The bristol garland in four parts. Part I. How two Brothers, to prevent Marriage between their Sister and their 'prentice, agreed with a Cabtin to carry him to Sea, and make away with him, which he promised to do. Part II. How the Boatswain undertook to cut him down in his Hammack, and throw him over Board; but he being warn'd by a Dream, laid a log of wood in his Hammack, which in the Night the Boatswain cut down, and threw it out at the Port-Hole; shewing how the young Man was preserv'd and brought to Londod. Part III. How he found his Mistress in Bedlam, placed there by her Brothers to shorten her Days, for the Sake of her Portion. Part IV. An Account of this Couple's Marriage, and having got ten thousand Pounds for her portion, the young Man and the Steward fund the Captain and Merchants of six thousand Pounds more: Concluding with other Things worthy of Note. Licensed and enter'd according to Order

Bibliographic Details

Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Newcastle upon Tyne] s.n 1765, [1765?]
Subjects:	Ballads, English / Early Works To 1800
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/1140303400?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa