EBBA 20699
Magdalene College - Pepys
| The Bedford-shire VVidow; / OR, / The Poor in Distress Reliev'd, / Being a full and true Relation, of a poor Widow, whose Hus- / band was dead, and she turn'd out of doors by her Creditors, and forced with / her three Children to lye in the street, and Beg for Bread; and how that Queen Mary, walking in her / Garden, and hearing her Beg, came to her, and caused her children to be cloathed and put to Nurse, / and gave the poor widow a weekly pension, to maintain her as long as she liv'd. | |
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| Date Published | 1694 |
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| Imprint | Printed for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, and/ J. Back. |
| License | Licensed According to Order. |
| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 2.75 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 2.75 |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | The Bedford-shire VVidow; / OR, / The Poor in Distress Reliev'd, / Being a full and true Relation, of a poor Widow, whose Hus- / band was dead, and she turn'd out of doors by her Creditors, and forced with / her three Children to lye in the street, and Beg for Bread; and how that Queen Mary, walking in her / Garden, and hearing her Beg, came to her, and caused her children to be cloathed and put to Nurse, / and gave the poor widow a weekly pension, to maintain her as long as she liv'd. |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, Let Caesar live long. |
| First Lines | IN Scripture we read how that Dorcas the good, / Did dayly supply the poor Widows with Food. |
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| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?195 x 290 |
| Condition | damaged surface, uneven inking |
| Ornament | horizontal and vertical rules |