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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 413
Title
MS poem, entitled 'An Excellent, new Song being the Intended Speech of a famous Orator against Peace', by Jonathan Swift; n.d.
Date
6 December 1711 (c)
Extent
1 f
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of 54 lines
Title Of Work
An Excellent new Song being the Intended Speech of a famous Orator against Peace
First Line of Poem
An Orator Dismal of Nottinghamshire
Last Line of Poem
And be a True Whigg whilst I am Nott-in-game
Language
English
Physical Description
One folio
Condition
Generally good but very stained
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Pro Patria, Dutch maid and Seven Provinces Lion within fenced field, approx. 86 x 98 mm
Watermark
Pro Patria
Related Material
University of Nottingham Library:
University of Nottingham Library:
Publication Note
Aldine (ed.), Jonathan Swift, Poems (London, 1833-34), iii, pp 30ff & H. Williams (ed.), Poems of Jonathan Swift (Clarendon Press; Oxford, 1937) vol 1, pp 142-3
Poems on Affairs of State, vol VII (1975), pp 526-30
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA25973
Finch; Daniel (1647-1730); 7th Earl of Winchilsea
1647-1730
NA19276
Godolphin; Sidney (1645-1712); 1st Earl of Godolphin; M.P.; Lord High Treasurer 1702-1710
1645-1712
NA893
Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714
1661-1724
NA1130
Swift; Jonathan (1667-1745); Dr; satirist and writer
1667-1745
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