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Document Reference	Pw V 675
Title	MS poem, entitled 'Ad Galliam Post maximam ad Danubim Cladem', on the French defeat at Blenheim, by Burmania; n.d. [1704]
Date	1704
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
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).
Title Of Work	Ad GALLIAM Post maximam ad Danubim Cladem a Foederatis illatam A.D. ID. Sext MDCCIV
First Line of Poem	Gallia, quae rerum successu inflata tuarum
Last Line of Poem	Parta ad Danubium conspicienda dabit
Language	Latin
Term	battles, Blenheim 1704
Physical Description	One sheet folded once to form two folios
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Arms of the City of London 58 x 46 mm Countermark: Letters IV, 12 x 23 mm
Watermark	Arms of London
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