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Halfe a dozen of good vvives : All for a penny. Kind cozens or country-men what ere you be, if you want a good penny-worth, come buy it of me, sixe wives for a penny, a young one or old, a cleanely good huswife, a slut or a scold. To the tune of, The cleane contrary way.

Van Pelt - Microtext STC I Reel 1055:7.
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Format:
Microformat
Series:
Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1055:7.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Ballads, English--17th century.
Ballads, English.
Physical Description:
1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations
35 mm
monochrome
service copy
positive
Other Title:
Halfe a dozen of good wives
Place of Publication:
Printed at London : [by E. Purslowe] for F. C[oules] dwelling in the Old-Bayly, [1640?]
Notes:
Verse - "If any standers by".
Names in imprint and suggested publication date from STC.
In two parts; woodcuts at head of each part.
Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1965. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 1055:07). s1965 miun a
Cited in:
STC (2nd ed.) 25937.
OCLC:
55197731

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