EBBA 20222
Magdalene College - Pepys
| Old Christmass Returnd, / Or, Hospitality REVIVED. / Being a Looking-glass for rich Misers, wherein they may see (if they be not blind) / how much they are too blame for their penurious house-keeping, and likewise / an incouragement to those noble-minded Gentry, who lay out a great part of / their Estates in Hospitality, relieving such persons as have need thereof. / Who feasts the Poor a true reward shall find / Or helps the old, the Feeble, lame and blind. | |
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| Date Published | 1672-1696 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for P. Brooksby |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 1.475 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 1.474-475 |
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| Title | Old Christmass Returnd, / Or, Hospitality REVIVED. / Being a Looking-glass for rich Misers, wherein they may see (if they be not blind) / how much they are too blame for their penurious house-keeping, and likewise / an incouragement to those noble-minded Gentry, who lay out a great part of / their Estates in Hospitality, relieving such persons as have need thereof. / Who feasts the Poor a true reward shall find / Or helps the old, the Feeble, lame and blind. |
| Tune Imprint | Tune of The Delights of the Bottle, |
| First Lines | ALL you that to Feasting and mirth are inclin'd, / Come here is good news for to pleasure your mind, |
| Refrain | Then come boyes and welcome, for dyet the chief / Plumb pudding, Goose, Capon, minc't pies & Roast beef. [with variations] |
| Album Page | single sheet oblong folio, pasted across 2 pages, 246 x 287 |
| Condition | cropped right edge, uneven inking |
| Ornament | vertical rule |