EBBA 21320
Magdalene College - Pepys
| Love's Downfal: / Being a sad and true Relation of a young Lady who fell in love with her Father's / Stable-groom, but her loves being discovered, was disappointed by her one Father, who / would have matcht her to a knight; but she for love of the Groom, fell into Despair, / and in the conclusion made herself away. Likewise to how her Death shortned her Father's / Days, and how her faithful Friend, the Groom, ended his own Life with sharp wea / pon: Being a WARNING to all PARENTS not to Match their Child a / gainst their Wills, &c. | |
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| Date Published | 1693-1695 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for A.M.W.O. and T. Thackeray, at the Angel in Duck-lane. |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 3.304 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 3.304v |
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| Title | Love's Downfal: / Being a sad and true Relation of a young Lady who fell in love with her Father's / Stable-groom, but her loves being discovered, was disappointed by her one Father, who / would have matcht her to a knight; but she for love of the Groom, fell into Despair, / and in the conclusion made herself away. Likewise to how her Death shortned her Father's / Days, and how her faithful Friend, the Groom, ended his own Life with sharp wea / pon: Being a WARNING to all PARENTS not to Match their Child a / gainst their Wills, &c. |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, Flora farewel: or, True Love rewarded with Loyalty, &c. |
| First Lines | DRaw near young maidens every one, / unto these words I shall declare, |
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| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, hinged, 204 x 332 |
| Condition | cropped top and bottom edges, torn, creased and damaged surface include manuscript black ink crossing out mark across text, uneven inking, verso shows through |
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