EBBA 21753
Magdalene College - Pepys
| An ANSWER to the / Praise of Good Husbands; / OR, / The Dutiful Daughters Fortunate marriage. / Her tender Mother she obey'd, / who did good counsel give / And was resolv'd to live a maid, / while she might happy live, / In love free from all care and strife, / in this she's not to blame, / For now she is a Merchants wife, / and lives in worthy fame. | |
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| Date Published | 1685-1688 |
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| Imprint | Printed for I. Deacon, at the Angel in Guiltspur-street. |
| License | This may be Printed, R. P. |
| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 4.89 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 4.89 |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | An ANSWER to the / Praise of Good Husbands; / OR, / The Dutiful Daughters Fortunate marriage. / Her tender Mother she obey'd, / who did good counsel give / And was resolv'd to live a maid, / while she might happy live, / In love free from all care and strife, / in this she's not to blame, / For now she is a Merchants wife, / and lives in worthy fame. |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, My life and my death. |
| First Lines | GOod Husbands are Iewels far better than Gold / I own it dear Mother, and therefore behold, |
| Refrain | I am not a weary of living a maid. [with variations; not final stanza] |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 190 x 294 |
| Condition | cropped right edge, creased |
| Ornament | cast fleurons |