Record

Document Reference	Pw V 161
Title	Autograph poem entitled 'To the Honourable Robert Harley Esqr.' by Robert Blunt; 29 Oct. 1710
Date	29 October 1710
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of two 6-line verses and five 4-line verses preceded by a 3-line Latin quotation (Virgil, Eclogue 4.52-4). Followed by a letter to Blunt's father requesting him to have the poem 'fairly transcribed' and presented to Robert Harley. Endorsed in Harley's hand 'verses from Mr Blunt of St Johns College Oxf<or>d R. from his father Octo. 29. 1710.
Title Of Work	To the Honourable Robert Harley Esqr.
First Line of Poem	Long has Britannia bent beneath her Foes
Last Line of Poem	But quick she fell a Victim to the Brave
Language	English
Physical Description	One sheet folded once to form two folios.
Condition	Generally good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Arms of the City of London, in simple shield, 55 x 44 mm; Countermark: Letters IV, 20 x 14 mm Italic
Watermark	Arms of London (simple)
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 162
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Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724
NA74418	Blunt; Robert (1688-1720); Mr; son of Charles Blunt of London matriculated at St. John's College Oxford in 1706; made a fellow in 1707	1688-1720
NA72709	Vergilius Maro; P. (70-19 BC); Virgil; Roman poet	70-19 BC