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Document Reference	Pw V 490
Title	MS poem, entitled 'A True and Lamentable new Ballad, call'd The Earl's Defeat', by Philip, Duke of Wharton; n.d.
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 29 quatrains. The title is followed by the instruction 'To the tune of Chevy Chase' and a quotation from Milton: 'On both sides slaughter and Gigantic Deeds'.
Title Of Work	A True and Lamentable new Ballad, call'd The Earl's Defeat
First Line of Poem	God prosper long from being broke
Last Line of Poem	The Devil and the Pope
Language	English
Physical Description	One sheet folded once lengthwise forming two long folios
Condition	Fragile
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Arms of the City of London, approx. 57 x 50 mm Countermark: Royal Cipher, crowned GR, approx. 30 x 24 mm
Watermark	Arms of London
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library:
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library:
Publication Note	J. Ralph, Miscellaneous poems by Several hands, particularly the D___ of W_____n, Sir S. Garth... (London, 1729) p 55

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA73001	Milton; John (1608-1674); Mr; poet	1608-1674
NA30145	Wharton; Philip (1698-1731); Duke of Wharton; cr. 1718; styled Viscount Winchendon 1706-15; 2nd Marquess of Wharton 1715-8; Jacobite; attainted; estates forfeited	1698-1731

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