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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 552
Title
MS poem entitled 'The Lovers Session'; n.d.
Date
n.d.
Extent
12 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text 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 Work
The Lovers Session
In Imitation of Sr John Suckling's session of Poetts
First Line of Poem
A Session of Lovers was held t'other day
Last Line of Poem
He had left behind a Man, She wou'd make him a Beast
Language
English
Physical Description
Six individual folios folded once forming twelve quartos
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Watermark: 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
Watermark
Horn (crowned shield)
Related Material
Crum, 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 Note
Poems on Affairs of State (London, 1703) ii, p 156
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