EBBA 22198
Magdalene College - Pepys
| The SEA-Martyrs; / OR, / The Seamen's sad Lamentation for their Faithful Ser- / vice, Bad Pay, and Cruel Usage. / Being a woful Relation how some of them were unmercifully put to / Death for pressing for their Pay, when their Families were like / to starve. / Thus our New Government does Subjects serve, / And leaves them this sad choice to hang or starve. | |
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| Date Published | 1691 |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 5.375 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 5.375r-v |
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| Title | The SEA-Martyrs; / OR, / The Seamen's sad Lamentation for their Faithful Ser- / vice, Bad Pay, and Cruel Usage. / Being a woful Relation how some of them were unmercifully put to / Death for pressing for their Pay, when their Families were like / to starve. / Thus our New Government does Subjects serve, / And leaves them this sad choice to hang or starve. |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of Banstead Downs. |
| First Lines | GOod People, do but lend an Ear, / And a sad Story you shall hear, |
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| Album Page | 1/2 sheet folio, mounted, 270 x 160 |
| Condition | cropped outer edge, uneven inking, verso shows through |
| Ornament | horizontal and vertical rules |