British Library Add. MS 29981 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	A Collection of Loyal Poems. Made in the Years 1714. 1715. and 1716.
Archive	British Library
Call Number	British Library Add. MS 29981
Complete	Yes
Description	Anonymous, ca. 1717. 130 poems. Jacobite poems on the political events of the years 1714–1716.
Format	Octavo
Book Size
Filled Page Count	290 pages
Item Count	130
Poem Count	130
Periods	1701-1730
First Line Index	Yes
Digitized	Yes
Region	[Unknown]
Additional Genres
Print Sources
Major Themes	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 lst-gale-com.proxy.lib.sfu.ca
Bibliography
Citation	“British Library Add. MS 29981.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/398. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
Created	2022-08-20 8:11:47 AM
Updated	2023-07-20 3:39:45 PM

Contributor	Role
[Anonymous]	Primary compiler

First Line	Context
As Nero Laughing saw the flames consume	f. 19 Local title: Nero the second. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
From happy Climes where Vertue never dyes	f. 27 Local title: Cato's Ghost. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
I love with all my heart/ The Tory party here	f. 9 Local title: The double meaning. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a

First Line

Context

f. 19

Local title: Nero the second.

Attributed author: n/a

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: n/a

f. 27

Local title: Cato's Ghost.

Attributed author: n/a

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: n/a

f. 9

Local title: The double meaning.

Attributed author: n/a

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: n/a

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Rare, if ever.
Binding	Pre-bound, blank paperbook. Uniform margins; writing never approaches the gutter. Paper cover.
Catchwords	Regular.
Hands	Single, with the exception of the poem that precedes the title page and Table of Contents (seemingly a later addition in a different hand, but addressing the same time period).
Indications of use	As the title suggests, this is a collection of poems on a single topic from a short period of time, something of a literary-historical record. Note the prominence of significant dates in titles such as May 29^th and June 10th. Rare (minor) corrections.
Item formatting	Lines between items; occasional swirl at the end of an item in lieu of a line. No lines under titles. Frequent numbered stanzas.
Ownership mark	“Elizabeth Susannah Hall. July 22th 1778" is written sideways on one of the front flyleaves.
Page layout	Clear margin rules on every page. Paginated by the compiler.
Table of Contents	Yes, after the title page at the beginning of the book.
Title page	Decorative title page.