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Index: INDEX/BCMSV/4662

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Type: Index

Record number: INDEX/BCMSV/4662 (Lt 40 )

Title: [unknown]

Author: Wodehouse, Sir Philip

Attribution: Ph Wdhs

Date(s): 166- or 167- ?

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/104522

Reference

Manuscript: Lt 40

Pages: f.2r

Bibliographic reference: BCMSV 5639

Description

Notes: (This forest of)

First lines: This forrest of gentyle philosophy

Fetcht from a gentil moralist you see

Last lines: For profitt not for pleasure tis design'd

Not to delight the fancy but the mynd

Length: 12

Verse form: Couplets

Contents: Introductory verse to a series of translations from many sources, explaining that they are designed to improve the mind rather than give pleasure. With the general heading: 'The title of the first part. Sylva di sylvio, or congenes gnomologica'.