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Title The Bedford-shire vvidow; or, The poor in distress reliev'd, : being a full and true relation, of a poor widow, whose husband was dead, and she turn'd out of doors by her creditors, and forced with her three children to lye in the street, and beg for bread; and how that Queen Mary, walking in her garden, and hearing her beg came to her, and caused her children to be cloathed and put to nurse, and gave the poor widow a weekly pension, to maintain her as long as she liv'd. To the tune of, Let Caesar live long. Licensed according to order,
Alternative Title Bedford-shire widow
Bedfordshire widow
Poor in distress reliev'd
Uniform title Let Caesar live long.
Publication Info [London] : Printed for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, and J. Back, [between 1688-1692]



Descript 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts).
Note Verse: "In scripture we read how that Dorcas the good ..."
Place and date of publication suggested by Wing.
Trimmed.
Reproduction of original in the Harvard University, Houghton Library and the British Library.
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Series Early English books online.
Subject Ballads, English -- 17th century.
Alternative Title Bedford-shire widow
Bedfordshire widow
Poor in distress reliev'd
Uniform title Let Caesar live long.
Descript 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts).
Note Verse: "In scripture we read how that Dorcas the good ..."
Place and date of publication suggested by Wing.
Trimmed.
Reproduction of original in the Harvard University, Houghton Library and the British Library.
Series Early English books online.
Subject Ballads, English -- 17th century.
Alternative Title Bedford-shire widow
Bedfordshire widow
Poor in distress reliev'd
Uniform title Let Caesar live long.

Subject Ballads, English -- 17th century.
Descript 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts).
Note Verse: "In scripture we read how that Dorcas the good ..."
Place and date of publication suggested by Wing.
Trimmed.
Reproduction of original in the Harvard University, Houghton Library and the British Library.

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