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Manuscript description Item 1 (Title page), p. [i] The Vision. Or A Poetical View of Ashridge in the County of Bucks. The ancient Seat of the Right Honorable John Earl of Bridgewater. Together with the History and Characters Of the most considerable Members Of that noble Family. Written by one of the Female Sex in the Year 1699 [Ashridge is now in Hertfordshire, not Buckinghamshire.] [the verso of this leaf, p. [ii], is blank] Item 2 (Dedication, Letter), pp. [iii]-[vi] To the Right Honorable the Lady Mary Egerton Madam It has been the common Imputation of the Tyrants of the other Sex, that Women had neither Learning, Prudence nor Conduct, and therefore were fit only to be the Drudges of Mankind. ... because I am Madam Your most Humble and Obedient Servant. Marie Burghope [A running title reads "The Dedication"] Item 3 (Verse, Panegyric, Topographical writing), pp. 1-25 The Vision. A Poetical Description of Ashridge Com Bucks. Cool was the Western Air, Serene the Day ... And Share in all Things, But its Sinking State The End 689 lines.[A running title reads "The Vision"] |