EBBA 21845
Magdalene College - Pepys
| The POPLAR-Feast: / OR, / A CAT-PASTY. / Shewing how some Maids of Poplar, baked a Cat in a Pasty, and invited several young Seamen to the eating of it, with / their Merriment and pasttime. / A Cat well baked in a pan, / Is a Dish for any man; / The Lasses of our town can tell, / That Seamen love a Cat so well, / That rather then they mean to beat her, / They will roast her well, and eat her. | |
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| Date Published | 1685-1688 |
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| Imprint | Printed for C. Dennisson, at the Stationers-arms / with-in Aldgate. |
| License | This may be Printed, R. P. |
| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 4.183 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 4.183 |
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| Title | The POPLAR-Feast: / OR, / A CAT-PASTY. / Shewing how some Maids of Poplar, baked a Cat in a Pasty, and invited several young Seamen to the eating of it, with / their Merriment and pasttime. / A Cat well baked in a pan, / Is a Dish for any man; / The Lasses of our town can tell, / That Seamen love a Cat so well, / That rather then they mean to beat her, / They will roast her well, and eat her. |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, The two English Travellers. |
| First Lines | ALL you that love Pasty come hither to me / here is the best Pasty that ever you see; |
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| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?215 x 315 |
| Condition | cropped right edge, uneven inking |
| Ornament | cast fleurons |