EBBA 34982
Houghton Library - EBB65
| The Haughty Frenchmens Pride Abased. / OR, / A true Relation of a bloody Skirmish which lately happened / betwixt a company of Spaniards, and a company of Frenchmen; the one Party be- / longing to the Spanish Ambassadour, the other to the French Ambassadour, / both now resident in London: The ground of this Quarrel was their striving for / Superiority who should follow next after our Kings Coach; the Frenchmen would / have had the Vpper-hand, but the Spaniard would not permitt them, and / hereupon the contention grew so strong that they fell to fighting with their naked / Swords in good earnest; and in this bloody Skirmish some of the Frenchmen and / Horses were kil'd, several others wounded, and they in the end were forced to re- / treat, and yield the Victory to the Spaniards. This was done on Tower-Hill the / 30th. of September. 1661. | |
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| Date Published | 1640-1674 ? |
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| Imprint | London, Printed for Rich. Burton at the Horshooe in Smithfield. |
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| Collection | Houghton Library - EBB65 |
| Location | Houghton Library |
| Shelfmark | EBB65 |
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| Title | The Haughty Frenchmens Pride Abased. / OR, / A true Relation of a bloody Skirmish which lately happened / betwixt a company of Spaniards, and a company of Frenchmen; the one Party be- / longing to the Spanish Ambassadour, the other to the French Ambassadour, / both now resident in London: The ground of this Quarrel was their striving for / Superiority who should follow next after our Kings Coach; the Frenchmen would / have had the Vpper-hand, but the Spaniard would not permitt them, and / hereupon the contention grew so strong that they fell to fighting with their naked / Swords in good earnest; and in this bloody Skirmish some of the Frenchmen and / Horses were kil'd, several others wounded, and they in the end were forced to re- / treat, and yield the Victory to the Spaniards. This was done on Tower-Hill the / 30th. of September. 1661. |
| Tune Imprint | Tune is, My Love is gone to Jamaico. |
| First Lines | ALl you that love true News to hear, / attend unto my Ditty, |
| Refrain | The Frenchmen with the Spaniards fought, / but yet they lost the day sir: / The Spaniards put them to the Rout, / and made them run away sir. [with variation] |
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