An easie way to tame a shrew, or, The young plow-man's frollick : he that a shrew would gladly tame, example take here by the same : as in this ditty you may find, fair words doth please a womans mind : and all good wives where e're you be, pray listen well to this ditty : to please you all I know not how, but yet I say, God speed the plow : to a delightful new tune, or, The collier of Croydon had coles to sell.

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > An easie way to tame a shrew, or, The young plow-man's frollick : he that a shrew would gladly tame, example take here by the same : as in this ditty you may find, fair words doth please a womans mind : and all good wives where e're you be, pray listen well to this ditty : to please you all I know not how, but yet I say, God speed the plow : to a delightful new tune, or, The collier of Croydon had coles to sell.


11175044

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Title
An easie way to tame a shrew, or, The young plow-man's frollick : he that a shrew would gladly tame, example take here by the same : as in this ditty you may find, fair words doth please a womans mind : and all good wives where e're you be, pray listen well to this ditty : to please you all I know not how, but yet I say, God speed the plow : to a delightful new tune, or, The collier of Croydon had coles to sell.
Alternative Title
Easie way to tame a shrew
Easy way to
Second part, to the same tune. Shewing, how the old man married his daughter to this young-man, and how the young-man dealt with his cross-grain'd wife, yet after liv'd a sweet contented life
Young plow-man's frollick
Published / Created
[between 1670 and 1696]
Publication Place
[London] :
Publisher
Printed for P[hilip]. Brooksby, at the Golden-Ball near the Hospital-gate, in West-Smithfield,
Description
BEIN 2000 Folio 6 131: Mounted to 30 x 42 cm.
Caption title for the second part: The second part, to the same tune. Shewing, how the old man married his daughter to this young-man. And how the young-man dealt with his cross-grain'd wife, yet after liv'd a sweet contented life.
Place, date of publication, and publisher's name from Wing.
Verse - "Be merry all you that be here,".
Extent
1 sheet ([1] p.) : 4 ill. (woodcuts) ; 22 x 34 cm.

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
2000 Folio 6 131

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
text
Subject (Topic)
Ballads, English--England--Texts

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Citation
ESTC (RLIN) R227124
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) E110

Identifiers

Catalog Record
4532068
Object ID (OID)
11175044

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