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Total number of records: 76

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Brotherton Collection	76
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Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse Index

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

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