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Document ReferencePw V 43/84 (pp 362-68)
TitleMS 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.
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionA detailed description of the volume in which this item appears can be found under the reference Pw V 43.
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 WorkJulians 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 PoemGive o're ye Poor Players depend not on Wit
Last Line of PoemShall turn all my Bourdeaux to Champain and Nants
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 43.
Related MaterialCrum, 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 NoteSimpson, 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

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CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA72722Julian; Robert (fl 1670-c.1690); Captain; scrivener and professional purveyor of manuscript lampoonsfl 1670-c.1690
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