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Document ReferencePw V 546
TitleMS verse, unattributed epilogue composed for Plautus' Amphitruo [performed at Westminster School 1704]; n.d.
Extent2 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionText consists of 14 lines in elegaic couplets; preceded by the direction: Sosia loquitur.

This is an epilogue specially written for Plautus' Amphitruo at Westminster School (1704, see Pw V 545/2).

Copy of Pw V 545/2, but with blank space where lines 9-12 should be, and lines 7-8 variant.
First Line of PoemIam labor in fine est, petit aethera Jupiter, et Te
Last Line of PoemAlcide, clavam nunc gerit Anna tuam.
LanguageLatin
Physical DescriptionOne folio folded once to form two quartos
ConditionGood
Descriptive FeaturesWatermark: Coat of Arms divided in two fields: dexter contains 2 crossed swords; sinister contains 3 horizontal waves pattern crossed by a staff; coat of arms within narrow shield flanked by palm fronds, approx. 48 x 45 mm
WatermarkCoat of Arms
Related MaterialUniversity of Nottingham Library: Pw V 545/2 (variant copy of text)
Publication NoteLusus Westmonasterienses (1730) pp 220-21

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CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA72708Plautus; T. Maccius (c.250-184 BC); -; Roman dramatistc.250-184 BC
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