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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 294
Title
MS poem, entitled 'Robertus Harleius Comes Oxoniensis...Virtute & Fide', not ascribed [by Michael Maittaire]; n.d. [1722]
Date
1722 (c.)
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of 20 lines in elegiac couplets.
Endorsed in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford: 'R[eceived] Dec: 6: 1722'.
Authorship suggested on basis of comparison with Pw V 295, in same hand and ascribed to M. Maittaire.
Title Of Work
Robertus Harleius Comes Oxoniensis, ter periculo mortis ereptus; Sicario, Factioni, Morbo. Virtute et Fide
First Line of Poem
Lugebat diras miseranda Britannia clades;
Last Line of Poem
VIRTUTEM ut, vitae redditus, atq<ue> FIDEM.
Language
Latin
Physical Description
One folio folded once to form two quartos
Physical match: Pw V 295 (paper, script)
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Countermark: Royal Cipher, crowned GR, approx. 33 x 23 mm, also initial I or J, approx. 15 x 12 mm
Related Material
University of Nottingham Library:
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA893
Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714
1661-1724
NA74480
Maittaire; Michael (1668-1747); Mr; classical writer; master at Westminster 1695-99
1668-1747
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