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English ballads > Religion & morality > Letter to Father Petres from the Devil

Letter to Father Petres from the Devil
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/86027334
Description	" ... upon the miscarriage of their affairs here". First line reads: Son Petre,/ Yours I received from the infernal post. At end of text: Given at our court, and sign'd by me The Devil. In one column.
Shelfmark	Crawford.EB.3808
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1689 [Date printed] Great Britain History James II, 1685-1688 [Date/event in text]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content:	Ballads Kings (people) Religion (discipline) Confessors Devil
Person / organisation:	Petre, Edward, 1631-1699 [Subject of text] Devil [Subject of text] James II, King of England, 1633-1701 [Subject of text]
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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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