DigitalDonne: the Online Variorum
First-Line Index to B13
Add. 25707, British Library (Skipwith ms.)
Compiled July 10, 1994, by Katie Hannah; proofread July 19, 1994
In left-to-right order, each item listed below is identified by (a) its Donne Variorum short form (noncan = noncanonical), (b) a siglum-plus-ordinal-position item tag, (c) its location in the artifact (by folio or page nos.), and (d) diplomatic transcriptions of its heading (HE) and first line. %X = element centered on the page; "om" = omitted.
Additional information: both paginated and foliated (but in two different hands); page numbers marked out on rectos; table of contents included on f. 3r-v; contents of ms. entered in several different hands; Donne poems marked by "#" and usually attributed to him by subscription.
This index last corrected June 9, 2003.
noncan B13.1 f. 4 HE %XOn Sr Kenelme Digbyes Lady 1633 Fayre broken modell of perfection rest, (18 ll.) [SS. Lord Digby] noncan B13.2 f. 4 HE %XSr Iohn Robins before he kill'd himselfe What shall I doe that am vndone (16 ll.) [SS. om] noncan B13.3 f. 4v HE %Xon the returne of two faire / %XLadyes out of the Country.| Great loue had found some rebell crew (34 ll.) [SS. om] noncan B13.4 ff. 4v-5 HE om Come wth our voices lett vs warr (24 ll.) [SS. om] noncan B13.5 f. 5 HE om Fond man that cans't beleeue her bloud (18 ll.) [SS. om] [ ] f. 5v [Pagination begins with page 1] ElBrac B13.6 ff. 5v-6v HE %XElegia: i Not yt in Color it was like thy haire [SS. I.D.] noncan B13.7 f. 6v HE om Those curious locks so aptly twin'd (12 ll.) [SS. om] noncan B13.8 f. 7 HE om Hark how my Cae%Llia with the choice (18 ll.) [SS. om] noncan B13.9 f. 7 HE om I preethee sweet to mee be kind (10 ll.) [SS. om] noncan B13.10 f. 7v HE %XTwo louers had protested if either dyed ye other / %Xto liue like a Turtle, Hee dyes & his ghost appeares / %Xto her--she speakes-- What art thou? what wouldst thou haue? (27 ll.) [SS. Mr Reynolds.] noncan B13.11 f. 7v HE om What is mans life but a play of passion? (8 ll.) [SS. om] ElComp B13.12 ff. 8 HE %XElegya. 2. As ye sweet sweat of roses in a still [SS. om] ElPerf B13.13 ff. 8v-9 HE %XElegya. 3. Once & but once found in thy Company [SS. om] ElJeal B13.14 ff. 9-10 HE %XElegya. 4. Fond woeman wch wouldst haue thy Husband dye [SS.om] [ ] f. 9v [f. 9v blank] ElServe B13.15 f. 10 HE %XElegya. 5. Oh let me not serue so, as those men serue [SS. om] ElNat B13.16 f. 10v HE %XElegya. 6. Natures Lay Ideot, I taught thee to loue [SS. om] ElWar B13.17 ff. 10v-11 HE %XElegya. 7. Till I haue peace wth thee, warr other men [SS.om] ElBed B13.18 ff. 11-11v HE %XElegya. 8. Come madame, come, all rest my powers defye [SS. om] ElChange B13.19 f. 12 HE %XElegya. 9. Allthough thy hand, & fayth, & good works too [SS. om] ElAnag B13.20 ff. 12-12v HE %XElegya. 10. Marry and loue thy Flavia, for shee [SS. I.D.] ElFatal B13.21 ff. 13-13v HE %XElegya. 11. By our fist strange & fatall interuiew [SS. om] ElPict B13.22 f. 13v HE %XElegya. 12. Here take my picture though I bid farewell [SS. om] BoulRec B13.23 ff. 14-14v HE %XFunerall elegy for Mrs Bolstrid. Death I recant & say vnsayed by me [SS. I: D:; covered up by following poem] noncan B13.24 f. 14v HE om Greeue not deere loue although wee often parte (12 ll.) [SS. om] Broken B13.25 f. 15 HE om He is starke mad who euer says, [SS. I.D.] Flea B13.26 f. 15v HE om Marke but this flea, & marke, in this [SS. I.D.] LovInf B13.27 f. 16 HE %XMon tout If yet I haue not all thy loue [SS. I.D.] noncan B13.28 ff. 16v-17 HE %XPsalme 137. By Euphrates flowry side (66 ll.) [SS. I.D.] SSweet B13.29 f. 17v HE om Sweetest loue, I doe not goe for wearinesse of thee [SS. I.D.] BedfCab B13.30 f. 17v HE om Madame. / That I might make yor Cabinet my tombe (ll. 1-6 only) [SS. I.D.] Dream B13.31 f. 18 HE om Deer loue, for nothing less then thee (ll. 1-20 only) [SS. I.D.] Expir B13.32 f. 18 HE om So so leaue of this last lamentinge kisse [SS. I.D.] NegLov B13.33 f. 18v HE %XThe nothinge. I neuer stoopt so low as they [SS. I.D.] Break B13.34 f. 18v HE %XA songe. Tis true, tis day what though it be? [SS. I.D.] noncan B13.35 f. 18v HE om Lie still my deare, w>%Vh<y dost thou rise? (6-ll., entered in 2nd hand and marked with "+" signs for insertion as a 1st stanza for Break.) ValMourn B13.36 f. 19 HE %XValediction agaynst mourninge. As vertuous men pass mildly away [SS. om.] Will B13.37 f. 19v HE %XA will. Before I sighe my last gaspe let me breath [SS. om] SunRis B13.38 f. 20 HE %XAd solem. A songe. Busy old foole, vnruly sun [SS. I.D.] LovDiet B13.39 f. 20v HE %XThe Dyet. To what a cumbersome vnwieldinesse [SS. I.D.] LovDeity B13.40 f. 21 HE %XLoues Deity. I longe to talke wth some old louers ghost [SS. I.D.] MHPaper B13.41 ff. 21v-22 HE om Mad paper stay, & grudge not hear to burne [SS. I:D] noncan B13.42 f. 22 HE on a stolne kiss of a faire La: muff in a Church They who peculiar saints implore (12 ll.) [SS. om] noncan B13.43 f. 22 HE om Come heauy hart whose sighs thy passions show (12 ll.) [SS. om] ElAut B13.44 f. 22v HE om No springe nor sum%Mer bewty hath such grace [SS. om] HG B13.45 ff. 23-23v HE %XTo Sr Henry Goodier.| who makes ye past his patterne for next yeare [SS. I.D.] noncan B13.46 f. 23v HE om Tyrant Cupid I appeale (18 ll.) [SS. om] Har B13.47 ff. 24-26v HE %XObsequies vpon the Lord / %XHarringeton yt last died. ffayre soule, wch wast not onely as all soules be noncan B13.48 f. 26v HE %Xvpon Cae%Llia growne proud know Cae%Llia since thou arte so proud (18 ll.) [SS. om] ElProg B13.49 ff. 27-28 HE %XElegye of loues progresse Who euer loues, yf he doe not propose [SS. I.D.] noncan B13.50 f. 28 HE %XTo an inconstant Mris when first the magick of thy eye (24 ll.) [SS. IK] Curse B13.51 f. 28v HE %XA Curse. Who euer Guesses, Thinkes, or Dreams he knowes [SS. I.D.] Mark B13.52 ff. 29-29v HE %XAn Elegye vpon the death of / %Xthe Ladye Markham.| Man is the world, and death the Ocean [SS. ID|] noncan B13.53 f. 29v HE om Bee not proude cause fayre & trim%M (10 ll.) [SS. om] noncan B13.54 ff. 30-30v HE %XAn Elegye vpon the death of the / %XLadie Markham.| As vnthrifts greiue in straw for theere paund beds, (70 ll.) [SS. FB] noncan B13.55 ff. 31-31v HE %XA Letter to the Countesse / %Xof Rutlande. Madam: Soe maye my verses pleasinge bee, (70 ll.) [SS.FB.|] Twick B13.56 f. 32 HE om Blasted wth sighs, and surrounded wth teares [SS. ID|] noncan B13.57 f. 32 HE om Yf each ones fault weare in theare foreheads wrytt (14 ll.) [SS. NH.|.] GoodM B13.58 f. 32v HE om I wonder by my troth what thou, and I [SS. ID.