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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 617
Title
MS song entitled 'Upon the French Kings returne out of Flanders to France'; n.d. [late 17th century]
Date
1675-1699
Extent
1 f
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of seven 4-line verses.
The poem is a paraphrase on Madam Maintenon's advice to Louis XIV who assumed command in person of the new Marshall de Boufflers' army in Flanders at the height of his struggle with William III.
Beal dates this copy to the late 17th century (see Index, II, DoC 121).
Title Of Work
Upon the French Kings returne out of Flanders to France
First Line of Poem
In Grey hair'd Celias's withered Arms
Last Line of Poem
I gott him as surely as Lewis gott you
Language
English
Physical Description
One folio leaf
Condition
Generally good
Descriptive Features
Countermark: Letters PG, 11 x 24 mm
Related Material
Index, ELM II, DoC 121
Crum, Index, I 1341
University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 47/76
University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 46/87
For other concordances see Index, ELM, II, DoC 114-18 and DoC 122
Publication Note
Examen Poeticum (London, 1693) ?
Harris (ed.), Poems of Charles Sackville, Sixth Earl of Dorset (1979) pp 173-5
P. Legouis, 'The Original of Dorset's Lampoon on Madame de Maintenon', MLR, 54 (1959) pp 66-68
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA1126
Sackville; Charles (1638-1706); 6th Earl of Dorset
1638-1706
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