Crewe MS/2/ff. 18-21
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1738
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The Latin verses (22 lines) begin, ‘Anglia luctiferum tristi cur fronte Colorem’. The French translation (44 lines) begins, ‘Quel changement subit dans l’Isle d’Albion!’ The English translation (34 lines) begins, ‘Why wears Britannia this sad Face of Woe’. An additional line has been added by hand to the Latin and French versions.