Content Description | Text consists of 24 lines in elegiac couplets.
The poem celebrates the battle of Blenheim, and singles out also French defeats in the 100 Years War (Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt).
Followed by: 'S: a Burmania, Nobilis Frisius'.
Annotated on the dorse: 'verses on the Batt: at Hocsted by S: Burmania. R<eceived> Oct. 30 1704'.
The date of the battle in the title is Gregorian (13 Aug. 1704). |