Record

Document Reference	Pw V 163
Title	MS poem, entitled 'Prologus Phormioni, Spoke by Ja. Johnson', composed by Vincent Bourne for Terence's Phormio, performed at Westminster School [1713?]; n.d.
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of a specially composed prologue to Terence's Phormio in 28 lines of elegiac couplets. The author's name is given at the end of the last line. The date of performance (and with the prologue not attributed to Bourne) is suggested as Feb. 1713 in Lusus Alteri Westmonasterienses I (1863) 19-20, but this seems too early for a Bourne composition, as also for James Johnson.
Title Of Work	Prologus Phormioni, Spoke by Ja. Johnson
First Line of Poem	Tollite vos aulaeam; humilis quae scena paratur
Last Line of Poem	Spectator facilis, plaude; severe, tace.
Language	Latin
Physical Description	One folio folded once to form two quartos
Condition	Generally good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Post Horn within crowned shield, monogram 4LVG, approx 110 x 65 mm.
Watermark	Horn (crowned shield)
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Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA72710	Terentius Afer; P. (c.190-c.159 BC); -; Terence; Roman comic dramatist	c.190-c.159 BC
NA11979	Johnson; James (1705-1774); Bishop of Worcester	1705-1774
NA72711	Bourne; Vincent (1695-1747); Mr; master of Westminster School	1695-1747