Record

Document Reference	Pw V 652
Title	MS poem entitled 'A Dialogue Between the Ghosts of Russell and Sidney'; c 1689
Date	1689 (c)
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of ? lines. The poem dates from 1689.
Title Of Work	A Dialogue Between the Ghosts of Russell and Sidney
First Line of Poem	'Tis Comon wee know for Goblins to walk
Last Line of Poem	So mend dull Comon prayers and duller Responses
Language	English
Physical Description	One sheet folded once to form two folios
Condition	Fragile
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Arms of the City of London in an ornate shield, with the letters AJ under the shield, 110 x 76 mm Countermark: Letters TJ, 25 x 40 mm
Watermark	Arms of London (ornate)
Related Material	Crum, Index, T 2747
	<a href="http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/">Bodleian Library, Oxford</a>, MS Eng. poet. c 18, f 163v
	<a href="http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/">Bodleian Library, Oxford</a>, MS Eng. poet. e 50, p 28
	<a href="http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/">Bodleian Library, Oxford</a>, MS Firth e 6, f 113v
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 44/2
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 46/116
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 47/15
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 48/8
	Other versions of the same MS.
Publication Note	Poems on Affairs of State, vol V (1971), pp 139-42

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA18616	Russell; William (1616-1700); 1st Duke of Bedford	1616-1700
NA19224	Sidney; Algernon (1622-1683); Mr; republican; executed for treason	1622-1683

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