|] noncan B13.59 f. 32v HE om O frutefull garden, and yet neuer tilde, (16 ll.) [SS. ID.|] Lect B13.60 f. 33 HE om Stand still, and I will reade to thee [SS. ID.|] Appar B13.61 f. 33 HE %XApparition.| When by thy scornes O Murtheres I am dead [SS. ID.|] LovAlch B13.62 f. 33v HE om Some that haue deeper diggd Loues Myne then I [SS. om] Leg B13.63 f. 33v HE om When I died last, (and deare I die [SS. ID.|] noncan B13.64 f. 34 HE %XTo my Lo: of Penbrooke.| Fye, Fye you sonnes of Pallas what madd rage (30 ll.) [SS. ID] noncan B13.65 ff. 34-34v HE of a la: in the / black Masque.| [HE in left margin] Why Chose shee black; was it that in whitenes (26 ll.) [SS. ID.|] noncan B13.66 f. 34v HE om Howe happie is hee borne or taught, (24 ll.) [SS. HW:] EpEliz B13.67 ff. 35-36 HE %XEpithalamion at the Mariage of the Princess / %XElyzabeth, and the Palzgraue celebrated / %Xon St Valentines daye.| Hayle Byshop Valentine whose daye this is [SS. ID] Goodf B13.68 ff. 36-36v HE %XMr I: Dun%M goeinge from Sr HG: on / %Xgood fryday sent him back this / %XMeditac%Mon, on the Waye.| Lett mans soule bee a spheare, and then, in this [SS. ID.|] Relic B13.69 ff. 36v-37 HE om When my graue is broake vp againe, [SS. ID.|] noncan B13.70 f. 37 HE %Xvpon ye picture of a fayre lady / %Xdrawn vnsuccesfully. Bould cunnig reach't att Chloris aire (14 ll.) [SS. om] noncan B13.71 ff. 37v-38 HE %XEpithalamion, of the Princess / %XMariage by Sr HG: Which of you Muses please (88 ll.) [SS. Sr HG.|] Blos B13.72 f. 38v HE om Little think'st thou poore Flower, [SS. ID|] AltVic B13.73 f. 39 HE %XA Letter written by Sr H:G: / %Xand I:D. alternis vicibus. Since eu'ry Tree beginns to blossome now [SS. om] [ ] f. 39v [blank] noncan B13.74 f. 40 HE %XAn Elegie on the Death of my neuer enough / %XLamented master king Charles the first. weepe, weepe euen mankinde weepe, soe much is dead (44 ll.) [SS. Henry Skipwth] [ ] f. 40v [blank] noncan B13.75 ff. 41-41v HE %XA thankes giueinge after the / %Xrecouery of a burninge feuer. I burne againe, mee thinkes a holy fire (74 ll.) [SS. finis] noncan B13.76 f. 42 HE om of loue, & fate dare I complayne (24 ll.) [SS. om] noncan B13.77 ff. 42-42v HE %Xon a harte wch a Gentlewoman / %Xwore on her brest. when on faire Cae%Lia I did spy (24 ll.) [SS. om] noncan B13.78 f. 42v HE %Xon a faire Ladyes walking / %Xin hide parke. Sure twas the spring went by, for th' earth did wast (22 ll.) [SS. om] noncan B13.79 ff. 42v-43 HE %Xon a powdred hayre. Say why on her hayre yett stayes (28 ll.) [SS. om] noncan B13.80 f. 43 HE %Xson%Mett. Since thou hast view'd some Gorgon & art grown'e (14 ll.) [SS. om] noncan B13.81 f. 43v HE om I doe not Wonder Beaumont thou art dead (38 ll.) [SS. G: Lucy] noncan B13.82 ff. 44-45 HE %XOn the death of Mr ffrancis Beamont.| Vnto thy eurlastinge memorye (134 ll.) [SS. TP.|] noncan B13.83 f. 45v HE om Why should I spend a teare? thou art not dead. (28 ll.) [SS. T:G:|] noncan B13.84 f. 45v HE om oft when I looke I may descry (6 ll.) [SS. om] noncan B13.85 f. 46 HE Petitio.| [HE in left margin] Looke, and lament behould a face of Earth, (16 ll.) [SS. om] noncan B13.86 f. 46 HE Respontio.