Reliquiae Wottonianae: or, a collection of lives, letters, poems with characters. Also additional letters to several persons [ESTC R2126]
- DMI number:
- 1712
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- ESTC
- Publication Date:
- 1685
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- R2126
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- http://ezproxy-prd.bodleian.ox.ac.uk:2176/search/full_rec?ACTION=ByID&ID=12737975&SOURCE=config.cfg
- Shelfmark:
- EEBO - BOD
- Full Title:
- [i] Reliquiae Wottonianae [/i]: | OR, A | COLLECTION | Of LIVES | LETTERS, | POEMS; | WITH | CHARACTERS | OF | Sundry PERSONAGES: | And other Incomparable PIECES of | LANGUAGE and ART. | Also Additional Letters to several Persons, | not before Printed. | [rule] | BY THE | Curious Pencil of the Ever Memorable | Sir [i] HENRY WOTTON [/i] Kt. | Late Provost of [i] Eaton College [/i]. | [rule] | The Fourth [i] Edition [/i], with [i] Additions [/i] of several | Letters to the Lord [i] Zouch [/i], never publish'd till now. | [rule] | [i] LONDON [/i], | Printed for [i] B.Tooke [/i], at the [i] Ship [/i] in St. [i] Paul's [/i] Church-Yard, | and [i] T. Sawbridge [/i] at the [i] Three Flower de | Luce's [/i] in [i] Little Britain [/i], 1685.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Miscellany dominated by poet, Collection including prose, and Collection of poems about subject/person
- Format:
- Octavo
- Pagination:
- [i-lxxiv], 1-713 pp.
- Bibliographic details:
- Separate title-page for 'The Elements of Architecture', p.1 THE | ELEMENTS | OF | ARCHITECTURE, | Collected by | HENRY WOTTON Kt, | From the Best AUTHORS | AND | EXAMPLES. Separate title-page for 'A Philosophical Survey of Education', p.73 [i] A Philosophical [/i] | SURVEY | OF | EDUCATION, | OR | [i] Moral Architecture [/i]. | [rule] | BY | HENRY WOTTON Kt | PROVOST | OF | [i] EATON [/i] COLLEGE. Separate title-page for 'Ad Regem E Scotia', p.113 AD | REGEM | E | SCOTIA | REDUCEM | [/i] HENRICI WOTTONII [/i] | PLAUSUS ET VOTA | M DC XXXIII. Separate title-page for 'A Panegyrick to King Charles', p.135 A | PANEGYRICK | TO | King [i] CHARLES [/i]; | BEING | OBSERVATIONS | Upon the [i] Inclination, Life and Government [/i] | of our late [i] SOVEREIGN [/i]. | [rule] | Written in Latin | By Sir [i] HENRY WOTTON [/i] Knight, | (Provost of [i] Eaton [/i] College) a little before his | Death. | And now Englished by a Friend of the Authors. Separate title-page for 'A View of the Life and Death', p.205 A | VIEW | OF THE | LIFE | AND | DEATH | OF | George Villiers, | Duke of [i] Buckingham [/i]. Separate title-page for 'Letters to my Lord Zouch', p.583 Sir [i] HENRY WOTTON's [/i] | LETTERS | TO THE | Lord Zouch. | [rule] | Collected from the Originals, and Never published | till this present year, 1685. | [rule] | [ornament] | [rule] | Printed for [i] Benj. Tooke [/i] at the Ship in St. [i] Paul's [/i] | Church-Yard, and [i] Tho. Sawbridge [/i], at three | [i] Flower-de-luces [/i] in [i] Little Britain [/i], 1685.
- Comments:
- Plates: frontispiece and pp.112, 160 Prose: 'The Elements of Architecture; Collected by Henry Wotton Kt, From the Best Authors and Examples', pp.1-71 'A Philosophical Survey of Education or Moral Architecture', pp.73-99 'Characters of Some Kings of England', pp.100-107 'Letters, &c', pp.108-10 'Ad Regem E Scotia Reducem Henrici Wottonii Plausus et Vota', pp.113-33 'A Panegyrick to King Charles; Being Observations Upon the Inclination, Life and Government of our late Sovereign', pp.135-58 'Of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex', pp.161-83 'The Difference and Disparity between the Estates and Conditions of George Duke of Buckingham, and Robert Earl of Essex', pp.184-202 'A View of the Life and Death of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham', pp.205-38 'The Great Action between Pompey and Caesar', pp.239-42 'A Character of Ferdinando di Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany', pp.243-46 'The Election of the Duke of Venice: With other Papers concerning that State prefixed', pp.247-53 'The Election of the New Duke of Venice, After the Death of Giovanni Bembo', pp.254-264 'A Meditation Upon the Twenty Second Chapter of Genesis', pp.265-69 'A Meditation Upon Christmas Day', pp.269-72 'Letters to Several Persons', pp.275-377 'Letters to Sir Edmund Bacon', pp.399-482 'Additional Letters to Several Persons', pp.483-582 'Letters to my Lord Zouch', pp.585-712 'A Letter to the Earl of Essex', pp.712-13
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: (1) Dedication 'To the Right Honourable Philip Earl of Chesterfield, Lord Stanhop of Shelford' (2) 'An Advertisement to the Reader' (3) 'An Account of the Work' (4) 'The Life of Sir Henry Wotton' (5) 'A Letter to Marcus Velsero' (6) 'To the Right Worthy Provost and Professor Regius of Divinity in Cambridge' End matter: (1) 'A Table of the Several Tracts contained in this Book' (2) 'Books Printed for, and Sold by Benj. Took, and Tho. Sawbridge'
- References:
- NCBEL 335 (1685)
- Author:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'By the Curious Pencil of the Ever Memorable Sir Henry Wotton Kt'.
