EBBA 20770
Magdalene College - Pepys
| Sad and Dreadful News from / Horsly-Down, in the Parish of St. Mary Magdalen Bermondset; / OR, / A Warning to Brokers, Tally-men, and such like unconscionable Carter-pillars; by the sad Example of Dorothy / Winter-bottom, Alias Dirty-Doll, late of Horsly-Down, who according to her own Report, as 'tis Credibly / attested, by contending with the Devil, received such mortal Bruises, as occasioned her death, she dying on / the 27th. of August, and war buried at St. Olives Southwark, on the 28th. of the same month, 1684. / Reader, behold what Mortals are, when sin / Opens the Gate and lets the Tempter in, / As by this Story may too plain be seen. | |
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| Date Published | 1684 |
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| Imprint | Printed for J. Blare, at the Looking-glass in the/ New-Buildings on London-Bridge. |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 2.152 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 2.152 |
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| Title | Sad and Dreadful News from / Horsly-Down, in the Parish of St. Mary Magdalen Bermondset; / OR, / A Warning to Brokers, Tally-men, and such like unconscionable Carter-pillars; by the sad Example of Dorothy / Winter-bottom, Alias Dirty-Doll, late of Horsly-Down, who according to her own Report, as 'tis Credibly / attested, by contending with the Devil, received such mortal Bruises, as occasioned her death, she dying on / the 27th. of August, and war buried at St. Olives Southwark, on the 28th. of the same month, 1684. / Reader, behold what Mortals are, when sin / Opens the Gate and lets the Tempter in, / As by this Story may too plain be seen. |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, Now now the Fights Done; Or, Packingtons Pound. |
| First Lines | A Story most strange I shall to you declare, / The like in past ages will hardly appear, |
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| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, folded, 215 x 270 |
| Condition | cropped bottom edge, creased |
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