EBBA 20777
Magdalene College - Pepys
| THE / High-way Mans Advice / To his Brethren. / Or, Nevison's Last Legacy to the Knights of the High-Padd; / By way of Caution, to deter them from following their Unlawful Enterprizes. / Being a most Pleasant New Song, greatly in Request both in City and Country. / Beware all you that set Unlawful Game, / Least in the end your selves you sadly shame; / Hemp is a fatal Weed, and spoils the growth / Of many a rash and unadvised Youth: / Then timely warning take er'e 'tis too late, / And by that warning shun untimely Fate. | |
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| Date Published | 1684 |
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| Imprint | Printed for I. Wright, I. Clark, VV. Thackeray, and T. Passenger. |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 2.157 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 2.157 |
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| Title | THE / High-way Mans Advice / To his Brethren. / Or, Nevison's Last Legacy to the Knights of the High-Padd; / By way of Caution, to deter them from following their Unlawful Enterprizes. / Being a most Pleasant New Song, greatly in Request both in City and Country. / Beware all you that set Unlawful Game, / Least in the end your selves you sadly shame; / Hemp is a fatal Weed, and spoils the growth / Of many a rash and unadvised Youth: / Then timely warning take er'e 'tis too late, / And by that warning shun untimely Fate. |
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| First Lines | FOllow bonny Lad, / By the high=way side, |
| Refrain | my own dear loving Brother; [line 3 of each stanza] |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 203 x 303 |
| Condition | cropped bottom edge, uneven inking |
| Ornament | vertical rules |