1680

Contents:

Cholera sicca (January 29)

Weather diary

On the idea of God (August 1)

Lapis (1680)

Haemoptoe (1680)

“Curse on the park” [copied 1680-1683?]

Weather diary

See   description under 1666.

Cholera sicca   (1680 January 29)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke d. 9, pp. 225, 274.

Description:   A note in Locke’s hand, with the marginal caption “Cholera sicca”. It is dated “Jan 29 [16]79/80”, and intialed by Locke. The note begins at the bottom of p. 225 and continues at the top of p. 274.

Publications:   None

On the idea of God   (1680 August 1)

Location:   Bodleian Libary, MS. Locke f. 4, pp. 145-151.

Description:   An untitled entry in Locke’;s journal dated 1 August 1680. Schankula calls it “On the idea of God”; Wootton, “The idea we have of God”; and Goldie, “Of God’s justice.”

Publications:

1. The life of John Locke : with extracts from his correspondence, journals and common-place books / by Lord King. – London : H. Colburn, 1829. – pp. 122-123; London : H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830. – vol. 1:228-230.
2. The life of John Locke / by H.R. Fox Bourne. – London : H.S. King ; New York : Harper, 1876. – vol. 1:461-462.
3. Political writings / John Locke ; edited and with an introduction by David Wootton. – London ; New York : Penguin Books, 1993. – pp. 237-238. [Locke #867+]
4. Political essays / Locke ; edited by Mark Goldie. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997. – pp. 277-278. [Locke #867+]

Discussions:   Goldie, publication #4 above, p. 277.

Lapis   (1680)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 42A, pp. 226-241.

Description:   Extensive notes, with the heading “Lapis”, dated “80”. They are not in Locke’s hand and are not initialed by him, but may have been copied by an amanuensis at his direction.

Publications:   None

Haemoptoe   (1680)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke d. 9, p. 127.

Description:   A note in Locke’s hand, with the marginal captions “Haemoptoe” and “Brier balls”. It is dated “[16]80”, and intialed by Locke.

Publications:   None

“Curse on the park”   [copied 1680-1683?]

Location:   A volume containing miscellaneous poems, currently owned by Dr. Nicholas Fisher, ff. 15v-17^v.

Description:   A poem in rhyming couplets, 34 lines, headed “To a yong Lady that could never be found at home” and beginning “Curse on the Park the Plays & business too”. At the end, there is a note in the hand of Locke’s friend James Tyrrell: “By my dear friend, Mr J. Locke”. The poem may be in the hand of Locke’s manservant and amanuensis, Sylvester Brounower, and may have been copied into the volume between 1680 and 1683, when Locke spent considerable time at Tyrrell’s house at Oakley. There is no indicate of the date of composition.

Publications:

1. The life of John Locke / by H.R. Fox Bourne. – London : H.S. King ; New York : Harper, 1876). – 1:467-468.
2. Literary and historical writings / John Locke ; edited by J. R. Milton. – Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke). Pages 200-201.

Discussions:   Milton, publication #1 above, pages 9-10, 145-146.