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GEMMS IDGEMMS-SERMON-007544
Sermon TitleSermon 2 on Genesis 2:18 (descriptive title)
Extentff. 148r-149v
Autographno
Composition Date -
Primary LanguageEnglish
Text TypeSermon
Sermon Type(s)Marriage
Associated SermonsSermon on Genesis 2:18 [Harley MS 6946]: Manuscript witnesses of the same sermon.
Preachingsca. 1619-02-01 - 1619-02-11 (old) - England - Marriage; No date is given in the text, but Potter and Simpson (vol. 2) place it shortly before 12 February 1619/20
Additional Material
Print Editions / WitnessesThree printings: 1) "Sermon II. Preached at a Mariage," in Fifty Sermons, Preached by That Learned and Reverend Divine, John Donne, Dr in Divinity, Late Deane of the Cathedrall Church of S. Pauls London (London, 1649), pp. 9-15; 2) "Number 17. Preached at Sir Francis Nethersole's Marriage," in George R. Potter and Evelyn M. Simpson, eds., The Sermons of John Donne, Vol. II (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1955), pp. 335-347; 3) "Preached at Sir Francis Nethersole’s Marriage," in The Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne, Vol. 7, ed. Erica Longfellow (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
DescriptionAt the end is written, "Finis of a Sermon preach'd by D: Donn at Sr Francis Nethersoles marriage."
Source of DataJeanne Shami; George R. Potter and Evelyn M. Simpson, eds., The Sermons of John Donne, Vol. 1 (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1953), p. 36.
Other NoteLocation unknown. It is conjectured by Potter and Simpson that both Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford and Sir Henry Goodere (the father of the bride, Lucy Goodere) were present on this occasion. See Potter and Simpson, II, p. 43.
Attached URLs:
URLNotes
donnesermons.web.ox.ac.uk/oesjd-vii1-gen-218-0Diplomatic transcription of the sermon by Emma Rhatigan.
GEMMS record createdApril 13, 2017
GEMMS record last editedNovember 30, 2021