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Document ReferencePw V 424
TitleMS poem, untitled, an epitaph on Lord Fairfax, by George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham; n.d.
Date(1671 post)
Extent2 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionThe 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 PoemBeneath this Place doth Lye
Last Line of PoemA man as great in warre, as iust in Peace as Hee
LanguageEnglish
Physical DescriptionTwo individual folios
ConditionGenerally good
Descriptive FeaturesWatermark: Post Horn within crowned, ornate shield and inisgnia 4WR suspended below the shield, approx. 127 x 64 mm

Notice gold graphing
WatermarkHorn (crowned shield)
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Publication NotePoems on Affairs of State i, (6th ed. 1710) pp 123-24

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA23473Fairfax; Thomas (1612-1671); Sir; commander-in-chief of the New Model Army; knighted 16411612-1671
NA28866Villiers; George (1628-1687); 2nd Duke of Buckingham1628-1687
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