Record

Document Reference	Pw V 538
Title	MS poem, untitled 'There was an old lad, roade on an old pad'; n.d.
Date	n.d.
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of twelve 4-line verses. Satirical ballad on the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury in 1615. Attributed to Sir Thomas Portsun and Sir Thomas Parsons respectively in British Library, Add. MS 15891 and Bodleian Library, MS Don, c. 54.
First Line of Poem	There was an old lad, roade on an old pad
Last Line of Poem	They may say their pleasure and thinke it hard measure ô knaves, ô Panders, ô Baudes
Language	English
Physical Description	One sheet folded once to form two folios
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Pot surmounted by quatrefoil and circle, containing letters CLP, approx. 60 x 23 mm
Watermark	Pot
Related Material	Crum, Index, T 1765
	<a href="http://molcat.bl.uk/">British Library</a>, MS Add. 15891, f 245r
	<a href="http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/">Bodleian Library, Oxford</a>, MS Don. c 54, f 24r
	<a href="http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/">Bodleian Library, Oxford</a>, MS Firth d 7, f 164r
	<a href="http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/">Bodleian Library, Oxford</a>, MS Rawl. poet. 160, f 162r
	University of Nottingham Library:
	University of Nottingham Library:
Publication Note	J. Fry (ed.), Pieces of ancient poetry (Bristol, 1814) pp 21-23