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British Library - Osterley Park
A General SUMMONS for those belonging to the / Hen-Peck'd FRIGATE, / To appear at Cuckolds=Point, on the 18th. of this Instance October. / A New SONG on Horn-Fair.
Date Published 1671-1702 ?
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Imprint Printed for J. Deacon.
License Licensed according to Order.
Collection British Library - Osterley Park
Location British Library
Shelfmark C.39.k.6.(44.)
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      Part 1
    Title A General SUMMONS for those belonging to the / Hen-Peck'd FRIGATE, / To appear at Cuckolds=Point, on the 18th. of this Instance October. / A New SONG on Horn-Fair.
    Tune Imprint Tune is Ladies of LONDON.
    First Lines HEre is a Summons for all honest Men, / belonging to the Hen-peck'd Frigate;
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    Notes This ballad is preceded by a prose paragraph: "YOur Presence is required, and are hereby lawfully Summoned (as belonging / to the Hen-Peck'd-Frigate) to appear at Cuckolds-Point (being the antient Place / of our Rendezvous) on the 18th. of this Instant October, precisely by Seven of / the Clock in the Morning, well fitted with a Basket, Pit-Axe and Shovel, there to give / your Attendance, till the List of your Brethren, the Knights of the Forked Order, is / called over, and then at the Word of Command, to march in good Order to the Gravel- / Pits, there to Dig Sand and Gravel for Repairing the Foot-Ways, that your Wives with / their Friends may have pleasure and delight in walking to Horn-Fair, whereof you are / not to fail, under the Penalty of a Garret-Correction, and the Forfeiture of all your / Goods and Chattels, except your Master's Jointure. / Thomas Cann't-Be-Quiet Beadle."