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Document ReferencePw V 629
TitleMS song entitled 'An Excellent new Ballad, on the fall of Guineas'; 1715
Date1715
Extent1 f
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionText consists of twelve 3-line verses plus refrain 'which nobody can deny'.

According to Needham, a printed copy of this broadside, endorsed 1715, was in the library at Welbeck, shelfmark 39.H.1.

Manuscript copy in the same hand as Pw V 626.
Title Of WorkAn Excellent new Ballad, on the fall of Guineas
First Line of PoemOne and twenty and sixpence not three weeks ago
Last Line of PoemFor fear t'should be seis'd by the Sweed or Muscov(?)
LanguageEnglish
Physical DescriptionOne folio leaf
ConditionFragile
Descriptive FeaturesWatermark: Pro Patria, Dutch maiden and Seven Provinces rampant Lion within fenced field, 87 x 90 mm
WatermarkPro Patria
Publication NoteSimpson, The British Broadside Ballad, p 274
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