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Accession number:
PML 3469.74
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London : Printed by and for W.O. at the Angel in Little-Britain; and A.M., [between 1697 and 1709]
Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustration (woodcut) ; 23 x 20.8 cm and 22.3 x 14.4 cm
Notes:
Full-sheet.
Attributed by some sources to Thomas Deloney.
Printed in five columns in black letter with the title and woodcut over the first three columns; woodcut shows an execution scene, with a man standing on a scaffold at left, with a block and executioner at far left, and a woman standing at right offering the prisoner her hand.
Library's copy trimmed to and cut into two sheets containing three and two columns.
Refrain: A sweet thing is Love, / it rules both heart and mind, / There is no comfort in the world / to women that are kind.
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First lines: Rich merchant-man there was, / that was both grave and wise
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