| [HE in left margin] It's strange to se a face soe highe in birth, (16 ll.) [SS. om] noncan B13.87 ff. 46v-47 HE om I cannot for my owne loss weepe, as those (78 ll.) [SS. T.G.] noncan B13.88 f. 47v HE om Might I a Wife chuse, and haue to my minde (20 ll.) [SS. om] noncan B13.89 f. 47v HE %XA Contry life. Happy who his life in his owne feilds outwear[??] (6 ll.) [SS. om] Sat4 B13.90 ff. 48-50 HE %XMr Dunns first Satire.| Well I maye now receaue, and die, my synn [SS. ID.|] Sat1 B13.91 ff. 50v-51v HE %XSatire the second.| Awaye thou Changlinge, Motley humorist, [SS. finis secund: ID.|] Sat2 B13.92 ff. 51v-52v HE %XSatire 3d.| Sr (though I thank God for it) I doe hate [SS. ID.|] Sat3 B13.93 ff. 52v-53v HE %XSatire the 4th.| Kinde pittie choakes my spleene; braue scorne forbidds [SS. finis Quart. ID.|] Sat5 B13.94 ff. 54-54v HE %XSatire the 5th| Thou shalt not laugh in this Leafe (Muse) nor they, [SS. Finis.| ID.|] Storm B13.95 ff. 55-55v HE %XA Storme.| Thou wch art I '(tis nothinge to bee soe) [SS. Finis.| I:D.|] Calm B13.96 ff. 55v-56 HE %XThe Calme.| Our Storme is past, & yt stormes tyranous rage [SS. Finis.| ID|] Sappho B13.97 ff. 56v-57 HE om where is that hot fire wch verse is sayde [SS. I:D:] Ecst B13.98 ff. 57-57v HE %XThe Extasye. where like a pillow on a bed [SS. I:D:] noncan B13.99 f. 58 HE %XA good Admonicon%M to yon%Mge Gentwomen / %Xthat Liue'd about the Courte| Beware (faire Maydes) of muskie Courtiers oathes (24 ll.) [SS. om] noncan B13.100 f. 58 HE om Tell mee where the beawty lyes (10 ll.) [SS. om] noncan B13.101 f. 58v HE %Xvpon a faire Ladyes Picture Behould those faire eyes in whose light (28 ll.) [SS. om] noncan B13.102 f. 58v HE om Those nimble fancyes that wch artfull hand (14 ll.) [SS. om] noncan B13.103 ff. 59-59v HE om Thou would'st bee greate, & to such height wouldst rise (76 ll.) [SS. F:B:] noncan B13.104 f. 59v HE %XOn a Gentlewoman that had / %Xthe small Pox. A Beauty smoother then an Iuory plaine (6 ll.) [SS. om] HWKiss B13.105 ff. 60-60v HE %XLetters. Sr more then kisses, letters, mingle soules [SS. I.] [SS. centered, but l. 70 drops last word "Dunne.|" to same l. as SS., in right margin] noncan B13.106 f. 60v HE om Why should not Pillgryms to thy bodie Come, (26 ll.) [SS. ID] SGo B13.107 f. 61 HE om Goe, & Catch a%A fallinge starr, [SS. ID.|] Mess B13.108 f. 61 HE om Send home my longe strayd eyes to mee [SS. ID.|] Cross B13.109 ff. 61v-62 HE %XThe Crosse.| Since Christe imbrast the Crosse himselfe, dare I [SS. ID.|] noncan B13.110 ff. 62-63 HE %XAn Elegie vpon the death of the vertuouse / %XLady Eliz: Countess of Rutland.| I maye forgett to eate, to drinck, to sleepe (112 ll.) [SS. FB.|] noncan B13.111 f. 63 HE om For loues' sake kisse mee once againe (12 l.) [SS. om] noncan B13.112 ff. 63v-64 HE %XAn Elegie vpon the death of the Lady Clifton.| Her tongue hath Ceasd to speake, wch might make dumbe (98 ll.) [SS. ffinis.| FB.|] HarLtr B13.113 f. 64v HE %XTo the Countess of Bedforde.| Madam.| [left marginal note indicates "This was sent wth ye Elegie of the Lorde Harrington.|] [SS. I Dunne.] noncan B13.114 f. 64v HE om If my mistresse fixe her Eye (12 ll.) [SS. om] ElPart B13.115 f. 65 HE %XAt hir departure Since shee muste goe & I muste mourne, come nighte [SS. finis I:D:] [ ] ff. 65v-119 105 various noncanonical poems Prose B13.222 f. 119 HE %Xwhy doe puritans make longest sermons. [ ] ff. 119v-186 approx. 172 various noncanonical poems & prose items