EBBA 21783
Magdalene College - Pepys
| The Discontented BRIDE: / OR, / A brief Account of Will. the Baker, who Sow'd himself up in a Blanket every Night going to Bed, for / fear of Enlarging his Family. / He was a Drone full well we know, / that would not Sport or Play; / And he that serves a Woman so, / may make her run astray. | |
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| Date Published | 1685-1688 |
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| Imprint | Printed for I. Deacon, at the Sign of the Angel in/ Guiltspur=Street, without Newgate. |
| License | This may be Printed, R. P. |
| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 4.119 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 4.119 |
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| Title | The Discontented BRIDE: / OR, / A brief Account of Will. the Baker, who Sow'd himself up in a Blanket every Night going to Bed, for / fear of Enlarging his Family. / He was a Drone full well we know, / that would not Sport or Play; / And he that serves a Woman so, / may make her run astray. |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, The Maids a Washing themselves, &c. |
| First Lines | WILL the Baker a Wooing went, / At length the Damsel did give consent, |
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| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 200 x 317 |
| Condition | creased and damaged surface |
| Ornament | cast fleurons |