Leeds University Library
Brotherton Collection MS Lt q 41
Satirical poem to James II occasioned by the Declaration of Indulgence
ca. 1687-1688
[Not known]
2 ff., a bifolium manuscript.
Written in a single late seventeenth-century hand and formerly folded as a letter. F.2v is inscribed thus: 'Mr James' and 'These for my Lady Long at Draicott near Chippeham in Wiltshire'.
English
Both the author and the scribe of this manuscript are unknown.
Comprises a satirical poem on the
Declaration of Indulgence, in which poets express their thanks and urge all other loyal subjects to fall in with the King's wishes. For variant manuscript versions see Crum T281, where one Bodleian copy is attributed to Sir Roger L'Estrange.
Purchased at Christie's on 15 May 1980.
Access is unrestricted.
In English.
The poems are indexed in the BCMSV database
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/bcmsv/bcmvlink.htm#bcltq41
James II
King of England
1633-1701
Great Britain
History
James II, 1685-1688
Sources
English poetry
17th century
Dissenters, Religious
England
17th century
Satire, English
England
17th century