EBBA 38084
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. | |
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| 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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| 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." |