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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 244
Title
MS poem, entitled 'Ballade', by John Gay; n.d.
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of seven 8-line verses.
Title Of Work
Ballade
First Line of Poem
Of all the Girls that e're were seen
Last Line of Poem
When it is join'd to Belly
Language
English
Physical Description
One sheet folded once to form two folios
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Arms of William III, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland within crowned garter and motto Semper Fadem on in cartouche below the garter, 115 x 75 mm
Countermark: Royal Cipher, letters GR surmounted by crown, 35 x 30 mm.
Watermark
Arms of William III
Related Material
Index, ELM III, GaJ 4
University of Nottingham Library:
University of Nottingham Library:
Publication Note
Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. The last volume (London, 1728)
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA1118
Gay; John (1685-1732); poet and dramatist
1685-1732
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