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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
43 - Bound volume of MS poems and songs by various authors; n.d. [1681-1703]
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.
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
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PersonName
Dates of existence
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Julian; Robert (fl 1670-c.1690); Captain; scrivener and professional purveyor of manuscript lampoons
fl 1670-c.1690
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