Record

Document Reference	Pw V 564
Title	MS poem entitled 'Epigram on Or and Mar:'; n.d.
Date	n.d.
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 11 lines. Poem on Or[pheus] (Jacob Greber) and Mar[guerite] de L'Epine. Attributed to Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax in A Supplement to the Works of the Most celebrated Minor Poets (London, 1750). De l'Epine's relationship with Greber was more than professional; she was commonly known as 'Greber's Peg'.
Title Of Work	Epigram on Or and Mar:
First Line of Poem	Hail tuneful pair say by what wondrous charms
Last Line of Poem	to her shrub Hedges and her Nottingham
Language	English
Physical Description	One folio folded once forming two quartos, on a single guard.
Condition	Fragile
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Post Horn within ornate and crowned shield, and monogram 4WR suspended under the shield, 120 x 62 mm
Watermark	Horn (crowned shield)
Related Material	Crum, Index, H 132
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 565
	University of Nottingham Library:
Publication Note	Poems on Affairs of State (1704) iii, p 407
	A Supplement to the Works of the Most Celebrated Minor Poets (London, 1750)
	The New Grove (1980) vol 7, p 657
	Highfill, Burnim and Langhans (1975) vol 4, pp 292-96

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA72716	Greber; Jacob (-1731); -; German composer	-1731
NA72717	L'Epine; F. Margherita de (-1746); 'Greber's Peg'; Italian soprano	-1746
NA29197	Montague; Charles (1661-1715); 1st Earl of Halifax; cr. Baron 1700; cr. Earl 1714	1661-1715