Beinecke Osborn c570 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Poems
Archive	Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Call Number	Beinecke Osborn c570
Complete	Yes
Description	Anonymous Jacobite, ca. 1714–1745. 4 volumes, 291 items. Manuscript collection of Jacobite political satires and poems on public affairs.
Format
Book Size	21cm
Filled Page Count	184 pages + 173 pages + 219 pages + 167 pages = 743 pages
Item Count	291
Poem Count	291
Periods	1701-1730 1731-1760
First Line Index	Yes
Digitized	No
Region	[Unknown]
Additional Genres
Print Sources
Major Themes	Celebrities Death, afterlife Public affairs Satire - political Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	firstlines.folger.edu
Bibliography
Citation	“Beinecke Osborn c570.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/396. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
Created	2022-08-03 2:03:30 PM
Updated	2023-07-20 1:28:14 PM

First Line	Context
As Nero Laughing saw the flames consume	p. 33 Local title: Nero the second. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
From Me, Dear Charles, inspir’d with Ale	vol. 1, p. 148 Local title: A ballad from a prisoner in the Marshallsea, to another at Newgate. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
From happy Climes where Vertue never dyes	p. 116 Local title: Cato's Ghost. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
God prosper long our gracious King,/ Now sitting on the Throne	p. 102 Local title: On New Year's Day. Attributed author: Supposed by Mr. Cibber. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
I love with all my heart/ The Tory party here	p. 117 Local title: The reverse: to be read two ways. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
In Charles the Second’s Golden Days	vol. 4, pp. 14–16 Local title: The true Turn Coate, or, the Vicar of Bray. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: First line: In Charles the Seconds Days... Other: n/a
The Devils were brawling at Burnet's descending	p. 8 Local title: Hell's Holiday. Bishop Burnet died 17 March 1714. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Rare.
Binding	Pre-bound, multiple paperbooks. Compiled over time; writing is never swallowed by gutter; various use of space; tear-outs to final volume. Original vellum, ruled boards.
Catchwords	Yes, regular.
Hands	Single, with the exception of one poem in vol. 2.
Indications of use	Annotation on verso of front flyleaf: "Satirical Poems written after the death of Queen Anne on the coming in of the House of Hanover." Seemingly composed over a moderate or extended period of time given divergences in ink and spacing, as well as the catalogue's estimated dating. Occasional explanatory footnotes. p. 105 cross-out (of The Norfolk Ballade). At least four pages torn out at the end of vol. 4.
Item formatting	No lines between items or under titles. Titles are written in a larger font than verses.
Organization	"Finis" at the end of the last poem in each volume.
Page layout	Paginated. Size of the writing and the margins differ greatly; varying use of white space.
Table of Contents	Yes; at the beginning of vol. 1 and the ends of vols. 2–4. Interestingly, these Tables of Contents feature the beginning of the first line as well as the title of nearly every item.