Record

Document Reference	Pw V 271
Title	MS poem, untitled, by Bevil Higgons; 23 Apr. 1711
Date	23 April 1711
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 12 lines in elegaic couplets. Endorsed by Harley 'Verses by Bevil Higgons Esq. Given by Mr Granville Apr 23rd 1711'. Verses on the Marquis of Guiscard's penknife attack on Robert Harley. Granville was a relative of Higgons.
First Line of Poem	Harlaeus forti recipit dum pectore ferrum
Last Line of Poem	Quem petit, hunc solum non tetigisse, manus
Language	Latin
Physical Description	One folio folded once to form two quartos
Condition	Fragile
Descriptive Features	Chainlines about 25 mm apart
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Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA72979	Guiscard; - (-1711); Marquis de; Abbé de la Bourlie	-1711
NA74465	Higgons; Bevil (1670-1735); Mr	1670-1735
NA29687	Granville; George (1667-1735); Baron Lansdowne; cr. 1711; imprisoned in Tower on suspicion of Jacobitism 1715-1717	1667-1735