The gelding of the devil. Or, The prettiest jest that e're was known, how the bakers wife her skill hath shown, then listen a while, and I the news will tell, betwixt the baker and the devil of hell. To a dainty new tune called, The gelding of the devil: or, The card players.

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The gelding of the devil. Or, The prettiest jest that e're was known, how the bakers wife her skill hath shown, then listen a while, and I the news will tell, betwixt the baker and the devil of hell. To a dainty new tune called, The gelding of the devil: or, The card players.
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[London :: s.n.,
1670?]
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Ballads, English -- 17th century.
Devil -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
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"The gelding of the devil. Or, The prettiest jest that e're was known, how the bakers wife her skill hath shown, then listen a while, and I the news will tell, betwixt the baker and the devil of hell. To a dainty new tune called, The gelding of the devil: or, The card players." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B03559.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.

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