The Rowley Poems by Thomas Chatterton
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4. Rudhall's testimony. 5. Chatterton first exhibited the _Songe to Ælla_ in his own handwriting, then gave Barrett the parchment, which contained strange textual variations. 6. Rowley's very existence doubtful. William of Worcester, who lived at his time and was himself of Bristol, makes no mention of him, though he frequently alludes to Canynge. Neither Bale, Leland, Pitts nor Turner mentions Rowley. 7. Improbability of there being poems in a muniment chest. 8. Style unlike other fifteenth century writings. 9. No mediæval learning or citation of authority to be found in Rowley; no references to the Round Table and stories of chivalry. 10. Stockings were not knitted in the fifteenth century (_Ælla_). MSS. are referred to as if they were rarities and printed books common. 11. Metres and imitation of Pindar absurdly modern. 12. Mistakes cited which are derived from modern dictionaries (Tyrwhitt). 13. Existence of undoubted plagiarisms from Shakespeare, Gray, &c. |
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