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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 561
Title
MS poem entitled '[The Seven Wise Men]'; 1704
Date
1704 (c)
Extent
1 f
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Untitled poem.
Text consists of 99 lines.
Endorsed 'The Seven Sages'.
Written in 1688 on the seven bishops.
Title Of Work
[The Seven Wise Men]
First Line of Poem
Seven Sages in our happy Isle are seen
Last Line of Poem
Tho' they like Sampson in the same fall
Language
English
Physical Description
One sheet
Condition
Generally good but with severe bleeding
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Sword within a laurel wreath, 65 x 54 mm
Countermark: Monogram, PV, approx. 27 x 14 mm
Watermark
Sword
Publication Note
Poems on Affairs of State, vol VI (1970), pp 624-30
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