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Document Reference	Pw V 505
Title	MS poem, entitled 'On Romes Pardon', by John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester; n.d.
Date	1680-1720
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Access Conditions	Microfilm surrogate available - readers may be required to use the microfilm in the first instance.
Content Description	Poem consists of five 3-line verses. Endorsed 'ffor Hod: Cor: Robert H: Esqr', probably copied for Robert Harley, later 1st Earl of Oxford.
Title Of Work	On Romes Pardon
First Line of Poem	If Rome can pardon sins, as Romans hold
Last Line of Poem	To gull 'em of their souls and money too
Language	English
Physical Description	Small folio
Condition	Fragile and torn
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Fleur de lis (only top half), 18 x 15 mm.
Watermark	Fleur de lis
Related Material	Index, ELM II, RoJ 235
	Crum, Index, I 935
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 40 p 228
Publication Note	J. Wilmot, Poems on Several Occasions ('Antwerp', alias London, 1680), p 151 & Pinto, Poems of John Wilmot, pp 124-5 & Walker, The poems of John Wilmot, p 127-8
Publication Note	D. M. Veith, Attribution in restoration poetry: a study of Rochester's 'Poems' of 1680 (New Haven, 1963) pp 353-62

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724
NA573	Wilmot; John (1647-1680); 2nd Earl of Rochester; poet	1647-1680

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