Record

Document Reference	Pw V 380
Title	MS verse, entitled 'The Story of Erminia Translated from Tasso', by Elizabeth Rowe (née Singer); n.d.
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text conists of 146 lines. Translation from Tasso, Gerusalemme Liberata, Bk 7 stanzas 3-22. The addressee must be Frances (d 1712), wife of the first Viscount Weymouth, since the earliest published version of this poem appeared in 1709 (Dryden/Tonson Miscellany 6).
Title Of Work	The Story of Erminia Translated from Tasso & Inscribed to the Right honorable The Lady Weymouth
First Line of Poem	Erminia, by the Centinel surpriz'd
Last Line of Poem	Pursues a Nobler Fate in Military Arms
Language	English
Physical Description	One sheet folded once forming two folios; edges are gold-graphed. Physical match: Pw V 376 (dimensions) & Pw V 377 (dimensions) & Pw V 378 (dimensions) & Pw V 379 (dimensions) Physical match: Pw V 381 (dimensions) & Pw V 382 (dimensions) & Pw V 383 (dimensions)
Condition	Generally good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Fleur de lis, geometrical, within narrow, crowned shield, 76 x 55 mm Countermark: Leg within circle (Gambino) (cropped), 20 x 14 mm Mixed
Watermark	Fleur de lis
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library:
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library:
Publication Note	Dryden, Miscellany Poems vol 6 (Tonson, London, 1709), pp 271-80
Publication Note	Rowe, Elizabeth, The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse (London, 1739) vol I pp 24-29

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA73134	Tasso; Torquato (1544-1595); Italian poet	1544-1595
NA74531	Thynne; Frances (1650-1712); Viscountess Weymouth; née Finch; wife of Thomas 1st Viscount Weymouth	1650-1712
NA1125	Rowe; Elizabeth (1674-1737); Mrs; author née Singer	1674-1737