Record

Document Reference	Pw V 768
Title	MS verse, entitled 'Justice Pern', unattributed; n.d. [c.1733]
Date	1733 (c)
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 10 lines in verse, 5 lines of Latin prose, then another 50 lines of verse. The verses and prose describe an incident when Justice Pern (probably the later sheriff) broke into Emmanuel College, Cambridge, to prevent the dissection of dead bodies. Endorsed 'copy of Verses'. This text appears as part of the oration at Pw V 1276, which dates to c.1733.
Title Of Work	Justice P__rn
First Line of Poem	A Wight he is whose very Size Since by his Majesties permission
Last Line of Poem	And eke his inch of Justice out. When Justice angry is, she's in a passion.
Language	English
Language	Latin
Physical Description	One folio folded once to form two quarto leaves Physical match: Pw V 1486 (dimensions, script, paper) & Pw V 1483 (script, paper)
Condition	Generally good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Pro Patria, Dutch maiden and Seven Provinces rampant Lion within fenced field and letter S within field, 98 x 115 mm
Watermark	Pro Patria
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 769-70
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 1276/2-3