Record

Document Reference	Pw V 344
Title	MS poem, entitled 'A Short History of Am- Ph-s', by Alexander Pope; n.d.
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 26 lines. Note to l 13 explains: 'He requested by publick Advertisements the aid of the Ingenious to make up a Miscellany for Mr Jacob Tonson which should have been publish'd by himself in the year 1715'. First published as 'Macer: A Character'. The poem refers to the poet Ambrose Philips.
Title Of Work	A Short History of Am[brose] Ph[illip]s
First Line of Poem	When Am[brose] Ph[illip]s, now of high renown
Last Line of Poem	To bawd for others, and go shares with Punk
Language	English
Physical Description	One sheet folded once to form two folios Physical match: Pw V 334 (dimensions) & Pw V 341 (dimensions) & Pw V 342 (dimensions) & Pw V 343 (dimensions) Physical match: Pw V 345 (dimensions) & Pw V 346 (dimensions) & Pw V 347 (dimensions) & Pw V 348 (dimensions) & Pw V 349 (dimensions)
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Arms of Great Britain within crowned garter, under which cartouche reads Semper Endem, 110 x 80 mm Countermark: Royal Cipher, crowned GR, 35 x 25 mm
Watermark	Arms of Great Britain
Related Material	Index, ELM III, PoA 234
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Publication Note	Pope, Miscellanies. The Last Volume (London, 1727)
Publication Note	Ault and Butt (eds), The Poems of Alexander Pope (1954) vi, pp 137-39.

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA74504	Philips; Ambrose (1679-1749); Mr; poet	1679-1749
NA72865	Tonson; Jacob (c.1656-1736); Mr; printer and publisher	c.1656-1736
NA1123	Pope; Alexander (1688-1744); poet	1688-1744