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Royal MS 18 A XXIV
- Record Id:
- 040-002107440
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002105724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000338.0x00028d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 18 A XXIV
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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'THE PORTRAIT of a Prince': poem (45 x 6 lines) addressed to James I by John Ferrour, who in a dedicatory letter prefixed alludes to his coming as a messenger to the King a day before Queen Elizabeth's death; cf. also another letter printed by Lodge, Illustrations of British History, 1838, iii, p. i, where he calls himself an 'utter barrister' (probably of Gray's Inn, 1596). He maybe the J. F. who wrote King James his Welcome to London, 1603 (see Nichols, Progresses of K. James, i, p. xxxix). Autograph. Ten stanzas of the poem are printed by Sir Egerton Brydges, Restituta, 1816, iv, p. 286. Introductory stanza beg. 'Dread soueraigne, our Solomon of Brytish Isle'; poem, 'You worthy Heroes whose vnpartiall eye'.
Paper; ff. 15. Octavo. 71/4 in. x 31/4 in. Circ. 1603-1606. Cat. of 1661 (Roy. App. 86), f. 35; not in the other old catalogues.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002105724
040-002107440 - Is part of:
- Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 18 A XXIV : 'THE PORTRAIT of a Prince': poem (45 x 6 lines) addressed to James I by John Ferrour, who in a dedicatory letter… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002105724[1593]/040-002107440
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1598
- End Date:
- 1606
- Date Range:
- c 1603-1606
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)