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118including verse miscellanies, commonplace books, diaries and letters—which may be found in archives across the 119 world. As a result, the edition performs the function of an early Stuart verse miscellany. Many miscellanies-manuscript volumes 120 of poems, collected by individual readers-document an intense interest in libels. Bodleian MS Malone 23, to take the most 121 stunning example, contains one of the richest contemporary collections of early Stuart political poetry, including many pieces 122 which were over twenty years old when the volume’s owner deemed them worthy of transcription (McRae, <i><span title="McRae, Andrew. Literature, Satire and the Early Stuart State. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004." class="FLYOUT2">Literature</span></i> 42-43). The present edition builds upon such sources, in order to gather the most comprehensive ever collection of early 123 Stuart political poetry. Its purpose is twofold: to bring this material into the public domain in the most effective possible 124 manner, and to provide a framework for further research. With these ends in mind, it provides one reliable text of each poem 125 that has been identified in manuscript sources, along with explanatory annotation and a list of other known sources. 126 </p></div><br /> 127 128 129 130 <div class="prevlink"><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/indices/abbreviations.html" title="< previous page - accesskey = ALT + D" accesskey="D">< Previous Page</a><a href="ii.html" title="next page >- accesskey = ALT + C" accesskey="C">Next Page ></a> <a href="../pdf/introduction/i.pdf">view as PDF</a> 131<div class="clrflt"></div></div> 132 133<br /><br /> 134 135<center> 136 <form action="" style="background-color:#cdcdc1;width:400px;height:70px;border:1px solid #8b8878;"><label><br />Quick links to other pages within this section</label><br /><br /><select class="select1" name="dest" size="1" onChange="jumpTo(this.form.dest)"> <option value="">Select page here</option> <option value="i.html">i</option> 137 <option value="ii.html">ii</option> 138 <option value="iii.html">iii</option> 139 <option value="iv.html">iv</option> 140 <option value="v.html">v</option> 141 <option value="vi.html">vi</option> 142 <option value="vii.html">vii</option> 143 <option value="viii.html">viii</option> 144 <option value="ix.html">ix</option> 145 <option value="x.html">x</option> 146 <option value="xi.html">xi</option> 147 <option value="xii.html">xii</option> 148 <option value="xiii.html">xiii</option> 149 <option value="xiv.html">xiv</option> 150 <option value="xv.html">xv</option></select></form> 151</center> 152 153 <br /><br /> 154 155 156 </div> 157<!-- content end --> 158 159<!-- footer start --><div class="footer"> 160 <div class="footer_nav"> 161 <div class="footer_nav_block1 fltleft"> 162 <h6>Sections</h6> 163 <ul> 164 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/essex_ralegh_section/A0.html" accesskey="7" title="A. Essex, Ralegh and Late-Elizabethan Politics (c.1590-1603)">A. Late-Elizabethan Politics</a></li> 165 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/early_jacobean_section/B0.html" accesskey="8" title="B. Early Jacobean England">B. Early Jacobean England</a></li> 166 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/parliament_fart_section/C0.html" accesskey="9" title="C. The Parliament Fart (1607-)">C. Parliament Fart</a></li> 167 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/cecil_section/D0.html" accesskey="10" title="D. The Death of Robert Cecil (1612)">D. Death of Cecil</a></li> 168 169 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/scots_section/E0.html" accesskey="11" title="Attacks on the Scots">E. Attacks on the Scots</a></li> 170 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/essex_nullity_section/F0.html" accesskey="12" title="F. The Essex Nullity, the Somerset Marriage and the Death of Overbury (1613-1614)" accesskey="13" title="G. The Addled Parliament and the Death of Northampton (1614)">F. Essex Nullity</a></li> 171 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/addled_parliament_section/G0.html" accesskey="13" title="G. The Addled Parliament and the Death of Northampton (1614)">G. Addled Parliament</a></li> 172 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/overbury_murder_section/H0.html" accesskey="14" title="H. The Overbury Murder Scandal (1615-1616)">H. Overbury murder</a></li> 173 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/ralegh_execution_section/I0.html" accesskey="15" title="I. The Execution of Ralegh (1618)">I. Ralegh Execution</a></li> 174 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/lake_roos_section/J0.html" title="J. The Lake-Roos Affair (1617-1620)" accesskey="16">J. Lake-Roos Affair</a></li> 175 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/fortune_section/K0.html" title="K. “Fortune’s Wheel”: Reflections on the Jacobean Era" accesskey="17">K. 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182Q. Castlehaven Scandal</a></li> 183 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/misc_section/R0.html" title="R: Miscellaneous (1628-1640)" accesskey="24">R. Miscellaneous</a></li> 184 <li><a href="#"></a></li> 185 </ul> 186 </div> 187 <div class="footer_nav_block2 fltleft"> 188 <div class="footer_nav_top"> 189 <div class="footer_nav_block3 fltleft"> 190 <h6>Publication Information</h6> 191 <ul> 192 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/introduction/i.html" accesskey="6" title="Introduction">Introduction</a></li> 193 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/indices/editors.html" title="Editorial Team" accesskey="1">Editorial Team</a></li> 194 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/indices/acknowledgements.html" title="Acknowledgements" accesskey="2">Acknowledgements</a></li> 195 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/indices/resources.html" title="Technical Notes" accesskey="3">Technical Notes</a></li> 196 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/indices/accessibility.html" title="Accessibility" accesskey="4">Accessibility</a></li> 197 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/indices/abbreviations.html" accesskey="5" title="Abbreviations">Abbreviations</a></li> 198 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/indices/bibliography.html" accesskey="28" title="Bibliography">Bibliography</a></li> 199 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/contact.html">Contact</a></li> 200 </ul> 201 </div> 202 <div class="footer_nav_block4 fltleft"> 203 <h6>Navigation & Indexes</h6> 204 <ul class="pad"> 205 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/indices/contents/int_cont.html" title="Table of Contents - accesskey = ALT + T" accesskey="T">Contents</a></li> 206 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/indices/toc.html" title="Index of First lines" accesskey="25">First Line Index</a></li> 207 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/indices/ms_all.html" title="Index of Manuscripts" accesskey="26">Manuscript Index</a></li> 208 <li><a href="http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/indices/mpt.html" accesskey="27" title="Index of Names">Names Index</a></li> 209 </ul> 210 <p><strong>Edited by Alastair Bellany and Andrew McRae</strong><br>with the assistance of Paul E.J. Hammer and Michelle <br>O'Callaghan</p> 211 212 213<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style"></a></div>
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