Throckmorton, Bess 1565?-1647

Miscellany of Joseph Hall ca. 1650 by Joseph Hall ( Book )
2 editions published in 1650 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Contents include: notes on medicine from Francis Arcaeus, John Read and Andrew Lacuna, (90v); household recipes; how to make fireworks, (174v); a guide to angling, (180); Catholic propositions, (83); a legal formulary, (234v, 281v); figures of speech with index, (239v); samples of letter writing, (208v); epitaphs; proverbs; stories, (270v); sermons; the petition of the grammar schools in and about London to Parliament, 1642, (260); extracts from the Achitophel of Nathaneal Carpenter, (32); High Cuff's speech at his execution, (207); an epitaph on Raleigh, (252); 3 letters of Raleigh's to his wife, [1603], (205), to Sir Robert Carr, 1618, (205v), and to the King, (210v); a letter from the Great Mogul to the King, 1619, (208); the letter [to Monteagle] revealing the gunpowder plot, (209v); and poems and excerpts by e.g. Dr. Mason, dean of Salisbury, John Taylor, (24v), Thomas May, John Vaus, Henry King, Petrarch, (246), Ben Jonson, William Shakespeare (e.g. Richard II and The passionate pilgrim), including some from the Wits recreation.

Copy of letters, poems and other documents by and about Raleigh, 1603-1618 ca. 1625 by Walter Raleigh ( Book )
2 editions published in 1625 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Contents: An account of Raleigh's death; his poem beginning, Even such is time; a poem and 4 epitaphs including one by Sir A. Thr. [Arthur Throckmorton]; a letter from Raleigh to James I, 1603/4 January 21; a critical valediction to Raleigh; the apology of Raleigh [or, a letter to Lord Carew]; Raleigh's letter to his wife, 1603 December. The poem and letters of Raleigh's, with some differences, have been printed.

Transcript of letter from Sir Walter Raleigh, [Winchester], to Lady Raleigh, December 1603 17th century by Walter Raleigh ( Book )
in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Written on the eve of his expected execution.

A Cambridge dramatic and poetical miscellany 1603-1626 ( Book )
in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Contents include the plays Melanthe by Samuel Brooke, 1615, Ruff Band Cuff, [1615?], Cancer, ca. 1616, Priest the barber, [1611?], and Gown Hood Cap; a planetary table; a discussion of quodlibets by Dr. Davenett (possibly John Davenant) and Mr. Brittaine (possibly Laurence Bretton); a Synopsis Physicae Christianae; certain erroneous proceedings gathered from Mr. Brierley (possibly Roger Brereley) 1617; Raleigh's letter to his wife, [1603]; and several poems by Raleigh and others, such as A conflict between Death and Youth, Theodore Bathurst's Latin version of Spencer's Shepheardes Calendar, and the Parliament Fart.