The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Gilbert Cowper ( - fl. 1706)
VisitorRelevant locations: Workplace or place of business Jesus College (Cambridge), Cambridge University
Relationships: Gilbert Cowper was a visitor to the collection of Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)
Linked manuscript items: as Mentioned or referenced by - "[Guest Book to Thoresby's Museum]," Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27, Leeds
References in Documents:
Inventarie of the Gabions, in M. George his Cabinet (1638)
How can I choose but mourne? when I think on
Our games Olympike-like in times agone;Archerie.
Chieflie wherein our cunning vve did try,
And matchlesse skill in noble archerie;
In these our dayes vvhen archers did abound
In Perth (then famous for such pastime found.)
Amongst the first for archers vve vvere knovvn,
And in that art our skil vvas lovvdly blovvn;
What time Perths credit did stand vvith the best
And bravest archers, this land hath possest.
We spar'd nor gaines, nor paines for to report
To Perth the vvorship, by such noble sport:
Witnesse the links of Leith , vvhere Cowper , Grahame ,
And Stewart vvin the price and brought it home;
And in these games did offer ten to three
There to contend: Quorum pars magna fui .
Ralph Thoresby's guestbook of visitors to his museum (Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27)
[*] Latin Proverb: "Diligence reveals a difference of character"
16 April 1706. Gilb
eCollCollegii Jesu: Cant:Cantabrigiensis
Naturæ varietatem demonstrat industria
ert: Cowper
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