The poor folks complaint: or, A hint of the hard times [S]etting forth the miserable and distressed condition of many hundreds of the poorer sort of people who are almost ready to starve in these hard times, when fireing, and all sorts of provisions are so dear, &c. Awak all you that hoard up wealth in store, and hear the piteous clamours of the poor: regard their cryes, and yield them some relief, and God will be your recompence in chief. To the tune of, Hold buckle and thong together: or, All things be dear but poor mens labour

People / Organizations

• Thomas Passinger Sr. ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for W. Thackeray, T. Passenger, and W. Whitwood, [between 1670 and 1679?]

Publication year

1670-1679

ESTC No.

R187314

Grub Street ID

75617

Description

1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts) ; 1°.

Note

Verse - "You rich men that do live at ease,"

Date of publication conjectured by Wing

Catalogued from Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Pepys Ballads, facsimile volume 4, p. 340.

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