Record

Document Reference	Pw V 303
Title	MS poem attributed to Marvell, untitled; n.d. [c 1671]
Date	1671 (c)
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Untitled 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 Poem	Painter once more thy pencill reassume
Last Line of Poem	Tis by afflications passive men grew great
Language	English
Physical Description	One sheet folded once to form two folios
Condition	Generally good, half of f 2 missing
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Letters IHS with monogram PL suspended from the centre of the H (fragmented, bottom half only), 15 x 50 mm Secretary
Watermark	Letters IHS
Related Material	Index, 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 Note	Poems 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