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The lamentation of seven journeymen-taylors : being sent up in a letter from York-shire and written in verse by a wit : giving a true account of a wench, who being with-child, laid it to seven journey-men taylors, who at length was forc'd to contribute each man his penny a day to defray this extraordinary charge : with other circumstances which this had like to have incurred upon the seven distressed journey-men taylors / this being published for the good of all journey-men aylors, lest they unhappily do fall in the like distress ; to the tune of, I am the Duke of Norfolk ; entred according to order.
Van Pelt - Microtext Microfilm cont 703 pt.5 reel 3
Mixed Availability
- Format:
- Microformat
- Series:
- Women advising women ; pt. 5, reel 3.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Broadsides--England--London--Early works to 1800.
- Broadsides.
- Man-woman relationships--Early works to 1800.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Pregnancy in literature--Early works to 1800.
- Pregnancy in literature.
- Child support--Early works to 1800.
- Child support.
- England--London.
- Genre:
- Ballads -- England -- 17th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (woodcuts) ; oblong1⁰
- 35 mm
- monochrome
- service copy
- positive
- Other Title:
- Taylors answer to the justice
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : Printed for I. Deacon, at the angel in Guilt-spur-street, [1695]
- Summary:
- Ballad about a pregnant woman defrauding some taylors.
- Notes:
- Verse - "Attend and you shall hear,".
- In two parts, with woodcuts at head of each part; second part has heading: The taylors answer to the justice.
- Place of publication from Wing, which estimates 1684-1695 as publication date.
- Another edition has "without Newgate" in imprint.
- Filmed copy at Adam Matthew's set Women Advising Women: Part 5: Women's writing and advice, c1450-1720, reel 3, Douce Ballads 1[218], cropped at head, affecting title and two woodcuts.
- Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library..
- Microfilm. Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Publications ; Oxford, England : Bodleian Photographic Service. 1998. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. Women advising women ; pt. 5, reel 3.
- Cited in:
- Wing (2nd ed.), L287.
- ESTC (RLIN), ESTCR215505.
- OCLC:
- 63661417
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