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Verses by the Earl on his misfortunes, in fourteen six-line stanzas, Date not recorded at time of cataloguing

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MS. Rawl. C. 744, fol. 63

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Beg. "Itt was a tyme when silly bees could speak."

Dates

  • Creation: Date not recorded at time of cataloguing

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1 item

Language of Materials

  • English

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MS. Rawl. C. 744, fol. 63

Related Materials

Part of copies of papers relating to the Earl of Essex in 1601.

A later copy of these verses, with one additional stanza, is contained in MS. Tanner 76, where the author is said to have been Henry Cuffe, the Earl's secretary.

Bibliography

  • Printed in Pieces of Ancient Poetry , in quarto, Bristol, 1814, p. 25; and, with variations, in Park's edit. of Walpole's Royal and Noble Authors , vol. ii. p. 109.

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