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Document Reference	Pw V 194
Title	MS poem, entitled 'Aude hospes contemnere opes', by William Dowdeswell; n.d.
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	The title is taken from Virgil, Aeneid 8.364. The text consists of 108 lines mostly in elegiac couplets; one line is in Greek (adapted from Homer, Iliad 1.423-4).
Title Of Work	Aude hospes contemnere opes
First Line of Poem	Ascripsisse parat dum dux nova corpora turmae
Last Line of Poem	Forsitan hic proprios nam reperire boves.
Language	Latin
Language	Greek
Term	classical literature, Homer The Iliad
Physical Description	One sheet folded once to form two folios
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Arms of the City of London, in simple shield, approx. 60 x 50 mm. Countermark: Letter P, approx. 15 x 7 mm
Watermark	Arms of London (simple)
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