EBBA 38298
Rubenstein Library, Duke University - Miscellaneous
| STRANGE'S CASE, STRANGLY / ALTERED. / Or, a HUE and CRY after a strange old Yorkish Tike full of Black and Blew, Red and Yellow Spots, of a Motley, Dun, Brindled, ill-livered Colour; neither Mastiff nor Mungrel, Tumbler / or Lurcher, Lap-Dog nor Setter, Bull-Dog or Bear-Dog, Wolf-Dog or Sheep-Biter, but all of them: of a Strange Amphibious Nature, lives on Land or on Water, in Court or in Kennel; run / away from his Master, about the 26th Instant, seen on Saturday last behind a Coach, between Sam's Coffee-House, and Madam Celier's: whoever hath (or shall) take him up, / have a special care of him (unless you know his ill qualities) for he has a thousand Dog-Tricks, (viz.) to Fetch for the Papists, Carry for the Protestants, Whine to the King, Dance to Noll's Fiddle, / Fawn on the Courtiers, Leap at their Crusts, wag his Tail at all Bitches, hunt Counter to the Plot, Tong-Pad the Evidence, and Cringe to the Crucifix; but above all this, he has one damn'd / old trick of slipping the Halter. If there be any that can give notice of this dangerous Curr, to the Men in Authority (who have been several days in Grand Quest after him) or bring him (if / he be not there already) to the Sign of the Popes Demi-Culverin, next Door to the Masquerade Committee, in the Street of St. Lud, or to the Tantivy Abhorrors, at the Levitical-Club-House in / Ave-Mary-Ally, so that he may be tied up from his Meat, for the Good of the Publick; he will do his Country good Service, the Protestants Right, the Law Justice, the King a Kindness, un- / deceive the Church, and himself a mighty Favour, in obtaining the Marks-Royal, of a Loyal true Englishman, a Right good Protestant, and a hearty Lover of his King and Country; all / which shall be paid him down (on the Spot) for his honest Care and Pains, | |
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| Date Published | 1680? |
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| Collection | Rubenstein Library, Duke University - Miscellaneous |
| Location | Rubenstein Library, Duke University |
| Shelfmark | DA448 .S773 1680 |
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| Title | STRANGE'S CASE, STRANGLY / ALTERED. / Or, a HUE and CRY after a strange old Yorkish Tike full of Black and Blew, Red and Yellow Spots, of a Motley, Dun, Brindled, ill-livered Colour; neither Mastiff nor Mungrel, Tumbler / or Lurcher, Lap-Dog nor Setter, Bull-Dog or Bear-Dog, Wolf-Dog or Sheep-Biter, but all of them: of a Strange Amphibious Nature, lives on Land or on Water, in Court or in Kennel; run / away from his Master, about the 26th Instant, seen on Saturday last behind a Coach, between Sam's Coffee-House, and Madam Celier's: whoever hath (or shall) take him up, / have a special care of him (unless you know his ill qualities) for he has a thousand Dog-Tricks, (viz.) to Fetch for the Papists, Carry for the Protestants, Whine to the King, Dance to Noll's Fiddle, / Fawn on the Courtiers, Leap at their Crusts, wag his Tail at all Bitches, hunt Counter to the Plot, Tong-Pad the Evidence, and Cringe to the Crucifix; but above all this, he has one damn'd / old trick of slipping the Halter. If there be any that can give notice of this dangerous Curr, to the Men in Authority (who have been several days in Grand Quest after him) or bring him (if / he be not there already) to the Sign of the Popes Demi-Culverin, next Door to the Masquerade Committee, in the Street of St. Lud, or to the Tantivy Abhorrors, at the Levitical-Club-House in / Ave-Mary-Ally, so that he may be tied up from his Meat, for the Good of the Publick; he will do his Country good Service, the Protestants Right, the Law Justice, the King a Kindness, un- / deceive the Church, and himself a mighty Favour, in obtaining the Marks-Royal, of a Loyal true Englishman, a Right good Protestant, and a hearty Lover of his King and Country; all / which shall be paid him down (on the Spot) for his honest Care and Pains, |
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| First Lines | WAs ever Gallows better set, / Where Hangman, Rope and Roger met? |
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