%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Great NEWS from SOUTHWARK:/ OR, THE/ Old Woman's Legacy to her Cat:/ Giving an Account of an old miserable Woman, who lately kept a blind/ Ale-house, in Tooley street, near the Burrough of Southwark; who was so wretch-/ ly Covetuous, as to deny herself the common Benefits of Life, as to Meat and/ Cloaths; leaving at her Death, about eighteen hundred Pounds to her CAT;/ using to say often, when the CAT mew'd,/ Peace PUSS, peace; thou shalt have all, when I am Dead. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1695 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 08/07/2007 22336

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5.414 R234534 1 The Bleeding Heart The Bleeding Heart The Bleeding Heart IN Southwark there did lately dwell, / A rich old Woman, noted well: date from imprint. Pepys 5.414 Rollins (1) VII:161-163; Wing G1731 Pepys Library The Pepys ballads : facsimile volume Editor W.G. Day D.S. Brewer Cambridge [England] 1987 Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 5: 414 Great NEWS from SOUTHWARK:/ OR, THE/ Old Woman's Legacy to her Cat:/ Giving an Account of an old miserable Woman, who lately kept a blind/ Ale-house, in Tooley street, near the Burrough of Southwark; who was so wretch-/ ly Covetuous, as to deny herself the common Benefits of Life, as to Meat and/ Cloaths; leaving at her Death, about eighteen hundred Pounds to her CAT;/ using to say often, when the CAT mew'd,/ Peace PUSS, peace; thou shalt have all, when I am Dead. Great NEWS from SOUTHWARK: OR, THE Old Woman's Legacy to her Cat: Giving an Account of an old miserable Woman, who lately kept a blind Ale-house, in Tooley street, near the Burrough of Southwark; who was so wretch- ly Covetuous, as to deny herself the common Benefits of Life, as to Meat and Cloaths; leaving at her Death, about eighteen hundred Pounds to her CAT; using to say often, when the CAT mew'd, Peace PUSS, peace; thou shalt have all, when I am Dead. Great News from Southwark: Or, the Old Woman's Legacy to Her Cat: Giving an Account of an Old Miserable Woman, Who Lately Kept a Blind Ale-house, in Tooley Street, Near the Borough of Southwark; Who was so Wretchedly Covetuous, as to Deny Herself the Common Benefits of Life, as to Meat and Clothes; Leaving at Her Death, about Eighteen Hundred Pounds to Her Cat; Using to Say Often, When the Cat Mewed, Peace Puss, Peace; Thou Shalt Have All, When I am Dead. 1/2 sheet folio, 246 x 155 cropped left and right edges, uneven inking horizontal rules 1695 LONDON: Printed for James Reud, 1695. James Read Weinstein: imprint BBTI has no James Reud, the ballad is probably a misprint

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 Taxonomy used by Pepys to Organize Ballads in Albums A Small Promiscuous Supplement Devotion & Morality Drinking & Good Fellowship History - True & Fabulous Humour, Frollicks &c Love Pleasant Love Pleasant and Unfortunate Love Unfortunate Marriage Sea State & Times Tragedy Various Subjects Early Modern Center Ballad Project Keyword Taxonomy advice affliction/health alcohol animals/nature appearance Bible/biblical figures buildings/architecture catastrophe children class clothing/fashion country/nation crime death economics/trade entertainment family/procreation folklore gender historical figures & events holidays/seasons infidelity law London love maritime marriage military/war monstrosity mythology/Classical world news nobility/court politics/government punishment religious concepts religious figures religious types & sects royalty rural life servitude sex/sexuality supernatural/magic The New World travel trickery/deceit urban life vice violence virtue vulgarities/crass humor Library of Congress Subject Heading Taxonomy 8/7/2007 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Various Subjects affliction/health animals/nature economics/trade law London urbanlife 08/07/07 Checker Rachel Mann Transcription checked, Metadata added, Xballaded 09/13/06 Transcriber Talya Meyers Original Transcription 10/23/2004 Bibliographer Simone Chess Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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IN Southwark there did lately dwell, A rich old Woman, noted well: An Ale-house-keeper by her trade; She liv'd alone, and had no maid. For very poor she seem'd to be, And was maintain'd by Charity, Her Family was very small, A Cat she kept, and that was all. No food herself she would afford, But what came from her Neighbour's board: But for her Cat, she meat would buy, And feed her; ay! most daintily. She liv'd so close, and far'd so hard, That she herself had well nigh starv'd: No cloath's or victuals would she buy, But feet her Cat most daintily. She heaped up her bags in store, And pincht her guts, to lay up more: Tho' she as lean as rak, did grow, Her Cat was plump as any doe. Her belly-money up she laid, Until an handsome sum it made: Her guttage-money it was found To be nigh eighteen hundred pound.
For Death at length began to creep, And rock the rich old Crone asleep; Asleep she lay, to Death confin'd, And left her Cat, and wealth, behind. A day or two, did scarcely pass, When by her Neighbors mist she was: Who marvell'd greatly, that she stay'd, And came not for her daily bread. Among the rest, one went to see, What the occasion there might be: But when that he came in the house, He found all still, as any mouse. Up stairs he went, and in the bed He found the rich old Woman dead: And looking in a trunk just by, Near eighteen hundred pounds did lie. No sooner he had found the hoard, But he divulg'd it all abroad: Then flockt the Neighbours, to behold The treasur'd bags of coyned gold. Thus did he cheat and baffle such, As thought her poor, for she was rich: Her belly sav'd it for her Cat, But Puss must shew the Will for that.
LONDON: Printed for James Reud, 1695.