%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> A / BALLAD / On the most Renowned / Shuff of Newberry. / On this Tragical Occasion a Courier was immediately dispatch'd to Her Majesty's Almonder at / Christ church in Oxford, whose Office it was to act at Coroner in that Ancient Burrough; who hav- / ing made all the Expedition so weighty an Affair required, upon his arrival summon'd a very Wise / Jury no doubt, who having examin'd all Witnesses, and maturely weigh'd the most Minute Circum- / stances, found as a Devidand due to the King, that Part of the Custard which remain'd uneaten. / If any one desires to be farther inform'd in this Matter, let them consult the Records of that An- / cient Burrough, or that Living Oracle the Recorder thereof. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer ?-? Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 07/12/2021 37624

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R172575 1 Chevy Chase Chevy Chase Chevy Chase IN bloody Town of Newberry / There liv'd and dy'd, a Blockhead, British Library - Bagford Editor none none none none Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 3: 91 A / BALLAD / On the most Renowned / Shuff of Newberry. / On this Tragical Occasion a Courier was immediately dispatch'd to Her Majesty's Almonder at / Christ church in Oxford, whose Office it was to act at Coroner in that Ancient Burrough; who hav- / ing made all the Expedition so weighty an Affair required, upon his arrival summon'd a very Wise / Jury no doubt, who having examin'd all Witnesses, and maturely weigh'd the most Minute Circum- / stances, found as a Devidand due to the King, that Part of the Custard which remain'd uneaten. / If any one desires to be farther inform'd in this Matter, let them consult the Records of that An- / cient Burrough, or that Living Oracle the Recorder thereof. A BALLAD On the most Renowned Sheriff of Newberry. On this Tragic Occasion a Courier was immediately dispatched to Her Majesty's Almonder at Christ church in Oxford, whose Office it was to act at Coroner in that Ancient Borough; who having made all the Expedition so weighty an Affair required, upon his arrival summoned a very Wise Jury no doubt, who having examined all Witnesses, and maturely weighed the most Minute Circumstances, found as a Dividend due to the King, that Part of the Custard which remained uneaten. If any one desires to be farther informed in this Matter, let them consult the Records of that Ancient Borough, or that Living Oracle the Recorder thereof. ?-?

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I. IN bloody Town of Newberry There liv'd, and dy'd, a Blockhead, Of whom, I'm sure, you ne'er had heard If he had not been choaked. II. The adjacent Burrough call'd him Shuff; Of State, not very thriving, Since the same Thing which made him Dye, Is that which keeps us Living. III. He Custard on a Wager eate, And so did cram his Wizand, That tho' he put it in, he could Not pluck it out with his Hand. IV. Innocent Meat did fatal prove Eate ready without Knife; Down on the Ground he groveling fell, And Custard strove with Life. V. But as he saw the Enemy Was like to stop his Breath,
He manifestly gave up the Ghost, And dying, eate his Death. VI. As Scavola more Credit got, 'Cause his bold Hand did miss; So if thou had'st the Wager won, Thy Credit had been less. VII. Where Falls of Empires, and of States Were told in weekly Vollume Unto the Wonder of the World, Thou gracest the first Collume. VIII. Thy Custard with Scrinis Feats Do yeild, which none deny, Unto the Authors fam'd the Gain, All England o'er a Peny. IX. Now Londoners, O pray, beware Eke Alderman and Mayor: What Danger may in Capon prove, If Custard turn Man-slayer.