Record

Document Reference	Pw V 565
Title	MS poem entitled 'On Orpheus and Segra Margerita'; n.d.
Date	n.d.
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 8 lines; shorter version of Pw V 564. Poem on 'Jacob Greber and Margarita 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	On Orpheus and Segra Margerita
First Line of Poem	Hail tuneful Pair tell by what wondrous charms
Last Line of Poem	he stocks and stones she ministres of state
Physical Description	Short quarto
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Post Horn within ornate and crowned shield (fragment), 43 x 27 mm
Watermark	Horn (crowned shield)
Related Material	Crum, Index, H 132
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 564
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