EBBA 37661
British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads
| THE / Nobe Mans Generous Kindness, / OR, / The Country-Mans Unexpected Happiness, / Giving a true Account of a Nobleman, who taking notice of the Poor / Man's Industrious Care and pains for the maintaining of his Charge, which was seven small Children, meeting him upon / a day, Discoursed with him, and inviting him and his Wife, with his Children, home to his House, and accordingly bestow- / ed upon him a Farm of Thirty Acres of Land, to be continued to him and his Heirs for ever. | |
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| Date Published | 1672-1696 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for P. Brooksby, at the Sign of the Golden-Ball / in Pye=Corner. |
| License | This may be printed, R.P. |
| Collection | British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads |
| Location | British Library |
| Shelfmark | C.22.f.6.(157.) |
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| Title | THE / Nobe Mans Generous Kindness, / OR, / The Country-Mans Unexpected Happiness, / Giving a true Account of a Nobleman, who taking notice of the Poor / Man's Industrious Care and pains for the maintaining of his Charge, which was seven small Children, meeting him upon / a day, Discoursed with him, and inviting him and his Wife, with his Children, home to his House, and accordingly bestow- / ed upon him a Farm of Thirty Acres of Land, to be continued to him and his Heirs for ever. |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, The two English Travellers. |
| First Lines | A Noble Man liv'd near a Village of late, / Hard by a poor Thresher, whose charge it was |
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