EBBA 21961
Magdalene College - Pepys
| The Poor Man put to a Pinch: / OR, / A DECLARATION of these hard Times. / The Times are bad, we all do see, / Pray God min it now, it if may be; / Both in Countrey and in Town, / Trading is very fore gone down; / Which makes great Poverty to be, / In City, and in Countrey: / And there's little Money to be had, / The Times are grown so very bad. | |
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| Date Published | 1662-1692 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for J. Conyers at the Black Raven a / little above St. Andrews Church in Holborn. |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 4.299 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 4.299 |
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| Title | The Poor Man put to a Pinch: / OR, / A DECLARATION of these hard Times. / The Times are bad, we all do see, / Pray God min it now, it if may be; / Both in Countrey and in Town, / Trading is very fore gone down; / Which makes great Poverty to be, / In City, and in Countrey: / And there's little Money to be had, / The Times are grown so very bad. |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, The description of this Age, or, Aim not to high. |
| First Lines | POor people are over=charged sore with grief, / And the Aged sort, alass! they are the Chief; |
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| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 205 x 308 |
| Condition | cropped top edge |
| Ornament | horizontal and vertical rules, and cast fleurons |