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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
Publication Note	Wright and Spears (edd.), The Literary Works of Matthew Prior (1959), vol 1, p 36

Persons

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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