Record

Document Reference	Pw V 824
Title	MS poem 'A Prophesy by Merlin ye famous British prophet found written upon an old wall'; c 1714
Date	1714 (c)
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 31 lines. Prophecy dated in the year 482 about the time of King Vortiger's Restoration to the British throne. Written in 1714/15.
Title Of Work	A Prophesy by Merlin ye famous British prophet found written upon an old wall
First Line of Poem	When Savage Goths from Rhine return
Last Line of Poem	For lo! her own Augustus reigns
Language	English
Physical Description	Quarto fragment
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Countermark: Letters IH, unclear (bottom half only), 5 x 20 mm
Related Material	Crum, Index, W 1435
	<a href="http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/">Bodleian Library, Oxford</a>, MS Eng. poet. e 87, p 169
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw2 V 8/49
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