Three new poems, viz: Family duty, from Chaucer, moderniz'd; The curious wife, by Fenton; Buckingham-House, by the late Duke of Buckinghamshire [ESTC T196378]
- DMI number:
- 511
- Publication Date:
- 1721
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T196378
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CB127618555
- Shelfmark:
- Folger - PR1217.T6 Cage [See also: BOD - Harding C 104 - imperfect copy]
- Full Title:
- THREE NEW | POEMS. | [i]VIZ[/i]. | I. FAMILY DUTY[i]:[/i] Or, the [i]Monk[/i] and the | [i]Merchant[/i]'[i]s Wife[/i]. Being the [i]Shipman[/i]'[i]s Tale[/i] from | CHAUCER. Moderniz'd. | II. The CURIOUS WIFE, a Tale devised | in the Manner of CHAUCER; By Mr. FENTON. | Moderniz'd. | III. BUCKINGHAM-HOUSE, a Poem, after | the Manner of Sir [i]John Denham[/i]'s [i]Cooper[/i]'s-[i]Hill.[/i] | With the Character of Queen [i]ANNE[/i]. Writ- | ten by his Grace the late Duke of [i]Buckingham- | shire[/i], upon her Majesty's Picture, with which she | presented him. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for E. CURLL, at the [i]Dial[/i] and [i]Bible,[/i] over against | [i]Catherine-street,[/i] in the [i]Strand[/i], 1721. [Price I [i]s.[/i]]
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- 1 s.
- Pagination:
- [2], 1-24, [1], 2-37, [1] p.
- Bibliographic details:
- Folger PR1217.T6 Cage copy has ripped title page.
- Comments:
- Folger copy has Buckingham-House bound as first poem, then The Shipman's Tale (Family Duty in toc), then The Curious Wife. PAGINATION: [2] [1]-37, pp. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: BOD copy and ECCO copy based upon it both imperfect: ESTC reports that 'O copy wanting the final 24p., i.e. Buckingham-House, a poem. BOD copy/ECCO copy appears to have type missing from the title page: 'I.', 'II.', 'Print', 'Ca'. MISCELLANY GENRE: Miscellany of three new poems adapted in the style of Chaucer and Denham.
- Author:
- Elijah Fenton
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Mr. Fenton' named on title page: ESTC T196378
- Author:
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- two poems listed on title page written 'in the Manner of Chaucer': ESTC T196378
- Author:
- John Markland
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- ESTC General note: Family duty and The curious wife are attributed to John Markland, and Buckingham-House is attributed to William Bond.
- Author:
- John Sheffield
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'the late Duke of Buckingham [in time of Queen Anne]': ESTC T196378
- Author:
- William Bond
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- ESTC General note: Family duty and The curious wife are attributed to John Markland, and Buckingham-House is attributed to William Bond.
- Publisher:
- Edmund Curll
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed for E. Curll': ESTC T196378
- First Line:
- Of that famed British structure fain I'd write
- Page No:
- pp.1-24
- Poem Title:
- BUCKINGHAM-HOUSE: A POEM.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whilome a merchant at St Dennis lived
- Page No:
- pp.1-26
- Poem Title:
- The Shipman's Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- There lived in Derby near the peak
- Page No:
- pp.27-37
- Poem Title:
- The Curious Wife. A Tale. In the Manner of Chaucer...Moderniz'd
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Fenton.
- Attributed To:
- Elijah Fenton
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