Record

Document Reference	Pw V 38/7 (pp 53-54)
Title	MS poem, entitled 'A Letter from the D: of M to the K___', not ascribed; n.d.
Date	1680 (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 27 lines. Written as if from James, Duke of Monmouth to his father Charles II in 1679. The King's answer can be found under Pw V 39/36. Attributed in some sources to John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester.
Title Of Work	A Letter from the D: of M to the K___
First Line of Poem	Disgrac'd, undone, forlorne made fortunes sport
Last Line of Poem	Next after you by God I will be King
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, D 332
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 39/6
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 39/36
	Another version of this MS.
	The King's answer to this poem.
Publication Note	Poems on Affairs of State, vol II (1965), pp 254-5

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA72903	Scott; James (1649-1685); Duke of Monmouth; natural son of Charles II	1649-1685
NA573	Wilmot; John (1647-1680); 2nd Earl of Rochester; poet	1647-1680
NA13004	Charles II (1630-1685); King of England Scotland and Ireland; acc. 1649	1630-1685