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Document ReferencePw V 303
TitleMS poem attributed to Marvell, untitled; n.d. [c 1671]
Date1671 (c)
Extent2 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionUntitled text consists of 52 lines only from the poem 'Further advice to a Painter'.

Copy dated by Beal to the late 17th century (Index, II, MaA 491).

Printed version dated 1670 and attributed to Marvell.
First Line of PoemPainter once more thy pencill reassume
Last Line of PoemTis by afflications passive men grew great
LanguageEnglish
Physical DescriptionOne sheet folded once to form two folios
ConditionGenerally good, half of f 2 missing
Descriptive FeaturesWatermark: Letters IHS with monogram PL suspended from the centre of the H (fragmented, bottom half only), 15 x 50 mm

Secretary
WatermarkLetters IHS
Related MaterialIndex, ELM II, MaA 491
Crum, Index, P 8 (Variant version)
University of Nottingham Library:Pw V 301
University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 302
University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 1244/1
Other versions of the same MS.
For other MS concordances see Index, ELM, II, MaA 476-88 & MaA 493-99
Publication NotePoems on Affairs of State (London, 1697) pp 124-25
Poems on Affairs of State, vol I (1963), pp 163-7
W. L. Chernaik, The Poet's Time: Politics and Religion in the Work of Andrew Marvwll (Cambridge, 1983) pp 211-12

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA1121Marvell; Andrew (1621-1678); poet1621-1678
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