A lady who a negro bought
- DMI number:
- 33642
- First Line:
- A lady who a negro bought
- Last Line:
- And have her course again
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Fable
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts and Other countries[race; skin colour]
- Author:
- Edmund Arwaker
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Possible variant of 'Fable XII. The Negro: Or, Labour in Vain'. Select Fables (1708), I: 114-115.
- First Line:
- A lady who a negro bought
- Last Line:
- The black did still a black remain
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- A modern cook bred up at France
- Last Line:
- And have her course again
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with lessons of morality in verse and prose [ESTC T175731]
- Page No(s):
- p.23
- Poem Title:
- Labour-in-Vain; or Washing the Black-a-Moor.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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