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Percy, Thomas,
Bishop of Dromore (b. Bridgnorth, Shropshire, April 13th, 1728; d. Dromore, Ireland, September 30th, 1811). “Reliques of Ancient English Poetry” (1765); “Five Pieces of Runic Poetry, translated” (1763); “The Songs of Solomon, translated, with a Commentary” (1764); translation of Mallet’s “Northern Antiquities” (1770); “The Hermit of Warkworth” (1771); “A Key to the New Testament” (1779); and “An Essay on the Origin of the English Stage” (1793). The “Reliques” were edited by Hales and Furnivall in 1868.
