Record

Document Reference	Pw V 615
Title	MS song on Burnet Bishop of Salisbury's Death; n.d. [post 1715]
Date	n.d. [post 1715]
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Untitled poem. Text consists of seven 4-line verses, one more than the printed text in A Collection of Loyal Songs (1750). Endorsed 'On Burnet Bishop of Salisbury's Death, march 1714/5'. Corrections in the hand of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford.
First Line of Poem	The Devills were brawling, when Burnet descending
Last Line of Poem	Lett G___ge Reigne for ever Amen Cry'd all Hell
Language	English
Physical Description	One sheet folded once to form two folios
Condition	Generally good but stained and creased
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Arms of Hanover within a double rimmed and crowned circle and cartouche 'Semper Eadem' under the circle, 126 x 80 mm Countermark: Royal Cipher, crowned GR, 30 x 23 mm.
Watermark	Arms of Hanover
Related Material	Crum, Index, T 496
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 616
Publication Note	A Collection of Loyal Songs, Poems etc (1750) p 46

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA18601	Burnet; Gilbert (1643-1715); Bishop of Salisbury; attended Lord Russell on the scaffold; Bishop of Salisbury 1689-1715	1643-1715
NA1047	Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724	1689-1741

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