Title Pressing Constable, The (t) 
Short Title Pills 6, 1719-20 
Page 235-8 
Genre  SC 
Country 
Instruments  VO 
Incipit  //66/66//77/71+2+//3+2+/1+6 
First Line I am a cunning constable ; astutus constabularius (fl) 
Burden Text Missing the man I'll press the wife;virum supplebit foemina (bt) 
Verses 4,4 
Authors Leveridge, Mr. (M) 
Stress Notes  667731 
Intervals  2,2,2,2,-2,-2,-3, 
Key Signature Bb 
Time Signature C/ 
Do
Date 1719-1720 
Number P6.138 
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