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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
37 - Bound volume containing various poetical works; 21 Oct. 1622-27 Mar. 1625
Document Reference
Pw V 37/62 (p 37)
Title
MS copy of unattributed satirical epitaph entitled 'On the late Lrd Treasurer Sr. R[obert] C[ecil]'; n.d.
Level
Piece
Content Description
A full description of the volume in which this appears can be found under the reference Pw V 37.
Text consists of a 4-line Latin poem in elegaic couplets on Robert Cecil, with English translation in two quatrains
Title Of Work
On the late Lrd Treasurer Sr. R[obert] C[ecil]
On the late lrd. treasurer Sr. Robert Cecil; Translated into English thus
First Line of Poem
Gibbosus jacet hic parvus, qui voce Richardus
Here lies little Crookeback
Last Line of Poem
Quod non praevenit debita furca luem
Should cosen the halter
Language
Latin
English
Physical Description
For details of the physical evidence (paper, watermarks, binding etc) of the volume in which this item appears see the entry for Pw V 37.
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Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA18586
Cecil; Robert (1563-1612); 1st Earl of Salisbury; also 1st Viscount Cranbourne; statesman
1563-1612
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