Erra Paters Prophesy or Frost Faire 1683

The River of Thames

Roasting an Ox

Slyding in Skeats

The Battle of Hay

The Loyall Printing howse

A Coach crossing the Ice

A Bull baaiting

A Boate Sayling on the Ice

The Musike Booth

William Bence

Three Pilgrims returning from [...] H

Old Erra Pater, or his rambling Ghost,
Prognosticating of this long strong frost,
Some Ages past, Said, yt ye Ice-bound Thames
Shou'd prove a Theatre for Sports and Games
Her Watr'y Green be turn'd into a Bare,
For Men a Citty seem, for Booths a Faire;
And now this Stragling Sprite is once more come
To Visit Mortalls and foretel their doom:
When Maids grow modest ye Dissenting Crew
Become all Loyal, the Falsehearted true,
Then you may probably, and not til then
Expect in England such a Frost [...] agen.

Printed for Iames Norris at the Kings armes wth: out Temple Barr

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