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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 613
Title
MS poem entitled 'A Dialogue between ye Gentleman that looks over Lincoln and ye Gentleman on Bloomsbury Church. par Nobile Fratum'; c 1723
Date
n.d. [c 1723]
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of thirteen 4-line verses, plus refrain, one less than the printed version in A Collection of Loyal Songs (1750).
Upon George I's effigy placed on the top of Bloomsbury church steeple in 1723.
Sung to the ballad dune 'Derry down'.
Title Of Work
A Dialogue between ye Gentleman that looks over Lincoln and ye Gentleman on Bloomsbury Church. par Nobile Fratum
First Line of Poem
As Satan o'er Lincoln was looking one Day
Last Line of Poem
He'd be glad to come off half so well at Cambray Derry down down hey derry down
Language
English
Physical Description
One large folio folded once forming two quartos
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Countermark: Monogram PD, 15 x 15 mm
Related Material
Crum, Index, A 1651
University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 614
Publication Note
A Collection of Loyal Songs, Poems etc (1750) p 27
Simpson, The British Broadside Ballad, pp 172-76
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PersonName
Dates of existence
NA19598
George I (1660-1727); King of Great Britain and Ireland
1660-1727
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