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Papers relating to the University of Oxford: Corpus Christi College: "In obitum sanctissimi viri D. Doctoris Spenseri, C.C.C. nuper praesidis et spectatissimi sui amici elegus", by Henry Kinge of Ch. Ch., [c. 1614]

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Shelfmark: MS. Rawl. D. 912, fol. 305

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Endorsed with a translation in English verse.

The Latin version begins: "Si dolor hic verus crinem damnare cupresso / Pullatum taxo seu redimire caput".

The English: "If this tru sorrowe counted be with fatall cypresse bowes, / Or polish twiggs of poplar tree to binde our mournefull browes".

This elegy is not printed in the old editions of bishop King’s poems, nor in the edition published by Mr. Hannah in 1843.

Dates

  • Creation: [c. 1614]

Extent

1 item

Language of Materials

  • English
  • Latin

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. D. 912, fol. 305

Repository Details

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