Record

Document Reference	Pw V 374
Title	MS poem, entitled 'Faction Display'd', by William Shippen; 1702
Date	1704 (c)
Extent	8 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 511 lines. The title on f 1 is followed by dedication to the Duke of Somerset and the quotation 'Sed non authore furoris Sublato cecidit rabies', with the note 'To be printed for Jacob. Tonson'. Marginal notes at various points identify contemporary characters in their classical models, with a more extended note in different hand on f 7r.by contemporary Endorsed on f 8v: 'Faction Display'd. 1702' but POAS dates poem as 1704.
Title Of Work	Faction displayed
First Line of Poem	Say Goddess Muse, for thy all searching Eyes
Last Line of Poem	Retiring leaves their hopes in endless night
Language	English
Physical Description	Four leaves folded once forming eight folios, sewn together with yellow thread.
Condition	Generally good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Arms of the City of London, approx. 100 x 70 mm Countermark: Letters DP, approx. 25 x 12 mm
Watermark	Arms of London
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 35
Related Material	Variant copy of Pw V 374
Publication Note	W. Shippen, Faction Display'd (London, 1704)
Publication Note	Poems on Affairs of State, vol VI (1970), pp 651-73

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA31106	Seymour; Charles (1662-1748); 6th Duke of Somerset	1662-1748
NA72865	Tonson; Jacob (c.1656-1736); Mr; printer and publisher	c.1656-1736
NA72726	Shippen; William (1673-1743); Mr	1673-1743