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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 786
Title
MS poem entitled 'Written in a glass window at Castle Howard Sept 9:1721 To the Passenger'; 9 Sep. 1721
Date
9 September 1721
Extent
1 f
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of 12 lines.
Written on verso 'Sr Robert Cecil sec state when Quuen Eliz. died May 10: 12600 Sr John Herbert sworn one of ye principal sec. of state by ye name of - second secretary of -.
Title Of Work
Written in a glass window at Castle Howard Sept 9:1721 To the Passenger
First Line of Poem
Unable as thou ar't from thy surprise
Last Line of Poem
Attend him here the genius of the place
Language
English
Physical Description
Single quarto leaf
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Countermark: Royal cipher, letters GR surmounted by crown (only top half), 22 x 20 m
Related Material
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA18586
Cecil; Robert (1563-1612); 1st Earl of Salisbury; also 1st Viscount Cranbourne; statesman
1563-1612
NA10913
Elizabeth I (1533-1603); Queen of England and Ireland; ( succeeded 1558)
1533-1603
NA72780
Herbert; John (-1617); Mr; principal secretary of state 1600-12
-1617
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