EBBA 21164
Magdalene College - Pepys
| The English Fortune-Teller. / Being a brief direction to shun all strife, / A brief instruction how to chuse a Wife; / Whereby a man may lead a happy life. / It shews a difference in womans qualities, / By colour of their hair, both face & eyes. | |
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| Date Published | 1681-1684 |
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| Imprint | Printed for J. Wright, J. Clarke,/ W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger. |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 3.152 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 3.152 |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | The English Fortune-Teller. / Being a brief direction to shun all strife, / A brief instruction how to chuse a Wife; / Whereby a man may lead a happy life. / It shews a difference in womans qualities, / By colour of their hair, both face & eyes. |
| Tune Imprint | The Tune is, Ragged and torn, &c. |
| First Lines | YOu young=men that want skill in wooing, / and if you desire to be wed, |
| Refrain | But chiefly I'd wish you beware, / of a wench with a rowling eye: / For she that will cozen and swear, / will also dissemble and lye. [stanzas 1-9] |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 210 x 306 |
| Condition | cropped bottom edge, torn top left corner, holed and damaged surface |
| Ornament | vertical rule |