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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 636
Title
MS satire entitled 'The Caball' in response to Dryden's essay on satire; c 1680
Date
1680 (c)
Extent
4 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of 208 lines.
Also known by the title 'In Opposition to Mr Dryden's Essay on Satyr 1680'.
This manuscript omits certain couplets as well as the last 16 lines found in the printed edition.
Title Of Work
The Caball
First Line of Poem
Now the Reformers of the Court and Stage
Last Line of Poem
Would Damne themselves and theire posterity
Language
English
Term
The Cabal
Physical Description
Two sheets folded once to form four folios
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Post Horn within ornate and crowned shield, 76 x 48 mm
Watermark
Horn (crowned shield)
Publication Note
Poems on Affairs of State, vol II (1965), pp 327-38
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PersonName
Dates of existence
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Villiers; George (1628-1687); 2nd Duke of Buckingham
1628-1687
NA25767
Saville; George (1633-1695); 1st Marquess of Halifax; cr. Baron Saville of Eland 1668; cr. Earl of Halifax 1679; cr. Marquess of Halifax 1682
1633-1695
NA28844
Cooper; Anthony A. (1621-1683); 1st Earl of Shaftesbury; M.P.; creat. 1672; also 1st Baron Ashley; supporter of Monmouth
1621-1683
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