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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 464
Title
MS poem, untitled, a ballad on 'Bambridge the Warden', by Samuel Wesley, the younger; n.d.
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
The text, which consists of eleven quatrains and the refrain, is an untitled ballad on 'Bambridge the Warden'.
The name of the author is not given on the text.
The number 4 is written on f 2v.
First Line of Poem
Come all You that love Mirth & have cast away Care
Last Line of Poem
And by whom tis inflicted - remains to be told
Language
English
Physical Description
One sheet folded once to form two folios
Physical match: Pw V 465 (script)
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Pro Patria, Dutch maid and Seven Provinces rampant Lion within fenced field, approx. 80 x 95 mm
Countermark: Royal Cipher, crowned GR, approx. 35 x 22 mm
Watermark
Pro Patria
Related Material
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA74558
Bambridge; Thomas (fl 1729); -; attorney and warden of the Fleet; joint warden to Fleet Prison 1728
fl 1729
NA72806
Wesley; Samuel (1691-1739); Mr; the younger
1691-1739
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