THE BELLMAN AND HIS HISTORY.
(Vol. iii., p. 324.)
The Bellman's songs may be found in the Bellman's Treasury, containing above a Hundred several Verses, fitted for all Humours and Fancies, and suited to all Times and Seasons. London: 8vo. 1707. Extracts from this book are given in Hone's Every Day Book, vol. ii. p. 1594.
I have now before me a broadside thus entitled: "A copy of verses, humbly presented to the Right Worshipful the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Councilmen, and the rest of my worthy Masters and Mistresses, dwelling in Cambridge. By Thomas Adams, Bellman, 1810." There is a large engraving, from a wood-block, apparently a century old, representing a bellman, in a flowing wig and a three-cornered hat, holding, in his right hand a bell, and in his left a javelin and lantern; his dog is behind him.
The verses are:
1. Prologue.
2. To the Right Worshipful the Mayor.
3. To the Aldermen.
4. To the Common Councilmen.