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Document Reference	Pw V 791
Title	MS poem, entitled 'Spes altera Roma', on the birth of Bonnie Prince Charlie (1720), unattributed; n.d.
Date	1720 (c)
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 8 lines. The title is taken from Virgil, Aeneid 12.168. The poem celebrates the birth of Bonnie Prince Charlie (b 1720).
Title Of Work	Spes altera Roma
First Line of Poem	Hail Royal Babe in Distant Exile born
Last Line of Poem	Be loyal to the Son and to th Parent true
Language	English
Physical Description	Folio fragment
Condition	Good but stained
Descriptive Features	Irregular chainlines about 24 mm apart
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library:
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Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA72709	Vergilius Maro; P. (70-19 BC); Virgil; Roman poet	70-19 BC
NA18873	Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir Stuart (1720-1788); Prince; ('the Young Pretender', or 'Bonnie Prince Charlie'; son of titular James III)	1720-1788

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