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Document Reference	Pw V 43/36 (pp 166-71)
Title	MS poem, entitled 'A Ballad', not ascribed; n.d.
Date	1686 (c)
Level	Piece
Content Description	A detailed description of the volume in which this item appears can be found under the reference Pw V 43.
Content Description	Text consists of thirteen 6-line verses. This poem details the scandals which took place in the first year of James II's reign.
Title Of Work	A Ballad To the Old tune of Taking of Snuff is the Mode of the Court.
First Line of Poem	The Widdows and Maids
Last Line of Poem	To Delight both my Lord and my Lady
Language	English
Physical Description	For details of the physical evidence (paper, watermarks, binding etc) of the volume in which this item appears see the entry for Pw V 43.
Related Material	Crum, Index, T 1544
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 1254
	Another version of the same MS.
Publication Note	Poems on Affairs of State, vol IV (1968), pp 67-72

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA15001	James II (1633-1701); King of England Scotland and Ireland; succ. 1685; also styled Duke of York	1633-1701
NA72896	Sedley; Catherine (1657-1717); Countess of Dorchester and Countess of Portmore; née Sedley; mistress of James II; later married Sir David Colyear, Earl of Portmore	1657-1717

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