Union First Line Index of English Verse
13th-19th Century (bulk 1500-1800)
First Line:
S[t]atesmen, and courtiers! by your leave,
Author (Last name, First):
Prior, Matthew, 1644_1721
Title:
`Prior's epitaph on himself'
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Last Line:
Let Bourbon or Nassau go higher.
Library:
YO
Shelfmark:
c.193
Folio:
p. 59; see also `Courtiers and heraldsà ', `Heralds and courtiersà ', `Nobles and heraldsà '.
Ref Nbr:
Osborn S1059
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Names Mentioned:
Louis XIV, king of France, 1638_1715
William III, king of England, 1650_1702
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