EBBA 33873
National Library of Scotland - Crawford
| The Crafty MISS; / Or, An Excise-man well fitted. / Being a true Relation of an Excise-man, who lately in the County of Kent had / received the sum of Fourscore pounds, and lighting into the company of a / Crafty Miss, who gave him the Chouse for it all; and riding away with his / Gelding, left in the stead a Mare which she had stole; for which Mare he was / Arraigned, and narrowly escaped the penalty of the Law: Which may be a / sufficient warning to all Excise-men far and near, to amend their lives, to hate / a Miss, and love their Wives. | |
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| Date Published | 1672-1702 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for J. Deacon at the Angel in Guilt-spur street. |
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| Collection | National Library of Scotland - Crawford |
| Location | National Library of Scotland |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.1155 |
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| Title | The Crafty MISS; / Or, An Excise-man well fitted. / Being a true Relation of an Excise-man, who lately in the County of Kent had / received the sum of Fourscore pounds, and lighting into the company of a / Crafty Miss, who gave him the Chouse for it all; and riding away with his / Gelding, left in the stead a Mare which she had stole; for which Mare he was / Arraigned, and narrowly escaped the penalty of the Law: Which may be a / sufficient warning to all Excise-men far and near, to amend their lives, to hate / a Miss, and love their Wives. |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, Moggies Jealousie. |
| First Lines | There was an Excise-man so fine / rode into the County of Kent, |
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