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Document ReferencePw V 513
TitleMS poem, entitled 'My Lord All-Pride', by John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester; n.d.
Date1670-1700
Extent1 f
LevelItem/file
Access ConditionsMicrofilm surrogate available - readers may be required to use the microfilm in the first instance.
Content DescriptionA full description of the manuscript in which this item appears can be found under the reference Pw V 512.
Poem consists of 30 lines.

'All-Pride' was the name given to John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave, later Duke of Buckingham (1648-1721)
Title Of WorkMy Lord All-Pride
First Line of PoemBursting with Pride, the loath'd impostume swells
Last Line of PoemThis Knight o' th' Burning-Pestel, makes us sport
LanguageEnglish
Physical DescriptionFolio leaf
Descriptive FeaturesCountermark: Letters HWS, 12 x 56
Related MaterialIndex, ELM II, RoJ 199
University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 40 p 37
Another copy of Pw V 513
Publication NoteJ. Hayward, Collected Works of Rochester (Nonesuch; London, 1926) p 64
J. Wilmot, Broadside entitled 'A Very Heroical Epistle from My Lord All-Pride to Dol-Common' (London, 1679)
Pinto, Poems of John Wilmot, pp xxiii, 115-16
Walker, The poems of John Wilmot, pp 116-17
'Epigram upon my Lord All-Pride' was published in the broadside.

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA28878Sheffield; John (1647-1721); 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby; 3rd Earl of Mulgrave; Lord Chamberlain 1685-881647-1721
NA573Wilmot; John (1647-1680); 2nd Earl of Rochester; poet1647-1680
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