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English ballads > Literature & Theatre > Prologue to Mr Lacy's new play, Sir Hercules Buffoon or Poetical esquire

Prologue to Mr Lacy's new play, Sir Hercules Buffoon or Poetical esquire
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/86766476
Description	Imprint from colophon. First line reads: Ye scribling fops, (cry mercy if I wrong ye).
Shelfmark	Crawford.EB.3576
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1684 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content:	Ballads Theatrical productions Plays (performed works)
Person / organisation:	D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723 [Author] Lacy, John, -1681 [Attributed name]
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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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