Wit out-witted, or, the cheater cheated. It being an account of John who got Jone with child, and then would have sent her away to Virginia; he having gotten her aboard: but by the help of the master, he himself was trappan'd and Jone set on shore. To the tune of the Devonshire frollick

People / Organizations

• Philip Brooksby ("printed for")

Imprint

London]: Printed for P. Brook[s]by in Pye corner, [1672 - 1696

Publication year

1672-1696

ESTC No.

R234132

Grub Street ID

105495

Description

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

Note

Bodleian Library ballads database suggests publication date "between 1672 and 1696"; Wing suggests "[1685?]"

Verse - "John and Jone in one house did dwell".