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Document Reference	Pw V 424
Title	MS poem, untitled, an epitaph on Lord Fairfax, by George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham; n.d.
Date	(1671 post)
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	The text, which consists of 60 lines, is untitled but is an epitaph on Thomas Fairfax, the author's father in law. Date not given on text but was written after the death of Thomas Fairfax in 1671.
First Line of Poem	Beneath this Place doth Lye
Last Line of Poem	A man as great in warre, as iust in Peace as Hee
Language	English
Physical Description	Two individual folios
Condition	Generally good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Post Horn within crowned, ornate shield and inisgnia 4WR suspended below the shield, approx. 127 x 64 mm Notice gold graphing
Watermark	Horn (crowned shield)
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library:
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library:
Publication Note	Poems on Affairs of State i, (6th ed. 1710) pp 123-24

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA23473	Fairfax; Thomas (1612-1671); Sir; commander-in-chief of the New Model Army; knighted 1641	1612-1671
NA28866	Villiers; George (1628-1687); 2nd Duke of Buckingham	1628-1687

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