Save a thief from the gallows, and he'l hang thee if he can, or, The merciful father and the merciless son : to the tune of, Fortune my foe.

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Description

Title: Save a thief from the gallows, and he'l hang thee if he can, or, The merciful father and the merciless son : to the tune of, Fortune my foe.
Alternative Title: Confession and repentance of George Saunders
Merciful father and the merciless son
Save a thief from the gallows, and he'l hang thee if he can
Published / Created: between 1684 and 1686?]
Publication Place: [London:
Publisher: Printed for J. Clarke, W. Thackeray and T. Passinger?,
Description: BEIN 2000 Folio 6 286: Imperfect: mutilated at bottom, some text and imprint wanting; Mounted to 30 x 42 cm.
Description based on imperfect Beinecke Library copy wanting imprint. Possibly Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) S772D and ESTC (RLIN) R187385.
Imprint from Wing.
In two parts, printed side by side. Part two has caption title: The confession and repentance of George Saunders, gentleman late of Sugh, in the county of Hertford, who killed his own uncle, and accused his own father for the murder, but by Gods providence being discovered, dyed for the same whereas he wrote this song with his own hand.
Verse - "You disobedient children mark my fall,".
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] p.) : 2 ill. (woodcuts) ; 25 x 37 cm.

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: 2000 Folio 6 286

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: text
Subject (Topic): Ballads, English--England--Texts
Executions and executioners--England--Poetry--Early works to 1800
Murder--England--Poetry--Early works to 1800

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 4572759
Object ID (OID): 11175209