The trappan'd taylor, or,a warning to all taylors to beware how they marry.shewing how a begger-wench being insinuated into a house of bawdery, was suddenly transformed outof rags into siiks, flanting it each day with gallants, (yet passing for a maid.) a taylor living hard by,fell deep in love with her person, and afterwards married her, which was no sooner done, but the oldbawd disrob'd her of the rich attire, and put on the raggs which she brought with her; to the greatdiscontent of our monsieur starveling.
University of California, Santa Barbara.Early Modern Center.
London, England : Coles, Francis; Vere, Thomas; Wright, John; Clark, John,
c. 1674-1679.
Title from English Broadside Ballad Archive Catalogue
ESTC
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996)
Digital
National Library of Scotland.
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Ballads, English
Broadside