Record

Document Reference	Pw V 38/8 (pp 55-56)
Title	MS poem, entitled 'Rosse's Ghost', by Dillon Wentworth, 4th Earl of Roscommon; 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 25 lines. Glosses to the text (see below) in a different hand. 'To ye D . Monmouth' appears in margin by first line. 'Robert Sidney' appears in margin by line 14. Also known by the title 'The Ghost of honest Tom Rosse to his Pupill D of M', i.e. James, Duke of Monmouth. Written in autumn 1679. Generally included among Roscommon's works, though the poem is attributed to Sir Thomas Armstrong in Bodleian Library MS Douce 357, f 62v.
Title Of Work	Rosse's Ghost
First Line of Poem	Shame of my life, disturber of my Tombe
Last Line of Poem	Like him your angry Father kick'd you down
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, S 356
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 41/21
	Another version of this MS.
Publication Note	Poems on Affairs of State (1965) ii, p 251-2
Publication Note	Works of the Earl of Rochester, etc. (1721)

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA74324	Ross; Tom (1620-1675); Mr; translator	1620-1675
NA72903	Scott; James (1649-1685); Duke of Monmouth; natural son of Charles II	1649-1685
NA74325	Armstrong; Thomas (1633-1684); Sir	1633-1684
NA74321	Dillon; Wentworth (c.1633-1685); 4th Earl of Roscommon	c.1633-1685