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The Messenger defeated, or, The lawyer's escape : a new ballad : to the tune of, Hey boys up we go.

Accession number
PML 3469.50
Published
[London?] : [printer not identified], 1705.
Notes
Ballad inspired by an incident in the career of Nicholas Lechmere during which he escaped arrest for his role as counsel in the case of Ashby v White (concerned with voting rights versus legislative privileges) by lowering himself from a second story window with a sheet.
Printed in two columns in roman type; 1 woodcut of a townhouse facade with a woman assisting a man who is lowering himself from a second story window.
Description
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustration (woodcut) ; 31 x 20 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Insribed in pen and ink at left: This ballad was made on Nicholas Lechmere afterwards Lord Lechmere.
Classification
Department