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Document ReferencePw V 379
TitleMS verse, entitled 'A Description of the Enchanted Palace & Garden of Armida', by Elizabeth Rowe (née Singer), translated from Tasso, Gerusalemme Liberata; n.d.
Extent2 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionText consists of 171 lines.

Translation of Tasso, Gerusalemme Liberata, Bk 16 stanzas 1-34
Title Of WorkA Description of the Enchanted Palace & Garden of Armida Englishd from Tasso Ierusalem
First Line of PoemThe Palace in a circling Figure rose
Last Line of PoemAnd flies with horror the dewsted Place
LanguageEnglish
Physical DescriptionTwo individual folios folded once forming two quartos, previously pinned together. Edges are gold-graphed.
Physical match: Pw V 376 (dimensions) & Pw V 377 (dimensions) & Pw V 378 (dimensions)
Physical match: Pw V 380 (dimensions) & Pw V 381 (dimensions) & Pw V 382 (dimensions) & Pw V 383 (dimensions)
ConditionGood
Descriptive FeaturesWatermark: Arms of the City of London, in simple shield, 60 x 42 mm

Mixed
WatermarkArms of London (simple)
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Publication NoteDryden, Miscellany Poems vol 5 (Tonson, London, 1704), pp 484-94
Rowe, Elizabeth, The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse (London, 1739), vol 1 pp 18-24

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA73134Tasso; Torquato (1544-1595); Italian poet1544-1595
NA1125Rowe; Elizabeth (1674-1737); Mrs; author née Singer1674-1737
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