EBBA 20793
Magdalene College - Pepys
| A New Ballad of / Three Merry Butchers / AND / Ten High-Way Men, how three Butchers went to pay Five Hundred Pounds away, and hearing a Woman / crying in a Wood, went to relieve her, and was there set upon by these Ten High-Way Men, and how only / stout Johnson fought with them all, who kill'd Eight of the Ten, and last was kill'd by the Woman whom / he went to save out of the Wood. | |
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| Date Published | 1684-1700 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for J. Bissel at the Bible and Harp in West-/ smith-field. |
| License | Licensed according to Order. |
| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 2.176 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 2.176 |
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| Title | A New Ballad of / Three Merry Butchers / AND / Ten High-Way Men, how three Butchers went to pay Five Hundred Pounds away, and hearing a Woman / crying in a Wood, went to relieve her, and was there set upon by these Ten High-Way Men, and how only / stout Johnson fought with them all, who kill'd Eight of the Ten, and last was kill'd by the Woman whom / he went to save out of the Wood. |
| Tune Imprint | To an Excellent New Tune. |
| First Lines | Ill tell you of a story of lovly Butchers three, / There's Wilson, Gibson, Jonnson, mark well what I shall |
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| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 204 x 300 |
| Condition | cropped left, right, and bottom edges, creased, uneven inking |
| Ornament | vertical rule and cast fleurons |