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The male and female husband: or, A strange and wonderful relation how a midwife living at St. Albans, being brought to bed of an hermophrodite : brought it up in womans apparel, and carryed it with her as her deputy to be assisting at the labours of several women, going under the name of Mary Jewit: and how at last a discovery of it was made by it lying with a maid, and getting her with-child, whom the said hermophrodite was thereupon obliged to marry: with a particular account of the trades and imployments it was put to during its minority. With several pleasant passages that happened. To the tune of, What shall I do, shall I dye for love, &c.
Date: [between 1670-1696]- Books
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A worthy example of a vertuous wife : who fed her father with her own milk, being condemned to be famished to death and after was pardoned by the Emperor. To the tune of Flying fame.
Date: [1635?]- Books
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Fayre warning, or, Happy is he whom other mens harmes can make to beware, and to shun Satans charmes : To the tune of Packingtons pound.
M. P. (Martin Parker), -1656?Date: [1635?]- Books
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Iohn Hadlands advice: or a warning for all young men that have meanes : advising them to forsake lewd company cards, dice, and queanes, to the tune of the bonny bonny broome.
Crimsal, RichardDate: [1635?]- Books
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Another ballad: called The libertines lampoone: or, The curvets of conscience : To the tune of, Thomas Venner, or 60. / Written by the authour of the Geneva Ballad.
Samuel ButlerDate: 1674- Books
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A health to all good-fellowes: or, The good companions arithmaticke : To the tune of, To drive the cold winter away.
Date: [1637?]- Books
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The dead mans song : vvhose dwelling was neere unto Bassings Hall in London. to the tune of, Flying fame.
Date: [1640?]- Books
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The poore man payes for all : This is but a dreame which here shall insue: but the author wishes his words were not true. To the tune of In slumbring sleepe I lay.
Date: [1625?]- Books
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The mournful subjects or, The whole nations lamentation, from the highest to the lowest : who did, with brinish tears, (the true signs of sorrow) bewail the death of their most gracious Soveraign King, Charles the second; who departed this life Feb. 6th. 1684. And was interr'd in Westminster-Abby, in King Henry the Seventh's Chappel, on Saturday night last, being the 14th. day of the said month; to the sollid grief and sorrow of all his loving subjects. To the tune of, Troy Town; or, The Dutchess of Suffolk.
Date: [1685?]- Books
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Hang pinching, or The good fellowes observation, mongst a ioviall crew, of them that hate flinching, but is alwayes true blew : To the tune of Drive the cold winter away.
Blunden, WilliamDate: [1636?]- Books
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The coaches ouerthrow. Or, A ioviall exaltation of divers tradesmen, and others, for the suppression of troublesome hackney coaches : To the tune of, Old King Harry.
Date: [1636]- Books
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The olde bride, or The gilded beauty : To a dainty new tune.
Date: [1635?]- Books
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The doleful dance, and song of death; intituled, Dance after my pipe : To a pleasant new tune.
Hill, Thomas, active 1680Date: [1680]- Books
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The Bride's burial : To the tune of, The lady's fall, &c.
Date: [1700?]- Books
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Come buy this new ballad, before you doe goe: If you raile at the author, I know what I know : To the tune of, Ile tell you but so.
Date: [1628-1629]- Books
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A marvelous medicine to cure a great pain, if a maiden-head be lost to get it again.
Date: 1664?]