Record

Document Reference	Pw V 451
Title	MS poem, endorsed 'On Dr B[entley]'s putting out an Edition of Homer', by Samuel Wesley, the younger; 1726
Date	1726
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 10 lines. The initials 'S.W.' appear after the title. The note 'Rec<eive>d Oct: 19: 1726' is written in the top right hand corner of f 1r. The poem is followed by a note in the same hand: 'I want a MS out of the King Library & therefore the Name of Your humble Servt is not to be added to these Verses, least pro singulari sua humanitate I should go without it'. The poem and note are addressed to 'the Rev<eren>d Mr Thomas at the R<igh>t Hon<ourable> the E<arl> of Oxford's in Dover Street St. James's'. Part of the postmark and of the seal are evident on f 2v.
Title Of Work	On Dr. B[entley]'s putting out an Edition of Homer
First Line of Poem	Tho Bentley Critick Sour with Skill profound
Last Line of Poem	If none but who is blind must lead the blind
Language	English
Term	classical literature, Homer
Physical Description	One folio folded once to form two quartos Physical match: Pw V 452 (dimensions, paper, script) & Pw V 453 (dimensions, paper, script) & Pw V 458 (dimensions, paper, script) & Pw V 461 (dimensions, paper, script)
Condition	Generally good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Arms of the City of London, approx. 55 x 48 mm
Watermark	Arms of London
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library:
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Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA38746	Bentley; Richard (1662-1742); Dr; D.D.; scholar and critic; Master of Trinity College Cambridge 1700-1742	1662-1742
NA72804	Thomas; Timothy (c.1694-1751); Rev.; chaplain to Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford; brother of William Thomas	c.1694-1751
NA1047	Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724	1689-1741
NA72806	Wesley; Samuel (1691-1739); Mr; the younger	1691-1739