- Published / Created:
- [between 1670 and 1696?]
- Call Number:
- 2000 Folio 6 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- Maltster caught in a trap and Witty ale-wife
- Description:
- BEIN 2000 Folio 6 4: Mounted to 30 x 42 cm., Place of publication and publisher's name from Wing CD-ROM, 1996., Verse - "I pray you draw near and attend now a while,"., and Wing CD-ROM, 1996 gives range of dates: 1670-1696.
- Publisher:
- Printed for P[hilip]. Brooksby at the ball in Py-Corner,
- Subject (Topic):
- Ballads, English--England--Texts, Cuckolds--England--Poetry--Early works to 1800, and Marriage--England--Poetry--Early works to 1800
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The maltster caught in a trap or, The witty ale-wife : this ale-wife she was run upon the maltster's score full twenty-pounds for malt, I think, and more : but he desir'd a bit of Venus game, and I think he paid full dearly for the same : he made a discharge I say for once, and glad he was that he could save his stones : he was lamfateed [sic] till his bones were sore : he has made a vow he'l ne'r come there no more : the ale-wifes husband did so belabour him, that made him stink, and piss for very shame : tune is, What should a young woman do with an old man : or, Digby's farewel.
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