Record

Document Reference	Pw V 976/2
Title	MS poem in Latin, unattributed; 1643
Level	Piece
Content Description	A full description of the MS in which this item appears can be found under the reference Pw V 976.
Content Description	Untitled poem. Text consists of 4 lines in elegiac couplets. For translation see Pw V 976/3. Incorporated in a letter addressed to Lady Brilliana Harley's son Colonel Edward Harley.
First Line of Poem	Esse, fuisse; fore, tria florida sunt sine flore
Last Line of Poem	Ergo quid prodest, esse, fuisse, fore?
Language	Latin
Physical Description	For details of the physical evidence (paper, watermarks, etc) of the MS in which this item appears see the entry for Pw V 976.
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 976/3
	University of Nottingham Library:
	English translation of Pw V 976/2

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1139	Harley; Edward (1624-1700); Sir; eldest son of Sir R. Harley; Governor of Dunkirk 1660-1661	1624-1700
NA1142	Harley; Brilliana (c.1600-1643); Lady Harley; 3rd wife of Sir Robert Harley; dau of 1st Viscount Conway	c.1600-1643
NA72833	Alan; W. (fl 1640s); servant to the Harley family	fl 1640s