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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 795
Title
MS prologue to Rowe's tragedy 'Jane Grey'; c 1715
Date
c 1715
Extent
1 f
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of 15 lines.
Prologue to Rowe's tragedy 'Jane Grey' acted at Drury Lane on 20 April 1715.
Title Of Work
Prologue to J. Gray
First Line of Poem
Tonight usurping tyranny attend
Last Line of Poem
And rule in Mercy, with a Right Divine
Language
English
Physical Description
Single quarto leaf
Condition
Fragile
Descriptive Features
Irregular chainlines about 24 mm apart
Related Material
Crum, Index, T 3265
<a href="http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/">Bodleian Library, Oxford</a>, MS Eng. poet. e 87, p 74
<a href="http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/">Bodleian Library, Oxford</a>, MS Rawl. poet. 155, p 102
University of Nottingham Library: Pw2 V 8/2
University of Nottingham Library:
Publication Note
Lennep (Check)
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA72782
Rowe; Nicholas (1674-1718); Mr; poet laureat
1674-1718
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