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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 356
Title
MS poem, entitled 'Odi Imitatores servum Pecus &c', by Matthew Prior; n.d.
Extent
6 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of 173 lines.
The title is adapted from Horace, Epistles 1.19.19.
Omits lines 15-16, 37-38 and 117 from the published text; see Poems on the Affairs of State (London, 1697 p 205)
Title Of Work
Odi Imitatores servum Pecus &c.
First Line of Poem
Since the United cunning of the Stage
Last Line of Poem
And praise what Durfey not translating writt
Language
English
Physical Description
Three small folios folded once to make six quartos, with f 6 surviving only in a fragmentary quarter. Inner margin shows holes from earlier sewing or other attachment.
Condition
Fragile
Descriptive Features
Chainlines about 25 mm apart
Related Material
Index, ELM III, PrM 351
Crum, Index, S 616
University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 43/26
For other concordances see Index, ELM, III, PrM 349-50, 352-54
Publication Note
Poems on Affairs of State (London, 1697) p 205
Wright and Spears (edd.), The Literary Works of Matthew Prior (1959), vol 1, p 36
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Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA72779
Horatius Flaccus; Q. (65-8 BC); Horace; Roman poet
65-8 BC
NA1124
Prior; Matthew (1664-1721); poet and diplomat
1664-1721
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