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THE
WIFE OF BEITH.
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*|rN Beith once dwelt a worthy wife,
J Of whom brave Chaucer mention makes
She lived a licentious life,
And namely in venereal ads;
But death did come for all her cracks :
When years were fpent and days out-drivenj
Then fuddenly fhe ficknefs takes.
Deceas’d forthwith, and went to heaven.
Bur as Ihe went upon the way,
There follow’d her a certain guide,
And kindly to her did he fay.
Where mean you, dame, for to abide ?
1 know you are the wife of Beith,
And would not then that you go wropg,
,For I’m your friend, and will be leath
'That you go through this narrow throng;
WIFE OF BEITH.
I
*|rN Beith once dwelt a worthy wife,
J Of whom brave Chaucer mention makes
She lived a licentious life,
And namely in venereal ads;
But death did come for all her cracks :
When years were fpent and days out-drivenj
Then fuddenly fhe ficknefs takes.
Deceas’d forthwith, and went to heaven.
Bur as Ihe went upon the way,
There follow’d her a certain guide,
And kindly to her did he fay.
Where mean you, dame, for to abide ?
1 know you are the wife of Beith,
And would not then that you go wropg,
,For I’m your friend, and will be leath
'That you go through this narrow throng;
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| Chapbooks printed in Scotland > Religion & morality > Wife of Beith > (2) |
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| Description | Reformed and corrected. Giving an account of her death, and of her journey to heaven; how on the road she fell in with Judas, who led her to the gate of hell, and what converse she had with the devil, who would not let her in: also, how at last she got to heaven, and the difficulties she encountered before she got admittance there. The whole being an allegorical dialogue, containing nothing but that which is recorded in scripture for our example. Paisley : Printed by J. Neilson, 1811. |
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| Shelfmark | L.C.2860(6) |
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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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