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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 767
Title
MS song entitled 'The Reply to the fair Prisoner's petition'; 15 Apr. 1715
Date
15 April 1715
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consits of six 6-line verses plus refrain.
Answer to 'Dame Dorothy's Petition ('You ladies fair of old England); copied by Thomas Hearne on 15 April 1715.
Title Of Work
The Reply to the fair Prisoner's petition
First Line of Poem
Ye Cuckholds all of fam'd Cheapside
Last Line of Poem
Like eighty-eight [or forty-one]
Language
English
Physical Description
One folio folded once to form two quarto leaves
Condition
Very poor, f 2 is missing bottom right corner
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Post Horn within crowned, ornate shield and insignia 4WR suspended below the shield, 115 x 57 mm
Watermark
Horn (crowned shield)
Related Material
Crum, Index, Y 27
<a href="http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/">Bodleian Library, Oxford</a>, MS Eng. poet. e 87, p 69
<a href="http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/">Bodleian Library, Oxford</a>, MS Hearne's diaries 53, p 126
<a href="http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/">Bodleian Library, Oxford</a>, MS Rawl. poet. e 155, p 71
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA72776
Hearne; Thomas (1678-1735); Mr; historical antiquary
1678-1735
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