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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
482 - MS verse, prologue and epilogue to Terence's Eunuchus, specially composed by Vincent Bourne and Samuel Wesley, the younger, performed at Westminster School Jan. 1727; n.d. [c.1727]
Document Reference
Pw V 482/2
Title
MS Verse, specially composed Epilogue for Terence's Eunuch by Samuel Wesley, the younger, performed at Westminster School (1727); n.d.[c.1727]
Date
1727 (c)
Level
Piece
Content Description
A full description of the MS in which this item appears can be found under the reference Pw V 482.
The text consists of 32 lines.
This is an epilogue specially written for Terence's Eunuchus, performed at Westminster School, Jan. 1727; at the end appears: 'S. Wesley fecit'.
Before the text appears the instruction: 'Spoken by Mostyn'.
Title Of Work
Epilogue
First Line of Poem
Tis done-here ends ye Business of the Day
Last Line of Poem
Not all Mankind can mend our inward frame
Language
English
Physical Description
For details of the physical evidence (paper, watermarks, etc) of the MS in which this item appears see the entry for Pw V 482.
Related Material
University of Nottingham Library:Pw V 482/1
University of Nottingham Library:
Pw V 482/2 is the epilogue to the prologue in Pw V 482/1
Publication Note
S. Wesley, Poems on Several Occasions (London, 1743) 2nd edition, p 305
Publication of the text
Click the links below to view related name indexes
Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA72710
Terentius Afer; P. (c.190-c.159 BC); -; Terence; Roman comic dramatist
c.190-c.159 BC
NA11457
Mostyn; John (1710-1779); General; M.P. Malton 1741-68 Governor of Minorca 1770-3
1710-1779
NA72806
Wesley; Samuel (1691-1739); Mr; the younger
1691-1739
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