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THE
Surprizing Adventures,
O F
Jack; Qaktmiy & Tom Splicewdl.
Kings, ‘who are Fatherst live hut in their People,
DK.YD. DON. SJB.
A ’V the conclufion of the war. Jack
JljL. Oakum and Toin Splice well, two
- tailorsxj.y,riio had been fome time on
iltei'e, and had fpent the produce of
their lad voyage; after a finall time
tilde Wapping Landlady, who was cal¬
led Mother 33oubIe-Chalk’, began not
only to look coolly upon them, but al¬
to according to cuftom, when their
money was gone, to behave roughly
towards them; ;mdthey not being cn-
oj tec into any fefvice, began to
(peerne how they mould raile a little
ruoney for their prefent ufep and, af-
;t;U* federal propofals made between
them, that ftiil met, lb me objeifdbns.
one of them at length laid Zooi-s-!- ineff-
mate, wfnit think you.... a rip two,
fof a' venture
o-pn-v^teenn;y.
• theft coafb a ihtie? ki mv
apeut
md' we
Surprizing Adventures,
O F
Jack; Qaktmiy & Tom Splicewdl.
Kings, ‘who are Fatherst live hut in their People,
DK.YD. DON. SJB.
A ’V the conclufion of the war. Jack
JljL. Oakum and Toin Splice well, two
- tailorsxj.y,riio had been fome time on
iltei'e, and had fpent the produce of
their lad voyage; after a finall time
tilde Wapping Landlady, who was cal¬
led Mother 33oubIe-Chalk’, began not
only to look coolly upon them, but al¬
to according to cuftom, when their
money was gone, to behave roughly
towards them; ;mdthey not being cn-
oj tec into any fefvice, began to
(peerne how they mould raile a little
ruoney for their prefent ufep and, af-
;t;U* federal propofals made between
them, that ftiil met, lb me objeifdbns.
one of them at length laid Zooi-s-!- ineff-
mate, wfnit think you.... a rip two,
fof a' venture
o-pn-v^teenn;y.
• theft coafb a ihtie? ki mv
apeut
md' we
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| Chapbooks printed in Scotland > Adventures and adventurers > Surprizing adventures, of Jack Oakum, & Tom Splicewell > (2) |
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| Description | Two sailors, who went a pirating on the King's highway. How that the first prize they took gave information of their course, and being pursued by a whole squadron, Tom Splicewell was taken and condemned to be hanged; but by means of his beloved friend Jack Oakum, who interceeded with His Majesty, he was pardoned Also a copy of Jack's polite letter to the king, on the above occasion. To which is added, The merry revenge; or, Joe's stomach in tune. [Glasgow? : Publisher not identified], Printed in the year, 1798. |
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| Shelfmark | L.C.2833(13) |
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| Description | Over 3,000 chapbooks published in Scotland in the 18th and 19th centuries. Subjects include courtship, humour, occupations, fairs, apparitions, war, politics, crime, executions, Jacobites, transvestites, and freemasonry. Chapbooks are small booklets of 8, 12, 16 and 24 pages, often illustrated with crude woodcuts. Produced cheaply and sold by peddlars on the streets, they formed the staple reading material of the common people, along with broadsides. |
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