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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 603
Title
MS ballad entitled, 'The Checquer Inne'; 1680-1700
Date
1680-1700
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text 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 Work
The Checquer Inne
First Line of Poem
I'le tell thee Dick where I have been
Last Line of Poem
And I for them be shent
Language
English
Physical Description
One folio now torn and divided into 2 half folios
Condition
Very fragile (should not be handled until after restoration)
Descriptive Features
Chainlines about 25 mm apart
Mixed
Related Material
Index, 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 Note
Poems 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
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA1121
Marvell; Andrew (1621-1678); poet
1621-1678
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