EBBA 20253
Magdalene College - Pepys
| The Skilfull Doctor of Glocester-shire; / OR, / A New way to take Physick. / This Ditty doth concern a Country Farmer, / Who lay with his maid, not thinking to harm her, / But she, poor Wench, was by her master vild, / First tempt to sin, and after got with Child: / But by the Doctors skill, her honest Dame, / Excus'd her Husband, and sav'd her maid from blame; / The Doctor he hath medicines in store, / To Cure all sorts of folks, both rich and poor. | |
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| Date Published | 1684-1686 |
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| Imprint | Printed for I. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 1.531 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 1.530-531 |
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| Title | The Skilfull Doctor of Glocester-shire; / OR, / A New way to take Physick. / This Ditty doth concern a Country Farmer, / Who lay with his maid, not thinking to harm her, / But she, poor Wench, was by her master vild, / First tempt to sin, and after got with Child: / But by the Doctors skill, her honest Dame, / Excus'd her Husband, and sav'd her maid from blame; / The Doctor he hath medicines in store, / To Cure all sorts of folks, both rich and poor. |
| Tune Imprint | The Tune is, The Beds making. |
| First Lines | A Country Farmer, as 'tis said, / That had a pritty handsome Maid, |
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| Album Page | single sheet oblong folio, pasted across 2 pages, 260 x 335 |
| Condition | damaged surface, uneven inking |
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