- Editor:
- Izaak Walton
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Dedication signed by 'Izaac Walton'.
- Publisher:
- Benjamin Tooke
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed for B. Tooke at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-yard'.
- First Line:
- Silence in truth would speak my sorrow best
- Page No:
- pp.lv-lvi
- Poem Title:
- Tears wept at the Grave of Sir Albertus Morton
- Attribution:
- Henry Wotton
- Attributed To:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- First Line:
- After those revered papers whose souls is
- Page No:
- pp.xxxiii-xxxiv
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- J. Donne
- Attributed To:
- John Donne
- First Line:
- What shall we say since silent now is he
- Page No:
- pp.lxxvi-lxxvii
- Poem Title:
- An Elegie on Sir Henry Wotton
- Attribution:
- Mr. Abraham Cowley
- Attributed To:
- Abraham Cowley
- First Line:
- O faithless world and thy more faithless part
- Page No:
- pp.377-78
- Poem Title:
- A Poem Written by Sir Henry Wotton in his Youth
- Attribution:
- H.W.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- First Line:
- Noble lovely virtuous creature
- Page No:
- pp.378-79
- Poem Title:
- Sir Henry Wotton, and Serjeant Hoskins riding on the way
- Attribution:
- H.W.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- First Line:
- You meaner beauties of the night
- Page No:
- pp.379-80
- Poem Title:
- On his Mistress, the Queen of Bohemia
- Attribution:
- H.W.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- First Line:
- Untimely fever rude insulting guest
- Page No:
- p.380
- Poem Title:
- To a Noble Friend in his Sickness
- Attribution:
- H.W.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- First Line:
- You that on stars do look
- Page No:
- p.381
- Poem Title:
- A Short Hymn upon the Birth of Princes Charles
- Attribution:
- H. Wotton
- Attributed To:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- First Line:
- Rouse up thy self my gentle muse
- Page No:
- p.382
- Poem Title:
- An Ode to the King, At his returning from Scotland to the Queen
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dazzled thus with height of place
- Page No:
- p.383
- Poem Title:
- Upon the sudden Restraint of the Earl of Somerset, then falling from Favour
- Attribution:
- H.W.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- First Line:
- How happy is he born or taught
- Page No:
- pp.383-84
- Poem Title:
- The Character of a Happy Life
- Attribution:
- H. Wotton
- Attributed To:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- First Line:
- And now all nature seemed in love
- Page No:
- pp.384-85
- Poem Title:
- On a Bank as I sate a Fishing: A Description of the Spring
- Attribution:
- H.W.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- First Line:
- My soul exalt the Lord with hymns of praise
- Page No:
- pp.385-87
- Poem Title:
- A Translation of the CIV Psalm to the Original Sense
- Attribution:
- H. Wotton
- Attributed To:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- First Line:
- Eternal mover whose diffused glory
- Page No:
- pp.389-90
- Poem Title:
- This Hymn was made by Sir H. Wotton, when he was an Ambassador at Venice, in the time of a great Sickness there
- Attribution:
- H. Wotton
- Attributed To:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- First Line:
- Quivering fears heart-tearing cares
- Page No:
- pp.391-92
- Poem Title:
- A Description of the Countrys Recreations
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whilst my souls eye beheld no light
- Page No:
- pp.392-93
- Poem Title:
- A Dialogue betwixt God and the Soul
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Who would have thought there could have been
- Page No:
- pp.393-95
- Poem Title:
- Doctor B. of Tears
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My prime of youth is but a frost of cares
- Page No:
- pp.395-96
- Poem Title:
- By Chidick Tychbourn (being young and then in the Tower) the Night before his Execution
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Even such is time that takes on trust
- Page No:
- pp.396-97
- Poem Title:
- Sir Walter Raleigh the Night before his Death
- Attribution:
- W.R.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Rise oh my soul with thy desires to heaven
- Page No:
- p.396
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The world's a bubble and the life of man
- Page No:
- pp.397-98
- Poem Title:
- The World
- Attribution:
- Fra. Lord Bacon
- Attributed To:
- Sir Francis Bacon
- First Line:
- Man's life's a tragedy his mother's womb
- Page No:
- p.398
- Poem Title:
- De morte
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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