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EBBA 34014

National Library of Scotland - Crawford
The Protestant Cuckold / A New BALLAD. / Being a full and perfect Relation how B.H. the Protestant-News / forger, caught his beloved Wife Ruth in ill Circumstances.
Date Published 1681
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Imprint LONDON: Printed for Francis Smith, 1681.
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Collection National Library of Scotland - Crawford
Location National Library of Scotland
Shelfmark Crawford.EB.1175
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  Part 1
Title The Protestant Cuckold / A New BALLAD. / Being a full and perfect Relation how B.H. the Protestant-News / forger, caught his beloved Wife Ruth in ill Circumstances.
Tune Imprint To the Tune of Packingtons Pound; Or, Timothy Dash the Scriveners Apprentice. / Deprendi miserum est. ----Hor.
First Lines THough the Town does abound so with Plots (and with Shams, / Yet I a true Story to you will relate;
Refrain Oh ye Tories look big, and rejoyce at this News, / For Benjamin's Wife is made free of the Stews.
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Ornament