The coy cook-maid, who was courted importunately by Irish, Welch, Spanish, French, and Dutch, but at last was conquered by a poor English taylor. Tune of, There was a brisk lass, &c. This may be printed, R.P

People / Organizations

• Philip Brooksby ("printed for")

Imprint

London]: Printed for P. [Brooksby], in Py-corner, [between 1685 and 1688

Publication year

1685-1688

ESTC No.

R234431

Grub Street ID

105778

Description

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

Note

Verse - "Joan scrub'd up her roomes, made all things clean,"

Place and date of publication from Wing

In this edition, line 1 of title reads "The coy". In another edition, line 1 reads "The"

Catalogued from Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Pepys Ballads, facsimile volume 3, p. 156.

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