A Leicester-shire frolick; or, The valiant cook-maid : Being a merry composed jest of five taylors that had been at work till their wages came to five pounds; likewise a merry conceited cook-maid that lived in the house, went to her master and desired him to lend her a horse, and she would venture her skill to take the 5-pound from these five taylors, without either sword or pistol, in a jesting way, to make her master some sport and to show her valour: her master loving mirth more then sadness, agreed to it: so a horse was sadled, and other things to disguise her self, because she might not be known: away she went (it being in the evening) and met them before they got home, with nothing in her hand but a black pudding, the faint-hearted taylors delivered her their money very quietly, for fear they should a been shot through with a black pudding, and what followed after is expressed in this following ditty. Tune is, Ragged and torn. With allowance.

Format:

Book

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballads, English--17th century.

Ballads, English.

Genre:

Broadsides -- England -- 17th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)) : illustrations (woodcut)

Other Title:

Valiant cook-maid

Ragged and torn.

Place of Publication:

[London] : Printed for R. Burton ..., [1641-1674]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Place of publication and suggested date of publication from Wing (2nd edition).

Imperfect: broadside cropped with some loss of printing.

Verses in black letter; chorus lines in roman.

Printed in four columns with a woodcut at head of first column of text.

Verse - "I'lle tell you a pretty fine jest;"

Reproduction of original in: Bodleian Library.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2851:23) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing (2nd edition) L971A

OCLC:

62369426

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.