Record

Document Reference	Pw V 421
Title	MS poem, entitled 'Pastoral Upon my L<or>d Danbys Birth=day - Nov<emb>er: 6th: ', by William Tunstall; 1718
Date	1718
Extent	6 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Texts consists of 187 lines. There is a Latin quotation above the title (Si Parva licet componere magnis - Virg: Ec:). This line is in fact Virgil, Georgics 4.176, not the similar line from Virgil, Eclogue 1.23. The poem is signed 'TW'. The poem was written in honour of Lord Danby's fifth birthday and was sent in a letter dated 14th November [1718], to Abigail Harley, Lady Dupplin, (d 1750), daughter of the 1st Earl of Oxford and Danby's maternal aunt.
Title Of Work	Pastoral, Upon my L<or>d Danbys [5th] Birth=day - Nov<emb>er: 6th [1718]
First Line of Poem	What aged Damon, & young Thirsis sung,
Last Line of Poem	So oft, shall Thirsis Danbys Birth=day sing
Language	English
Physical Description	Three sheets folded once forming six folios Physical match: Pw V 422 (dimensions, watermark, paper, script) & Pw V 420 (script)
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Arms of Great Britain within crowned garter, approx. 106 x 62 mm and monogram CIL under the garter Countermark: Royal Cipher, crowned GR within circle, approx. 40 x 40 mm
Watermark	Arms of Great Britain
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library:Pw V 422
	University of Nottingham Library:
	Pw V 422 is a covering letter to Pw V 421, from Wm. Tunstall [to Abigail Harley, Lady Dupplin] Nov. 14

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA11806	Osborne; Thomas (1713-1789); 4th Duke of Leeds	1713-1789
NA29754	Hay; Abigail (-1750); Countess of Kinnoull; née Harley; m. George Hay 7th Earl of Kinnoull 1709; d. of 1st Earl of Oxford	-1750
NA38859	Tunstall; William (-1728); Mr	-1728
NA72709	Vergilius Maro; P. (70-19 BC); Virgil; Roman poet	70-19 BC