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• Title:Songs and verses upon several occasions, [ca. 1680?].
  
• Physical Description:1 v. (406 p.) ; 21 x 16 cm.
  
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  • Location:BEINECKE (Non-Circulating)
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  • Call Number: Osborn b105
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    

   
• Notes:Pages 35-44, 63-66, 77-86, 115-132, 153-158, 161-184 and 195-212 have been cut out.
  Inscribed on title page: "Hansen."
  Film: MS vault microfilms 53.
  Binding: full sheep.
  In English.
  For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
  
• Summary:Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of about 59 satirical poems and songs by John Wilmot Earl of Rochester, John Oldham, John Dryden, Aphra Behn, and others. Poems include Rochester's Satyr Against Man, Upon Nothing, and Tunbridge Wells; Dryden's MacFlecknoe; Shadwell's Upon A Late Fallen Poet; and George Etherege's Ephelia to Bajazet. The volume also contains a number of satirical songs, such as A New Ballad To the Tune of Chivey Chace and A New Ballad to an Old Tune Call'd Sage Leafe.
  
• Format:Archives or Manuscripts
• Cite as:Songs and Verses upon Several Occasions. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
  
• Subjects:Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.
  Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
  Etherege, George, Sir, 1635?-1691.
  Oldham, John, 1653-1683.
  Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680.
  Shadwell, Thomas, 1642?-1692.
  Ballads, English--17th century.
  English poetry--17th century.
  Satirical verse, English.
  Women authors.
  Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century.
  
• Genre/Form:Commonplace books.