Strange and wonderful news from Northampton-shire, or, The discontented spirit Being a true relation of a spirit that appeared to one Richard Lake of Hinnington in Northampton-shire. That had been murthered, 267 years, and odd days, he was seen several times about Richard Clarke yard: and at last he comming from ... his mault, the spirit met him at the door and shov'd him into the orchard, and there spoke to him, saying that he must go to London, and so to Southwark to be his messenger, and he would be his guide to go with him, (which the said Clarke did) and what he saw, is expressed in this following ditty. The tune is, Summertime.
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dc.date.created | 1675 |
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dc.description.abstract | Verse - Good people all pray listen well, In four columns with with two woodcuts above the first two columns and below the title. Place and date of publication from Wing CD-ROM, 1996. O copy text is faded affecting legibility. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. |
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dc.subject.lcsh | Ghosts -- England -- Early works to 1800. |
dc.subject.lcsh | Broadsides |
dc.title | Strange and wonderful news from Northampton-shire, or, The discontented spirit Being a true relation of a spirit that appeared to one Richard Lake of Hinnington in Northampton-shire. That had been murthered, 267 years, and odd days, he was seen several times about Richard Clarke yard: and at last he comming from ... his mault, the spirit met him at the door and shov'd him into the orchard, and there spoke to him, saying that he must go to London, and so to Southwark to be his messenger, and he would be his guide to go with him, (which the said Clarke did) and what he saw, is expressed in this following ditty. The tune is, Summertime. |
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identifier.stc | ESTC R229855 |
otaterms.date.range | 1600-1699 |
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