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An excellent ballad, iutituled, [sic] the constancy of Susanna, to an excellent new tune.

Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.; Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
1655
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library E3782a Bd.w. E3804h

Title
An excellent ballad, iutituled, [sic] the constancy of Susanna, to an excellent new tune.
Created/published
[London] : Printed for F. Coles, J. Wright, T. Vere, W. Gilbertson, [1655?]
Description
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts) ; obl. (full-sheet).
Associated name
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Note
Wing (CD-ROM edition) reports date of publication as [1655-58]

Verse - "There was a man in Babilon,".

In two parts, printed side by side.

Bound and filmed following Wing E3804A.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006. "Noyses, sounds, and sweet aires" (catalog entry 23)
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), E3781A
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R229833
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library E3782a Bd.w. E3804h
Genre/form
Ballads.
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
E3782a Bd.w. E3804h
Folger-specific note
Warwick. Backed and bound with another copy of the same ballad (Wing E3804A); volume with manuscript note on flyleaf: "The ballad quoted in Twelfth Night. Two early original sheet ballads ..." Provenance: J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps - Warwick Castle copy

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