EBBA 35989
Beinecke Library - Michell-Jolliffe
| A Tryal of skill, performed by a poor decayed Gentlewoman, / Who cheated a rich Grasier of Sevenscore pound, and left him a Child to keep. / If you will know, then listen a while, / And you shall know that which will make you smile. | |
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| Date Published | 1681-1684 |
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| Imprint | Printed for I. Wright, I. Clarke, W. Thackeray, / and T. Passinger. |
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| Collection | Beinecke Library - Michell-Jolliffe |
| Location | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
| Shelfmark | 2000 Folio 6 238 |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | A Tryal of skill, performed by a poor decayed Gentlewoman, / Who cheated a rich Grasier of Sevenscore pound, and left him a Child to keep. / If you will know, then listen a while, / And you shall know that which will make you smile. |
| Tune Imprint | The Tune is, Ragged and Torn. |
| First Lines | KInd Country=men list to my Ditty, / I pray you what ever you be, |
| Refrain | Take heed of bad women therefore, / by women are men overthrown, / And rich men are often made Poor, / when as they keep more then their own. |
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