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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 782
Title
MS song entitled 'The Ks Sp Englished A New Ballad'; n.d. [1708]
Date
n.d. [1708]
Extent
1 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of fourteen 3-line verses plus refrain.
Also known by the title 'Jack French-mans Defeat' Ouendarde, 1708.
Title Of Work
The Ks Sp Englished A New Ballad
First Line of Poem
Oye Commons and Peers who are bound by your Pay
Last Line of Poem
When I've nothing to ask and you nothing to spend
Language
English
Physical Description
Single folio
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Countermark: Royal Cipher, crowned GR surrounded by palm fronds and within a circle, 41 x 41 mm
Related Material
University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 774
University of Nottingham Library:
Publication Note
J.W. Ebsworth (ed.), Bagford Ballads (1878) I, p 386
Simpson, The British Broadside Ballad, pp 274-78
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