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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD><HI>Erra Pater^s</HI> Prophesy or Frost Faire 1683</HEAD>
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<FIGDESC>depiction of Frost Fair on the Thames</FIGDESC>
<HEAD>The River of Thames</HEAD>
<P>Roa&s;ting an Ox</P>
<P>Slyding in Skeats</P>
<P>The Battle of Hay</P>
<P>The Loyall Printing howse</P>
<P>A Coach cro&s;sing the Ice</P>
<P>A Bull baaiting</P>
<P>A Boate Sayling on the Ice</P>
<P>The Musike Booth</P>
<P>William Bence</P>
<P>Three Pilgrims returning from <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> H</P>
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<L>Old Erra Pater, or his rambling Ghost,</L>
<L>Prognosticating of this long strong frost,</L>
<L>Some Ages past, Said, y^t y^e Ice-bound Thames</L>
<L>Shou'd prove a Theatre for Sports and Games</L>
<L>Her Watr'y Green be turn'd into a Bare,</L>
<L>For Men a Citty seem, for Booths a Faire;</L>
<L>And now this Stragling Sprite is once more come</L>
<L>To Vi&s;it Mortalls and foretel their doom:</L>
<L>When Maids grow modest y^e Di&s;senting Crew</L>
<L>Become all Loyal, the Falsehearted true,</L>
<L>Then you may probably, and not til then</L>
<L>Expect in England such a Frost <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> agen.</L>
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<P>Printed for Iames Norris at the Kings armes w^t^h: out Temple Barr</P>
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