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Document ReferencePw V 38/39 (pp 187-94)
TitleMS poem, entitled 'Canto', not ascribed; n.d.
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionA full description of the volume in which this item appears can be found under the reference Pw V 38.
Text consists of 177 lines.

Gloss to the text in a different hand: 'the Orange Wench and Ld Newport' appears in margin by line 1, referring to 'Nan and Frank' in the title.

Also known by the title 'The Quarrel Between Frank and Nan' written in 1681 and referring to Francis, Viscount Newport and Nan Capell, an orange woman.
Title Of WorkCanto
First Line of PoemNan and Frank two quondam friends
Last Line of PoemBetwixt the whitestaffe knight, and Lady of ye red nose
LanguageEnglish
Physical DescriptionFor details of the physical evidence (paper, watermarks, binding etc) of the volume in which this item appears see the entry for Pw V 38.
Related MaterialCrum, Index, N 6
Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Firth c 15, p 111
University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 42/23
University of Nottingham Library:
Another copy of Pw V 38/39
Publication NotePoems on Affairs of State (1703) ii, p 122

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA74326Newport; Richard (1619-1708); 1st Baron Newport1619-1708
NA74327Capell; Nan; an orange woman
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