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Document ReferencePw V 603
TitleMS ballad entitled, 'The Checquer Inne'; 1680-1700
Date1680-1700
Extent2 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionText consists of 29 six-line verses.

Printed version entitled 'A New Ballad call'd,The Chequer Inn'.

Beal dates this copy to the late 17th century (see Index, II, MaA 76).
Title Of WorkThe Checquer Inne
First Line of PoemI'le tell thee Dick where I have been
Last Line of PoemAnd I for them be shent
LanguageEnglish
Physical DescriptionOne folio now torn and divided into 2 half folios
ConditionVery fragile (should not be handled until after restoration)
Descriptive FeaturesChainlines about 25 mm apart

Mixed
Related MaterialIndex, ELM II, MaA 76
Crum, Index, I 1124
University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 42/7
For other concordances see Index, ELM, II, MaA 62-74 and Ma A 77-84
Publication NotePoems on Affairs of State (London, 1704) pp 57-63
Poems on Affairs of State, vol I (1963), pp 252-62

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA1121Marvell; Andrew (1621-1678); poet1621-1678
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