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Document Reference	Pw V 442
Title	MS poem, entitled 'To My Lord Gallway on his defeat in Spain', by Leonard Welstead; 1707
Date	1707
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	The text consists of 50 lines. The title is followed by a quotation from Lucan (Pharsalia 9.570-1): 'Laudandaq<ue> velle Est satis, et nunquam successu crescit honestum. Luc.' A note appears at the foot of f 2v, at right angles to the text: 'To my Lord Gallway on his defeat at Almanza by Mr Welstead: 1707'. [The Battle of Almanza took place on 25 April, 1707].
Title Of Work	To My Lord Gallway on his defeat in Spain
First Line of Poem	Greive not, Brave Hero, att ye turns of Fate
Last Line of Poem	And Hotspur Mars to Pallas quits ye field
Language	English
Language	Latin
Physical Description	One folio Physical match: Pw V 441 (dimensions) & Pw V 443 (dimensions)
Condition	Generally good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Arms of the City of London in ornate shield
Watermark	Arms of London (ornate)
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Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA74554	Welsted; Leonard (1688-1747); Mr; poet of Westminster School and Trinity College Cambridge	1688-1747
NA72946	Lucanus; M. Annaeus (39-65); -; Lucan; Roman poet	39-65
NA973	Ruvigny; Henry Massue de (1648-1720); 1st Earl of Galway; succ. as 2nd Marquis de Ruvigny 1689; cr. 4th Viscount Galway 1692; cr. 1st Earl of Galway 1697; commanded troops in Portugal and Spain 1704-1710	1648-1720