Documents, English, Seventeenth Century, Five:

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Documents, English, Seventeenth Century, Five:
In various hands, including: verses that begin, "All in the King's name, they did lately proclaim," on the travesty of Charles II's Proclamation for the Suppression of Coffee Houses in 1675; a transcription of John Cleveland's "A Dialogue between Two Zealots"; a letter from Richard Kilvert, to Lawrence Squibb, May 1660, that mentions the king; an unpublished poem that begins, "Oh! Turne away these eies for feare they bran my tear and make my breast a warming pan" addressed to, "the soft and charming Frances"; and a twenty-five line practical verse called "Rules of Purchase", including the advice, "First see the land which thou intendest to buy," and other useful legal advice on the purchase of real estate.
Estimate $300-500

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