EBBA 20964
Magdalene College - Pepys
| The READING Skirmish: / Or, The Bloody Irish Routed by the Victorious Dutch. / Five hundred Papishes came there, / to make a final end / Of all the Town, in time of Prayer, / but God did them defend. | |
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| Date Published | 1689? |
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| Imprint | [Printed for J D [?] in the Year 1689] |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 2.345 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 2.345 |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | The READING Skirmish: / Or, The Bloody Irish Routed by the Victorious Dutch. / Five hundred Papishes came there, / to make a final end / Of all the Town, in time of Prayer, / but God did them defend. |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, Lilli Borlero. |
| First Lines | WE came into brave Reading by Night, / five hundred Horse=men proper and tall; |
| Refrain | by Chreest and St. Patrick, we all go down. (with variations) |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?210 x 300 |
| Condition | cropped left, right, and bottom edges, damaged surface, uneven inking |
| Ornament | cast fleurons |