EBBA 20804
Magdalene College - Pepys
| The Kentish VVonder. / OR, / The Unmerciful Farmers Misfortune. / Containing an Account of an Old Miser, living in the Town of Maulden in the / County of Kent, that kept his Corn so long, in hopes it would be still Dearer, that at length the very Hogs would / not eat it. Likewise in his Field this Summer, a sheaf of Corn was heard to cry like a young Child while it was / bound, but when it was open, and spread, it ceased; but when bound up again it did the like, to the astonishment of / all Spectators. | |
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| Date Published | 1695-1703 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for E. Tracey, at the Three Bibles on / London=Bridge. |
| License | Licensed according to Order. |
| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 2.189 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 2.189 |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | The Kentish VVonder. / OR, / The Unmerciful Farmers Misfortune. / Containing an Account of an Old Miser, living in the Town of Maulden in the / County of Kent, that kept his Corn so long, in hopes it would be still Dearer, that at length the very Hogs would / not eat it. Likewise in his Field this Summer, a sheaf of Corn was heard to cry like a young Child while it was / bound, but when it was open, and spread, it ceased; but when bound up again it did the like, to the astonishment of / all Spectators. |
| Tune Imprint | |
| First Lines | COme listen a while and I here will unfold / A strange Wonder, the like I think never was told, |
| Refrain | Who had laid up his Corn in a plentiful store, / For enriching his Coffers, and starving the Poor. [with variations] |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 204 x 300 |
| Condition | creased, uneven inking, verso shows through |
| Ornament | horizontal and vertical rules |