The true description of two monsterous chiildren laufully begotten betwene George Steuens and Margerie his wyfe, and borne in the parish of Swanburne in Buckingham shyre, the. iiii. of Aprill. Anno Domini. 1566, the two children havuing both their belies fast ioyned together, and imbraycyng one an other with their armes: which children wer both a lyue by the space of half an hower, and wer baptized, and named the one John, and the other Joan.

Title

The true description of two monsterous chiildren laufully begotten betwene George Steuens and Margerie his wyfe, and borne in the parish of Swanburne in Buckingham shyre, the. iiii. of Aprill. Anno Domini. 1566, the two children havuing both their belies fast ioyned together, and imbraycyng one an other with their armes: which children wer both a lyue by the space of half an hower, and wer baptized, and named the one John, and the other Joan.

Author

Mellys, John.

Publication

Imprinted at London :: By Alexander Lacy, for William Lewes: dwellyng in Cow lane aboue Holborne cundit, ouer against the signe of the Plough,

[1566]

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Subject terms

Ballads, English -- 16th century.

Conjoined twins -- Early works to 1800.

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"The true description of two monsterous chiildren laufully begotten betwene George Steuens and Margerie his wyfe, and borne in the parish of Swanburne in Buckingham shyre, the. iiii. of Aprill. Anno Domini. 1566, the two children havuing both their belies fast ioyned together, and imbraycyng one an other with their armes: which children wer both a lyue by the space of half an hower, and wer baptized, and named the one John, and the other Joan." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A07417.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2024. content_copy

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• The true description of two monsterous children, laufully begotten betwene George Steuens and Margerie his wyfe, and borne in the parish of Swan∣burne in Buckyngham shyre, the .iiii. of Aprill. Anno Domini. 1566. the two children hauing both their belies fast ioyned toge∣ther, and imbracyng one an other with their armes: which children wer both a lyue by the space of half an hower, and wer baptized, and named the one Iohn, and the other Ioan.
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