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Mirroure of myserie / newly compiled and sett forthe by Miles Huggarde : [manuscript]

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ff. 1-5v prefatory; ff. 6-24v; ff. 25-26v blank. [Miles Hogarde] [Mirroure of myserie]. Incipit: Beinge in studie of the worldes estate/ weyinge the workes of euery wyghte. Explicit: And by lernynge with fauore the same to correcte/ For my will is goode, thoughe my witte I suspecte. Finis. Mirroure of Myserie by Miles Hogarde. English. Prefatory material: [Frontispiece:] A Mirroure of myserie, newly complied and sett forthe by Myles Huggarde seruaunte to ye quenes moste excellente maiestie, Anno Domini M.D.lvii. [f. lv, blank; f. 2, Dedication:] To the most excellente and vertuouse ladie, and oure moste gratiouse souereigne, Mary. . .[f. 3v, signed:] Youre highnes Pore humble servaunte Myles Huggard. [f. 4, Prologue:] Wheare welth dothe want & woo encrease/ Man may that wante bewale. . .
Type
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Date
[1557]
Call number
mssHM 121
Creator
Huggarde, Miles(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
The text is intended as a New Year's gift to Queen Mary (f. 2v, "As a token that the new yeare doth begyn/ I presente to your grace..."); HM 121 could possibly be the presentation copy; no other copy, printed or manuscript, is known to exist. De Ricci, referring to the initials R. T. on the frontispiece, has suggested that HM 121 might be a transcript of an edition printed by Richard Tottell; however, there seems to be no evidence to support this. The manuscript is dated 1557, possibly Old Style; in that case, it may not be the book listed among the "New Year's Gifts presented to Queen Mary in 1556" [which is certainly Old Style, as the subtitle refers to 3 and 4 Philip and Mary] in Illustrations of the Manners and Expences of Antient Times in England . . . (printed by and for John Nichols, London 1797) p. 13: "By Myles Huggard, a book written. With the Quene her Maiestie"; her return gift, op. cit., p. 24: "To Myles Huggard, oone guilte salte, Raynes per oz., 5 oz. di." In the dedication, Hogarde admits to a yearly tradition, "To presente youre grace, then thus baselie/ With suche a rude booke every yeare. . ." On f. 26, an inscription, s. XVI: "Thi mother naturall and loueynge to her little power [?] Elyzabethe Rychers wissethe to the my dowghter Ceselia all helthe and perfitt felisite." Belonged to Major Thomas Pearson (1740?-81); his sale, 14 April 1788, lot 2162 to Lord Charlemont. The Charlemont sale was to have taken place 10 July 1865 (this manuscript as lot 1073), but a large portion of the collection burned in the fire at Sotheby's on 28 June; some of the surviving books were sold on 11 August 1865, including this one, as lot 221 to Toovey. Belonged to the Rev. Thomas Corser (1793-1876); his sale, Sotheby's, 6 August 1869, pt. III, lot 542 to Ellis. Sold in 1869 by Hazlitt to Henry Huth (1815-78); see The Huth Library 2:745; Alfred H. Huth (1850-1910) sale, Sotheby's, 2 June 1913, pt. III, lot 3894 to Quaritch.
Restrictions
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions
135 x 170 mm
Associated people
Mary (1516-1558,)
Philip (1527-1598,)
Pearson, Thomas, (1740-1781,)
Corser, Thomas, (1793-1876,)
Huth, Henry, (1815-1878,)
Huth, Alfred Henry, (1850-1910,)
Associated organization
Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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