Record

Document Reference	Pw V 638
Title	MS poem entitled 'The Voyage to Chatham with ye sad Dissaster of her Majesty's great Belly'; c 1688
Date	1688 (c)
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 36 lines. Manuscript has 3 additional lines to the printed version.
Title Of Work	The Voyage to Chatham with ye sad Dissaster of her Majesty's great Belly
First Line of Poem	When James our great Monarch so wise and Discreet
Last Line of Poem	That ye Bishops, ye Bishops shoud throw out ye Bill
Language	English
Term	The birth of the Prince of Wales.
Physical Description	One sheet folded once to form two folios
Condition	Generally good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Post Horn within ornate shield and letters HC under the shield, 90 x 45 mm
Watermark	Horn (ornate shield)
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library: Pw2 V 7/2
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 43/72
	Other versions of the same MS.
Publication Note	Poems on Affairs of State, vol IV (1968), pp 242-3