EBBA 22015
Magdalene College - Pepys
| The Gelding of the Devil. / OR, / The prittiest Jest that e're was known, / For the Bakers wife her skill hath shown, / Then listen a while, and I the news will tell, / Betwixt the Baker and the Devil of Hell. | |
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| Date Published | 1674-1679 |
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| Imprint | Printed for F, Coles, T. Vere, I. Wright, and I, Clark. |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 4.351 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 4.351 |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | The Gelding of the Devil. / OR, / The prittiest Jest that e're was known, / For the Bakers wife her skill hath shown, / Then listen a while, and I the news will tell, / Betwixt the Baker and the Devil of Hell. |
| Tune Imprint | To a dainty new Tune, called, The Gelding of the Devil: Or, the Card Players. |
| First Lines | A Pretty jest I will you tell, / Of the gelding of the Devil of Hell; |
| Refrain | [repeat last 2 lines of each stanza] |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 202 x 327 |
| Condition | cropped top and right edges, holed and damaged surface, uneven inking |
| Ornament | vertical rule and cast fleurons |