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Title: Upon the burning of the Cottonian manuscripts at Ashburnham House, 1731
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Attribution: T.F.
Date(s): 1733 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Lament for the knowledge and learning lost as a result of the fire that badly
damaged the library of Sir Robert Cotton at Ashburnham House; reflecting on
fate, and hoping that what remains will still enable Britain to teach the
world