EBBA 20195
Magdalene College - Pepys
| The Constant VVife of Sussex. / Vnto you here I will declare, / A story wonderfull and rare, / Of a wife to preuent her husbands shame, / Vpon her selfe tooke all the blame. | ||
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| Date Published | 1632 | |
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| Imprint | London Printed for Fr. Coles | |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys | |
| Pages | 1.414, 1.415 | |
| Location | Pepys Library | |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 1.414-415 | |
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| Additional Information | ||
| Part 1 | Part 2 | |
| Title | The Constant VVife of Sussex. / Vnto you here I will declare, / A story wonderfull and rare, / Of a wife to preuent her husbands shame, / Vpon her selfe tooke all the blame. | The second part. |
| Tune Imprint | To the tune of, I have for all good wives a song. | To the same tune. |
| First Lines | LIst to my ditty Country men, / I will decipher with my pen, | HOw al things stood with Besse the maid, / who came with speed and to her said, |
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| Album Page | 1/2 sheet folio, originally left part, 285 x 140 | 1/2 sheet folio, originally right part, 281 x 150 |
| Condition | uneven inking | cropped right edge, creased, damaged surface, uneven inking |
| Ornament | cast fleurons | cast fleurons |