Note at beginning by John Gage: 'These MS poems were found in the belfry of Hengrave Church among the title deeds excepting the Hymn to the Victory in Scotland which was given by Mr. Dalton of Thurnham.' In a 19C binding. [fo.1] 'Sir Gualter Rawly his farewell' [Sir Walter Raleigh's farewell], first line 'Goe sowle the bodyes gest'; [fo.3] 'Amor', first line 'Verus amor nunquam senio confectus hebescit'; [fo.4] 'A hymn to the victory in Scotland', first line 'I sing the praise of heros brave' [broadside ballad commemorating defeat of 'little uprising' of Jacobites at Glenshiel, 1719, by Government forces]; [fo.5] 'Deathe speaketh', first line 'Esto memor quod pulcras[?] eris', inscribed on verso 'Fit dei voluntas'; [fo.6] 'The story of Simon 1572', first line 'There is an isle that Cyprus h__ght it buttes on Cicil' soyle'; [fo.25] Poetic dialogue between 'Experience' ['Reason' cancelled] and 'Fan:' [Fantasy?], first line 'I (that Aurora found my frind)'