Record

Document Reference	Pw V 38/6 (pp 47-51)
Title	MS poem, entitled 'A Familiar Epistle to Mr Julian Secretary to the Muses', by George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham; n.d.
Date	1677 (c)
Level	Piece
Content Description	A full description of the volume in which this item appears can be found under the reference Pw V 38.
Content Description	Text consists of 100 lines. Glosses to the text (see below) in a different hand. 'Sr G Etheridg' appears in margin by line 16, referring to 'Poor George' in the text. 'Sr Carr Scroope' appears in margin by line 24. 'Dutches: Portsmouth' appears in mrgin by line 50, referring to 'Louisa's name' in the text. Attributed also to Roger L'Estrange and John Dryden. POAS I attributes this to Villiers and dates the poem as 1677.
Title Of Work	A Familiar Epistle to Mr Julian Secretary to the Muses
First Line of Poem	Thou common shore of this Poetick Towne
Last Line of Poem	His Mistress lost, and yett his Pen's his sword
Language	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 38.
Related Material	Crum, Index, T 2152
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 32/8
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 40/43
	University of Nottingham Library: PW V 42/8
	Other versions of the same MS.
Publication Note	Dryden, Miscellany Poems vol 6 (4th ed, London, 1716), p 359
	Works of Buckingham (1714) ii, p 221
	Poems on Affairs of State, vol I (1963), pp 387-91

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA72722	Julian; Robert (fl 1670-c.1690); Captain; scrivener and professional purveyor of manuscript lampoons	fl 1670-c.1690
NA72915	L'Estrange; Roger (1616-1704); Sir	1616-1704
NA1117	Dryden; John (1631-1700); poet	1631-1700
NA28866	Villiers; George (1628-1687); 2nd Duke of Buckingham	1628-1687