EBBA 21797
Magdalene College - Pepys
| THE / Poor Contented Cuckold / Being a Relation, / Of a man that us'd sometimes to stand, / Pimp at the door holding it with his hand / The whilst the Gallant did his VVife possess, / In quiet he poor fool thinking no less, / But that he all his money should obtain / Being mistaken made him thus complain. | |
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| Date Published | 1689 |
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| Imprint | Printed for Iames Bissel, at the Bible and Harp in West=Smithfield, 1689. |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 4.133 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 4.133 |
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| Title | THE / Poor Contented Cuckold / Being a Relation, / Of a man that us'd sometimes to stand, / Pimp at the door holding it with his hand / The whilst the Gallant did his VVife possess, / In quiet he poor fool thinking no less, / But that he all his money should obtain / Being mistaken made him thus complain. |
| Tune Imprint | Tune of, Cold and Raw. |
| First Lines | VVAs e'er man so unfortunate, / as to be a Cuckold and poor sir; |
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| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?195 x 317 |
| Condition | damaged surface, uneven inking |
| Ornament | vertical rules |