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Title: [unknown]
Author: Wodehouse, Sir Philip
Date(s): 166- or 167-?
Manuscript: Lt 40
Contents: Epigram or extract advising against ambition
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wodehouse, Sir Philip
Attribution: PW; [Latin]
Date(s): 166- or 167- ?
Manuscript: Lt 40
Contents: Epigram on the low status of the poetaster, or dilettante poet, translating accompanying lines by Horace; with alternative wording given
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wodehouse, Sir Philip
Attribution: Ph Wdhs
Date(s): 166- or 167- ?
Manuscript: Lt 40
Contents: On the sacred, godlike status of poets
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wodehouse, Sir Philip
Attribution: Ph Wdhs
Date(s): 166- or 167- ?
Manuscript: Lt 40
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'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wodehouse, Sir Philip
Attribution: PW; [Latin]
Date(s): 166- or 167- ?
Manuscript: Lt 40
Contents: Religious poem on the divine inspiration of the good in mankind. Translating accompanying sentence from Seneca.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wodehouse, Sir Philip
Attribution: PW; [Latin]
Date(s): 166- or 167- ?
Manuscript: Lt 40
Contents: Religious poem on the route from sin to grace and freedom. Translating Wodehouse's own Latin poetic version of a sentence from St Augustine, both given.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wodehouse, Sir Philip
Attribution: P. Wodehouse
Date(s): 166- or 167- ?
Manuscript: Lt 40
Contents: Self-deprecatory epigram emphasising his poetry's mnemonic rather than aesthetic qualities. Apparently translating Seneca.
Title: A Jove principium
Author: Wodehouse, Sir Philip
Attribution: PW; [Latin]
Date(s): 166- or 167- ?
Manuscript: Lt 40
Contents: Religious poem on the need for true feeling rather than ceremony in worship, corrected by Hand A. Accompanying Latin apparently attributed to both Pliny and Seneca.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wodehouse, Sir Philip
Attribution: PW; [Latin]
Date(s): 166- or 167- ?
Manuscript: Lt 40
Contents: On the need for moral limitations upon human behaviour; translating accompanying Latin by Seneca.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wodehouse, Sir Philip
Date(s): 166- or 167- ?
Manuscript: Lt 40
Contents: Religious poem on the ascension of the soul, with some revisions or corrections. Translation of Latin by Seneca on the preceding page.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wodehouse, Sir Philip
Date(s): 166- or 167- ?
Manuscript: Lt 40
Contents: Religious poem on the journey from birth to death, and on to eternal heavenly bliss, with some revisions or corrections. Translating Latin by Seneca on the preceding page.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wodehouse, Sir Philip
Date(s): 166- or 167- ?
Manuscript: Lt 40
Contents: Religious poem emphasising the will to simple piety rather than rich offerings; translation of Latin by Seneca on the preceding page.