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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
160 - Two MS poems by Thomas Blundeston; n.d.
Document Reference
Pw V 160/2
Title
Autograph MS poem, entitled 'Vpon the same sad catastrophe', probably in the hand of Thomas Blundeston, the author; n.d. [1640]
Date
1640
Level
Piece
Content Description
A full description of the MS in which this item appears can be found under the reference Pw V 160.
Text consists of 24 lines.
Signed Thoms Blundeston.
The elegy refers to the death of Blundeston's friend and fellow student Edward Smith who entered Magdalen Hall, Oxford in 1640.
Title Of Work
Vpon the same sad catastrophe
First Line of Poem
Apollos sonne is dead, if death expire
Last Line of Poem
That all the muses, shall his mourners bee
Language
English
Physical Description
For details of the physical evidence (paper, watermarks, etc) of the MS in which this item appears see the entry for Pw V 160.
Related Material
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA74416
Smith; Edward (fl 1624-1640); Mr; matriculated Magdalen Hall 1640 aged 16
fl 1624-1640
NA74417
Blundeston; Thomas (1619-); Mr; of Magdalen Hall Oxford
1619-
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