EBBA 21877
Magdalene College - Pepys
| A New Ballad: / GIVING / A True Account of the late Victory obtained at Sea, by the English, over the French; / Shewing, how they were burnt and sunk, and drove against the Rocks of Jersey, / where they were batter'd and consum'd by the English and Dutch Squadrons: / Giving also, A True Relation of the several Superiour Officers which were Slain and Wounded / on both sides, during this hot and bloody Engagement with the French, over whom the English, / have obtain'd a final and intire Victory. | |
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| Date Published | 1692 |
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| Imprint | Printed for J. Bissel, at the Hospital-Gate in West- / smithfield. |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 4.215 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 4.215 |
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| Title | A New Ballad: / GIVING / A True Account of the late Victory obtained at Sea, by the English, over the French; / Shewing, how they were burnt and sunk, and drove against the Rocks of Jersey, / where they were batter'd and consum'd by the English and Dutch Squadrons: / Giving also, A True Relation of the several Superiour Officers which were Slain and Wounded / on both sides, during this hot and bloody Engagement with the French, over whom the English, / have obtain'd a final and intire Victory. |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of Let Caesar live long. |
| First Lines | GReat William's success does his Trophies advance, / Whose Glories triumph o'er the power of France; |
| Refrain | Thus Royal King William does the Victory gain, / And rules with his Navy all over the Main. [with variations, not final stanza] |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 195 x 295 |
| Condition | cropped top and right edges, creased surface |
| Ornament | vertical rule and cast fleurons. |