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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 588
Title
MS song, 'Give o'er, foolish Heart and make haste to Despair'; n.d.
Date
n.d.
Extent
1 f
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of four 6-line verses.
Title Of Work
Song
First Line of Poem
Give o'er, foolish Heart and make haste to Despair
Last Line of Poem
Did the Gods seem so Fair, men wou'd Worship them more
Language
English
Physical Description
One folio leaf
Condition
Generally good but stained
Descriptive Features
Countermark: Royal Cipher, crowned GR, 30 x 25 mm
Related Material
Crum, Index, G 88
<a href="http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/">Bodleian Library, Oxford</a>, MS Mus. Sch. f 572, p 94
Publication Note
Windsor Drollery (London, 1672)
Covent Garden Drolery (London, 1672)
With music by Alfonso Marsh in Choice Ayres, Songs and Dialogues (2nd ed., London, 1675) p 28 and Choice Songs and Ayres for one Voyce (London, 1673) p 32
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