Hear all you Friends to Knighthood
| First Line | Hear all you Friends to Knighthood |
|---|---|
| Author | Philip Dormer Stanhope |
| Date | 1729 |
| Description | Ballad [Humour]. Transcribed from "On Sir W— M—n, Knight of the Bath, loosing his Badge of the Order." Miscellaneous poems, by several hands... 1729, pp. 206–208. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0110619696. |
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Transcription
Hear all you Friends to Knighthood,
A Tale will raise your Wonder,
How Caitif vile,
By basest wile,
An hardy Knight did plunder.
How from this British Worthy,
This Knave, — a Pox light on hur!
Did once purloin
The only Sign,
And Badge he had of Honour.
Oh! had you seen our Hero!
No Knight could e'er look bigger;
Unless his Size,
My song belies,
Than M--n of Tredegar.
A Ribbon grac'd his Shoulder,
A Star shone on his Breast, Sir,
With smart Toupee,
Fort bien poudré,
And Cockade on his Crest, Sir.
This Ribbon held a Bauble,
Which his kind Stars decreed him;
With which he'd play,
Both Night and Day,
'Twould do you good to see him.
Tho' I a Bauble call it,
It must not thus be slighted;
'Twas one of the Toys,
Bob gave his Boys,
When first the Chits were knighted.
Hur was the Flower of Knighthood,
You ne'er saw such a gay Thing;
But English Rogue,
Confound the Dog,
Who's rob hur of hur play Thing.
Rouze up, ye brave Knights Errant,
Ne'er give this Caitif Quarter;
Ye Knights of the Toast,
Or Knights of the Post,
Or Thistle, Bath, or Garter.
Learn hence, ye courtly Lordlings,
Who hear this fatal Story;
On how slight Strings,
Depend those Things,
Whereon ye hang your Glory.
Beinecke Osborn c176
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1701-1730 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
p. 4.
Local title: A ballad on Sr Wm Morgan losing the badge of his order.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: First line: ...Friends of Knighthood...
Beinecke Osborn c360 (1/3)
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
p. 171.
Local title: On Sir William Morgan of Tredegar, Knight of the Bath, being robbed of his badge of that order.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: First line: Hear all ye Friends...
Other: n/a
British Library Add. MS 37684
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1701-1730 |
| Archive | British Library |
f. 16
Local title: On Sir W Morgan, Knight of the Bath, losing the Badge of his Order.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Folger MS M.a.174
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1701-1730 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
pp. 183–184.
Local title: A New Ballad to the tune of Of Noble race was Shenkin.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Huntington MS 82623
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1701-1730 , 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Huntington Library |
pp. 38–39.
Local title: On Sr. Wm. Morgan Knight of the Bath loseing the Badge of the Order. To the Tune of A Noble Race was Shinkin.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variant: First line: Hear all the Friends to Knighthood...
Other: Attributed date: 1726/7.
Leeds Brotherton Lt 12
| Title | Miscellany Poems 1728 |
|---|---|
| Period | 1701-1730 , 1731-1760 , 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Brotherton Library |
p. 4.
Local title: On Sr. Wm. Morgan's loosing his George.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Leeds Brotherton Lt 35
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1701-1730 , 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Brotherton Library |
pp. 44–45.
Local title: On Sir William Morgan loosing the Order of the Knights of the Bath from his side 1726.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: First line: ...Friends of Knighthood...
Other: n/a
Leeds Brotherton Ltq 51
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Brotherton Library |
p. 191.
Local title: On the loss of Sr Wm Morgans red ribbon at Reading, to the tune of Noble Race of Shimkin.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: First line: Hear all true friends of Knighthood...
Other: n/a