City of Rome, one lion skin,
Phaeton chariot and Argus’ head;
iron targets, one Mercury’s wings,
One tomb of Dido, one bedstead
canopy, old Mahomet’s head.
One golden fleece, one bear’s skin
Tantalus’ tree and Phaeton’s limbs.
Items picked out of an inventory of ‘all the properties for my Lord Admiral’s men’ – the Elizabethan theatre company – taken by impresario Philip Henslowe, 10 March 1598.
Verbatim Poetry 