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Document ReferencePw V 552
TitleMS poem entitled 'The Lovers Session'; n.d.
Daten.d.
Extent12 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionText consists of ninety-five 4 line verses with many deletions and corrections; Needham suggests this may be the poet's autograph (see paper covers).
Title Of WorkThe Lovers Session
In Imitation of Sr John Suckling's session of Poetts
First Line of PoemA Session of Lovers was held t'other day
Last Line of PoemHe had left behind a Man, She wou'd make him a Beast
LanguageEnglish
Physical DescriptionSix individual folios folded once forming twelve quartos
ConditionGood
Descriptive FeaturesWatermark: Post Horn within ornate and crowned shield and monogram 4WR suspended under the shield, and cursive letters AJ under the monogram, 140 x 65 mm

Countermark: Letters MSMD, 12 x 50 mm

Countermark: Letters MCML, 10 x 50 mm

Notice gold graphing
WatermarkHorn (crowned shield)
Related MaterialCrum, Index, A 424
<a href="http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/">Bodleian Library, Oxford</a>, MS Douce 357, f 118r
<a href="http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/">Bodleian Library, Oxford</a>, MS Firth c 15, p 277
University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 42/57
University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 553
University of Nottingham Library: Pw2 V 7/1
Publication NotePoems on Affairs of State (London, 1703) ii, p 156
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