Folger MS M.a.174 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	Folger Shakespeare Library
Call Number	Folger MS M.a.174
Complete	Yes
Description	Anonymous, 1724–1728. 109 poems. Almost entirely early eighteenth-century poetry. Many contemporary satirical pieces, and items from Mist's Weekly Journal.
Format	quarto
Book Size	19cm x 15cm
Filled Page Count	193 pages
Item Count	110
Poem Count	109
Periods	1701-1730
First Line Index	No
Digitized	No
Region	London, Middlesex Middlesex
Additional Genres	Prose essays
Print Sources	British Journal Craftsman, or Say's Weekly... Mist's Weekly Journal
Major Themes	Celebrities Classical themes Conduct, morality Courtship, marriage Death, afterlife Literature Public affairs Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Animals, pets Education Family Historical subjects Imitation, parody Latin poetry Music, song, opera Satire - social Theatre, drama Visual arts Women Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	hamnet.folger.edu
Bibliography
Citation	“Folger MS M.a.174.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/5. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
Created	2019-08-27 1:45:39 PM
Updated	2024-02-10 4:39:36 PM

Contributor	Role
[Anonymous]	Primary compiler
Ambrose Philips	Major author

First Line	Context
Hail, happy bride! for thou art truly blest	p. 43. Local title: On the Death of Mrs. Bowes/ written by a Lady extempore on a Card. Attributed author: a Lady. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Hear all you Friends to Knighthood	pp. 183–184. Local title: A New Ballad to the tune of Of Noble race was Shenkin. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
In what soft Language shall my Thoughts get free	pp. 34–36. Local title: A Lady on the Death of her Husband. Attributed author: A Lady. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Little Girl in swadling Cloaths	pp. 104–105 Local title: On Miss Harvey, being a day old. In imitation of Mr. Phillips Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: Immediately follows the transcription of Philips' original, "Little charm of placid mien," in the manuscript collection (pp. 102–104).
O thou, who labour'st in this rugged Mine	p. 64 Local title: Written in a Gentlemans Coke upon Littleton. Attributed author: "By his Sister." Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Thou who dost all my worldly Thoughts employ	ff. 88–89. Local title: From a Lady at the Bath to her Spouse in London. Attributed author: a Lady. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: Some minor differences in punctuation, capitalization and diction to the copy on f. 146. Other: n/a
Thou who dost all my worldly Thoughts employ	f. 146. Local title: To the Lord M— by his Lady in her Sickness. Attributed author: his Lady. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: Some minor differences in punctuation, capitalization and diction to the copy on ff. 88–89. Other: n/a
When Foes are o'ercome, we preserve them from Slaughter	pp. 40–42 Local title: A Serious Poem upon William Wood, Brazier, Tinker, Hardware Man, Coyner, Founder, & Esquire. printed in Ireland. 1724. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: Note attributed date and place in title.

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Rare; if attributed, in header of the poem.
Binding	Pre-bound paperbook. Section of blank leaves near end. Subsequently rebound. Original red morocco and gold. Marbled endpapers.
Catchwords	Yes, at the bottom of many pages.
Hands	Single (neat and consistent), except for the final item on the death of VanDyke. This item appears in the index though so it appears to have been contemporary.
Indications of use	Table of contents for guiding future readers.
Item formatting	Uniform diagonal stroke from top right to lower left after each poem.
Organization	Prose piece of Mist's Journal functions as a kind of preface.
Original poetry	Maybe some of the cases of translations from Latin, which are headed "Attempted in English."
Table of Contents	Yes, at the end of the manuscript. Does not include opening prose piece on poetry.