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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 632
Title
MS song entitled 'A New Ballad. Tune of To you fair Ladies now at land'; n.d.
Date
n.d.
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of thirteen 6-line verses plus refrain.
According to Needham, a printed copy of this broadside was in the library at Welbeck, shelfmark 39.H.1.
Title Of Work
A New Ballad. Tune of To you fair Ladies now at land
First Line of Poem
Let P___y speak, or Caleb write
Last Line of Poem
God save the King, Fold up the Skreen
Language
English
Physical Description
One sheet folded once to form two folios
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Pro Patria, Dutch maiden and Seven Provinces rampant Lion within fenced field, 95 x 100 mm
Countermark: Letters HWS, 14 x 47 mm
Watermark
Pro Patria
Publication Note
Robin's Panegyrick Or the Norfolk Miscellany (London, 1729) p 113
Simpson, The British Broadside Ballad, pp 647-51
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