Record

Document Reference	Pw V 373
Title	MS poem attributed to Fleetwood Sheppard entitled 'A Madame, Madame Back-Stair Sexagenaire'; n.d. [c 1693]
Date	1693 (c)
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 30 lines. This poem has been attributed to Fleetwood Sheppard possibly indicating that the dissemination of the poem is due to Sackville's steward. Apparently unrelated 4-line Latin text (on the impossibility of keeping faith with two masters) is written on verso of f 2, which consists of only the lower quarter of the page, in fragile condition.
Title Of Work	A Madame, Madame Back-Stair Sexagenaire
First Line of Poem	Courage Dear Doll, and drive away Dispaire
Last Line of Poem	With Pride Vaine Glory & Hypocrisie
Language	English
Language	Latin
Physical Description	One folio attached to a fragment of its conjugate folio Folio measuring 291 x 179 mm and fragment measuring 74 x 175 mm. Physical match: Pw V 1041 (dimensions)
Condition	Fragile
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Fleur de lis, geometrical, within narrow crowned shield, 62 x 48 mm
Watermark	Fleur de lis
Related Material	Crum, Index, C 751
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 30/29
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 46/89
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 47/89
	Other versions of the same MS.
Publication Note	Poems on Affairs of State, vol V (1971), pp 380-1

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA74244	Montague; Anne (-1698); Countess of Manchester; née Yelverton; married 3rd Earl of Manchester 1655 2ndly married Charles Montague 1688	-1698
NA29197	Montague; Charles (1661-1715); 1st Earl of Halifax; cr. Baron 1700; cr. Earl 1714	1661-1715
NA1126	Sackville; Charles (1638-1706); 6th Earl of Dorset	1638-1706