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Document Reference	Pw V 43/84 (pp 362-68)
Title	MS poem, entitled 'Julians Farewell to the Family of the Coquets Or a new Ballad to the Tune of an Old man with a Bag full of Bones', unascribed; n.d.
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 twenty-nine 3 line verses. The subject of the ballad is Captain Robert Julian, scrivener and purveyor of manuscript lampoons.
Title Of Work	Julians Farewell to the Family of the Coquets Or a new Ballad to the Tune of an Old man with a Bag full of Bones
First Line of Poem	Give o're ye Poor Players depend not on Wit
Last Line of Poem	Shall turn all my Bourdeaux to Champain and Nants
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, G 89
	Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Firth c 16, p 161
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 1187
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw2 V 7 f 27
Publication Note	Simpson, The British Broadside Ballad, pp 129-33
	B. Harris, 'Captain Robert Julian, Secretary to the Muses' English Literary History, 10 (1943) pp 294-309
	M. C. Randolph, 'Mr Julian Secretary of the Muses: Pasquil in London', Notes and Queries 184 (1943) pp 2-6
	J. Slater, 'The Early Career of Captain Robert Julian, Secretary to the Muses', Notes and Queries 211 (1966), pp 260-62

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA72722	Julian; Robert (fl 1670-c.1690); Captain; scrivener and professional purveyor of manuscript lampoons	fl 1670-c.1690

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