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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 586
Title
MS poem, untitled, 'Come honest Sexton take the Spade'; n.d.
Date
n.d.
Extent
1 f
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of two 12-line verses.
First Line of Poem
Come honest Sexton take the Spade
Last Line of Poem
Farewell my Loving Friends Farewel
Language
English
Physical Description
One octavo leaf
Condition
Good but darkened
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Arms of France and Navarre, surrounded by chains suspended with cartouche containing name 'H_AVCO' (fragmented), 73 x 55 mm
Watermark
Arms of France and Navarre
Related Material
Crum, Index, C 497
<a href="http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/">Bodleian Library, Oxford</a>, MS Rawl. poet. 196, f 51v
Publication Note
Wit at a Venture (1674)
Ault, N., Seventeenth Century Lyrics, pp 384-5
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