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EBBA 37531

British Library - Bagford
THE / STATESMAN. / A New COURT / BALLAD. / Tune of, A Begging we will go, &c. / Aude aliquid brevibus Gyaris aut carcere dignum, / Si vis esse aliquis ------ ------ Juvenal. / Dare to be vile, the Ax and HALTER dare, / If GREAT you be, of HONESTY take Care.
Date Published ?
Author
Standard Tune
Imprint LONDON: / Printed for L. SOW, without Temple Bar, and sold by / the Booksellers of London and Westminster.
License
Collection British Library - Bagford
Pages 2.173 Page Verso, 2.174
Location British Library
Shelfmark C.40.m.10.(177.)
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      Part 1
    Title THE / STATESMAN. / A New COURT / BALLAD. / Tune of, A Begging we will go, &c. / Aude aliquid brevibus Gyaris aut carcere dignum, / Si vis esse aliquis ------ ------ Juvenal. / Dare to be vile, the Ax and HALTER dare, / If GREAT you be, of HONESTY take Care.
    Tune Imprint Tune of, A Begging we will go, &c.
    First Lines SOME Years ago from Norfolck, / There came a Gallant Wight,
    Refrain So to London he wou'd go, wou'd go, &c. [with variation]
    Condition
    Ornament
    Notes This item is not a broadside ballad, but is archived in EBBA because it is included in the important Bagford collection of ballads. It is a song printed in quarto on the recto and verso of two sheets.