Record

Document Reference	Pw V 292
Title	MS poem by L. Maidwell sent as a soteria to Edward Harley; Apr. 1711
Date	April 1711
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 25 lines, each illustrating one of 25 different metres drawn from the Odes and Epodes of Horace. The poem mentions (and is a response to) the stabbing of Robert Harley by Guiscard (8 March 1711). Preceded by brief prose text addressed to Edward Harley, explaining the poem as a congratulatory soteria. Date given in endorsement in hand of Edward Harley, later 2nd Earl of Oxford: 'An Ode. R[eceived] from Mr Maidwell. Ap: 15 1711'.
Title Of Work	Musarum Soteria
First Line of Poem	O Patris Soboles Optima Maximi
Last Line of Poem	Idemq<ue> Magna postulat Britannia
Language	Latin
Physical Description	One folio
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Countermark: Letters IV, approx. 14 x 34 mm
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Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1047	Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724	1689-1741
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724
NA72779	Horatius Flaccus; Q. (65-8 BC); Horace; Roman poet	65-8 BC
NA72979	Guiscard; - (-1711); Marquis de; Abbé de la Bourlie	-1711
NA74479	Maidwell; L. (fl 1711); Mr	fl 1711