Miscellany of Brian Cave [manuscript], ca. 1625.
Cave, Brian, active 16th-17th century, author.; Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598. Precepts.; Scott, Thomas, 1580?-1626. Vox populi.; Alured, Thomas.; Dohna, Achatius von, 1581-1647.; Thomson, Paul, approximately 1563-1617.; Spinola, Ambrogio, 1569-1630.; James I, King of England, 1566-1625.; England and Wales. Parliament.
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Title
Miscellany of Brian Cave [manuscript], ca. 1625.
Variant title
Folger card catalog title: Commonplace book of Brian Cave
Description
70 leaves.
Associated name
Cave, Brian, active 16th-17th century, author.
Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598. Precepts.
Scott, Thomas, 1580?-1626. Vox populi.
Alured, Thomas.
Dohna, Achatius von, 1581-1647.
Thomson, Paul, approximately 1563-1617.
Spinola, Ambrogio, 1569-1630.
James I, King of England, 1566-1625.
England and Wales. Parliament.
Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598. Precepts.
Scott, Thomas, 1580?-1626. Vox populi.
Alured, Thomas.
Dohna, Achatius von, 1581-1647.
Thomson, Paul, approximately 1563-1617.
Spinola, Ambrogio, 1569-1630.
James I, King of England, 1566-1625.
England and Wales. Parliament.
Scope and content
Letter of the gentlemen of Leicestershire to the Lord Chancellor for the removal of some unworthy J.P.'s (fol. 3), and the answer of Lord Gray (fol. 4v); letter of the King of Bohemia's ambassador, Baron Dohna, to the Lord Lieutenant, 1620 (fol. 9); letter of Paul Thomson of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the King (fol. 11); letter from J.E., being a discourse of Scotland, June 20, 1617 (fol. 12); oration of the Marquis Spinola to his army, [1620?] (fol. 20); the moral precepts of Burghley to his son, Robert (fol. 21; for another copy see: V.a.381, p. 12); James' speech to Parliament, January 16 (actually 30), 1620/21 (fol. 25); and the Lord Chancellor's reply (fol. 32); Vox populi or News from Spain translated [by Thomas Scott] -- first part only (fol. 32); letter by Thomas Alured to the Marquis of Buckingham about the proposed match with Spain, 1620 (fol. 57); protestation of the Commons [in vindication of their privileges], December 18, 1621 (fol. 66); relation of the answer of the deputies of Ireland unto his charge (fol. 67); and a relation concerning the plaster ... given to James, [March 1625] (fol. 68v).
Note
Typed list of contents tipped into the end of the volume.
On leaf 1v (upside down) "1628" and "1626: scriptum est: Bri: Caue: forko:" and leaf 2r "Qui sapit pauca loquitur. Brian Caue"; "Sors mea mortalis non est mortale quod opto" and "John St. John"
On leaf 1v (upside down) "1628" and "1626: scriptum est: Bri: Caue: forko:" and leaf 2r "Qui sapit pauca loquitur. Brian Caue"; "Sors mea mortalis non est mortale quod opto" and "John St. John"
Historical background
Two men named Brian Cave from Ingersby, Leicestershire, were admitted to the Middle Temple in 1596 and 1600 (Al. Cant.)
Provenance
Formerly Folger MS Add 375.
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Leicestershire.
Item Details
Call number
V.a.402
Folger accession
MS Add 375