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Document Reference	Pw V 201
Title	MS poem, entitled 'An Essay upon Satyre', by John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby; n.d.
Extent	4 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 285 lines. There has been considerable discussion on what part, if any, Dryden played in the composition or revision of this work by the Earl of Mulgrave; many contemporaries believed that Dryden had a hand in this satire, a belief which led to the notorious assault on the poet in Rose Alley on 18 Dec. 1679 at the instigation of the Earl of Rochester, or possibly, the Duchess of Portsmouth.
Title Of Work	An Essay upon Satyre
First Line of Poem	How dull and how insensible a Beast
Last Line of Poem	Learne to write well or not to write at all
Language	English
Physical Description	Two sheets folded once to form four folios
Condition	Soiled and foxed, some tears close to stitchings
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Post Horn within ornate shield, approx. 58 x 40 mm Attached together by two sets of servings
Watermark	Horn (ornate shield)
Related Material	Crum, Index, H 1370
	University of Nottingham Library:Pw V 199/1
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 200
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 32/13
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 38/4
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 40/97
	Other versions of MS.
Publication Note	Poems on Affairs of State (1689) vol IV, p 26
	J. Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, Works (London, 1723) I, p 111
	Poems on Affairs of State, vol I (1963), pp 396-413

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA28878	Sheffield; John (1647-1721); 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby; 3rd Earl of Mulgrave; Lord Chamberlain 1685-88	1647-1721

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