'Letters amorous, complementall, consolatorie, informing, militarie, historicall’: copies or drafts of letters of William Drummond of Hawthornden, in his hand, with a few letters of other persons, 1605, undated., 1605, 1626, undated.
Scope and Contents
The volume also contains:
'Of impresas' (folio 128);
'A dedication of some poems to Cragmiller' (folio 131);
'Of change of religion' (folio 136 verso);
'In praise of the allegorie in poesie' (folio 143);
'For the geneologie of the house of Drummond' (folio 144 verso);
'In praise of letters' (folio 147);
'New-Scotland' (folio 148);
'The Hermitage' (folio 151);
'Discourse in commendation of kinglie government', 1626 (folio 159);
Speeches, etc., connected with the visit of Charles I to Edinburgh (folios 162-172);
'Bibliotheca Edinburgena Lectori' (folios 173-178);
Poems (folios 58 verso-59 verso, 117, 140);
Historical drafts and notes (folios 26 verso-27, 92-94, 129, 131 verso, 157);
Various notes, etc. (folios 59, 77, 121, 141, 146, 152, 155-156, 158, 161).
Dates
- Creation: 1605, 1626, undated.
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
178 Leaves ; Folio.
Arrangement
178 folios.
Bibliography
General
Hawthornden Manuscript, volume IX.
Repository Details
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