The true description of two monsterous chiildren laufully begotten betwene George Steuens and Margerie his wyfe, and borne in the parish of Swanburne in Buckingham shyre, the. iiii. of Aprill. Anno Domini. 1566, the two children havuing both their belies fast ioyned together, and imbraycyng one an other with their armes: which children wer both a lyue by the space of half an hower, and wer baptized, and named the one John, and the other Joan.
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dc.contributor.author | Mellys, John. |
dc.coverage.placeName | London |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-09T10:09:13Z |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-09T10:09:13Z |
dc.date.created | 1566 |
dc.date.issued | 2008-09 |
dc.identifier | ota:A07417 |
dc.identifier.citation | http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/A07417 |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12024/A07417 |
dc.description.abstract | Signed: Iohn Mellys Nor. Verse - "Read how affrique land was fraught". Publication date from STC. Woodcut illustration at head of title page. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. |
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dc.language | English |
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dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
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dc.subject.lcsh | Ballads, English -- 16th century. |
dc.subject.lcsh | Conjoined twins -- Early works to 1800. |
dc.title | The true description of two monsterous chiildren laufully begotten betwene George Steuens and Margerie his wyfe, and borne in the parish of Swanburne in Buckingham shyre, the. iiii. of Aprill. Anno Domini. 1566, the two children havuing both their belies fast ioyned together, and imbraycyng one an other with their armes: which children wer both a lyue by the space of half an hower, and wer baptized, and named the one John, and the other Joan. |
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identifier.stc | STC 17803 |
identifier.stc | ESTC S107046 |
otaterms.date.range | 1500-1599 |
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