| Title: | The true effigies of the German giant, now to be seen at the Swan near Charing-Cross, whose stature is nine foot and a half in height, and the span of his hand a cubit compleat. He goes from place to place with his wife, who is but of an ordinary stature, and takes money for the show of her husband. |
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| Print source: | The true effigies of the German giant, now to be seen at the Swan near Charing-Cross, whose stature is nine foot and a half in height, and the span of his hand a cubit compleat. He goes from place to place with his wife, who is but of an ordinary stature, and takes money for the show of her husband. London : Printed for Matthew Collins at the Three Black Birds in Cannon-street: , 1660. |
| Subject terms: |
Giants -- Germany -- Poetry.
Freak shows -- England -- 17th century -- Poetry.
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