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English ballads > Soldiers & sailors > Sailor turn'd pyrate, or; A scourge for a press gang

Sailor turn'd pyrate, or; A scourge for a press gang
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/86225486
Description	'Sailor turn'd pyrate' in the title is in black letter. First line reads: O assist me, ye powers that have rhimes at command.
Shelfmark	Crawford.EB.2639
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1705 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content:	Ballads Sailors Recruiting Violence
Person / organisation:	Gentleman who was unlawfully detain'd [Author]
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English ballads
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Description	Collection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.
Attribution and copyright:	Reproduced with permission from materials on loan to the National Library of Scotland from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1800-1900 [Date printed]
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