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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
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
University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 616
Publication Note
A Collection of Loyal Songs, Poems etc (1750) p 46
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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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