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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 850
Title
MS poem on defeat of Louis XIV; c 1704
Date
c 1704
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of twelve quatrains.
On King Louis XIV's defeat at the Battle of Blenheim ?.
Title Of Work
The Token of ye French Kings Consoltaion for ye Battle of Blenheim
First Line of Poem
I think I then now despair
Last Line of Poem
To have in a protestant Land
Language
English
Physical Description
One folio folded once to form two quarto leaves with gold graphing
Physical match: Pw V 838 (script) & Pw V 839 (script) & Pw V 840 (script) & Pw V 841 (script) & Pw V 842 (script)
Physical match: Pw V 843 (dimensions, paper, script, watermark) & Pw V 844 (script) & Pw V 845 (dimensions, paper, script, watermark) & Pw V 846 ff 5-6 (script, watermark) & Pw V 846 1-4 (script)
Physical match: Pw V 847 ff 1-4 (script) & Pw V 848 (script) & Pw V 849 (dimensions, paper, script, watermark)
Physical match: Pw V 851 (dimensions, paper, script, watermark) & Pw V 852 ff 1-4 (dimensions, paper, script, watermark) & Pw V 853 (dimensions, paper, script, watermark)
Physical match: Pw V 854 ff 1-7 (script) & Pw V 855 (script, watermark) & Pw V 251 (script)
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Countermark: Letters DS, 10 x 24 mm
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Dates of existence
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Louis XIV (1638-1715); King of France; (the Sun King)
1638-1715
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