The skilful doctor of Glocester-shire: or, A new way to take physick, : this ditty doth concern a country farmer, who lay with his maid not thinking to harm her, but she, the poor wench, was by her master vild, first tempt to sin, then after got with child: but by the doctors skill her honest dame, excus'd her husband, and sav'd her maid from blame, the doctor he hath medic nes in store, to cure all sorts of folks, both rich and poor. The tune is, Beds making.

The skilful doctor of Glocester-shire: or, A new way to take physick, : this ditty doth concern a country farmer, who lay with his maid not thinking to harm her, but she, the poor wench, was by her master vild, first tempt to sin, then after got with child: but by the doctors skill her honest dame, excus'd her husband, and sav'd her maid from blame, the doctor he hath medic nes in store, to cure all sorts of folks, both rich and poor. The tune is, Beds making.

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [London] : Printed for W. Thackeray, J. Millet and A. Milbourn, [between 1689 and 1692]
Series:Early English books online.
Subjects:
Ballads, English > Early works to 1800.
Broadsides > England > 17th century.
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