Scope and Contents Manuscript of poetry and prose written by an unknown Jesuit priest which praises Louis XIV, also known as the Sun King. The full title is "Receuil des plus beaux vers François qui ont estes faicts à la louange du roy Louis le Grand avec quelques autres pièces melangées". There are over 150 individual works within this volume and all but one of them are poems. The largest number of the poems were written to commemorate the victory of the French army during the seige of Namur. Item cannot be...