EBBA 21926
Magdalene College - Pepys
| The Skilful DOCTOR; Or, The / Compleat Mountebank. / Good people give ear to me, that stand within the Throng, / And you shall hear a Story strange of a Doctor that is come. / Strange Courages he doth undertake, and he doth come from Spain, / If a Maid has lost her Maiden-head, he can help her to it again. | ||
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| Date Published | 1685-1688 | |
| Author | R. Pilkington | |
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| Imprint | Printed for J. Conyers, at the Golden-Ring, upon Ludgate-Hill, over / against the Old-Baily. | |
| License | This may be Printed. R. P. | |
| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys | |
| Page | 4.265 | |
| Location | Pepys Library | |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 4.265 | |
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| Part 1 | Part 2 | |
| Title | The Skilful DOCTOR; Or, The / Compleat Mountebank. / Good people give ear to me, that stand within the Throng, / And you shall hear a Story strange of a Doctor that is come. / Strange Courages he doth undertake, and he doth come from Spain, / If a Maid has lost her Maiden-head, he can help her to it again. | The Doctor's Famous Cures. |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, Over the Mountains. | |
| First Lines | COme here you brave Gallants, / of Fame and Renown, | I Must have a fat Ore / that was hatched in an Egg, |
| Refrain | And he can help a Maid / to her Maiden=head again. (with variations) | And then I can help you / to your Maiden-heads again. (with variations) |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 190 x 300 | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 190 x 300 |
| Condition | uneven inking | uneven inking |
| Ornament | horizontal rule and cast fleurons. | horizontal rule and cast fleurons |