Record

Document Reference	Pw V 375
Title	MS poem, entitled 'The Com<m>on-wealth of Birdes', by James Shirley; n.d.[1640-1650]
Date	1640-1650
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 46 lines, being an intermediate version of Shirley's satire. Probable date is 1640s (See Index, ELM, II, ShJ 12). Letter from R.G. Howarth, London to Francis Needham in 1932 discusses this poem and other variants (see Pw V 1634).
Title Of Work	The Com<m>on-wealth of Birdes
First Line of Poem	Listen Gallants to my wordes
Last Line of Poem	But has a Thorne upon his brest
Language	English
Physical Description	One sheet folded once to form two folios
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Three Hats, 25 x 55 mm Countermark: Trefoil flanked by letters VD, 45 x 35 mm Italic
Watermark	Hats, three
Related Material	Index, ELM II, ShJ 12
	Crum, Index, L 427
	For other MS concordances see Index, ELM, II, DhK 8-11
Publication Note	J. Shirley, Poems (Humphrey Moseley; London, 1646) pp 34-36