EBBA 37726
British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads
| The Crafty MISS; / Or, An Excise-man well fitted. / Being a true Relation of an Excise-man, who lately in the County of Kent had / received the sum of Fourscore pounds, and lighting into the company of a / Crafty Miss, who gave him the Chouse for it all; and riding away with his / Gelding, left in the stead a Mare which she had stole; for which Mare he was / Arraigned, and narrowly escaped the penalty of the Law: Which may be a / sufficient warning to all Excise-men far and near, to amend their lives, to hate / a Miss, and love their Wives. | |
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| Date Published | 1671-1702 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for J. Deacon at the Angel in Guilt-spur street. |
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| Collection | British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads |
| Location | British Library |
| Shelfmark | C.22.f.6.(106.) |
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| Title | The Crafty MISS; / Or, An Excise-man well fitted. / Being a true Relation of an Excise-man, who lately in the County of Kent had / received the sum of Fourscore pounds, and lighting into the company of a / Crafty Miss, who gave him the Chouse for it all; and riding away with his / Gelding, left in the stead a Mare which she had stole; for which Mare he was / Arraigned, and narrowly escaped the penalty of the Law: Which may be a / sufficient warning to all Excise-men far and near, to amend their lives, to hate / a Miss, and love their Wives. |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, Moggies Jealousie. |
| First Lines | THere was an Excise-man so fine / rode into the County of Kent, |
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| Notes | ESTC Date: 1684
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