (by the compiler, in the first section of the book).
Printed items	Poetry paste-ins, including Greek and Latin poetry.