--The page
measures
278 X 218.
Byron
5; D, p.
9; E, p.
13; G, p.
21; H, p.
25.
Pp. 1-16 contain 284 lines: (line 1), "Time was, e'er yet in these
degenerate days;" (line 284), "Of Jefferies! monarch of the Scourge and,
chain. " (Lines 281-284 are erased. )
Pp. 19-29 contain 200 lines: (line 1), "Now to the drama turn, oh!
motley sight;" (line 200), "And urge thy bards, to gain a name like
thine. " The last line of p. 29 is numbered 520, and the date 1808 is
subscribed.
_Note_.
--The page measures 278 X 218. The water-mark on the last page
(p. 29) is 1807; the water-mark on the original wrapper, "J. W. & B. B.
1806. " A wrapper of the original sheets is inscribed, "This is the
original Satire which L^d B. put into my hands. It was printed in the
Country, where he had been staying. He added 110 lines before it was
published. R. C. D. " (_B. M.
25.
Pp. 1-16 contain 284 lines: (line 1), "Time was, e'er yet in these
degenerate days;" (line 284), "Of Jefferies! monarch of the Scourge and,
chain. " (Lines 281-284 are erased. )
Pp. 19-29 contain 200 lines: (line 1), "Now to the drama turn, oh!
motley sight;" (line 200), "And urge thy bards, to gain a name like
thine. " The last line of p. 29 is numbered 520, and the date 1808 is
subscribed.
_Note_.
--The page measures 278 X 218. The water-mark on the last page
(p. 29) is 1807; the water-mark on the original wrapper, "J. W. & B. B.
1806. " A wrapper of the original sheets is inscribed, "This is the
original Satire which L^d B. put into my hands. It was printed in the
Country, where he had been staying. He added 110 lines before it was
published. R. C. D. " (_B. M.
