EBBA 21724
Magdalene College - Pepys
| The Distressed Virgin, / You that [en]joy your hearts delight, / And sweet embraces every Night, / Pitty my case, whose pains are great, / and blame my two too Rigid fate. | |
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| Date Published | 1680-1682 |
| Author | Martin Parker |
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| Imprint | Printed for M. Cole, T. Vere, J. Wright, J. Clarke, / W. Thackery, and T. Passinger. |
| License | |
| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 4.58 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 4.58 |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | The Distressed Virgin, / You that [en]joy your hearts delight, / And sweet embraces every Night, / Pitty my case, whose pains are great, / and blame my two too Rigid fate. |
| Tune Imprint | Tune, I am a maid and a very good maid. |
| First Lines | VVas ever poor maid in such a distress, / So full of despair and so pittiless, |
| Refrain | For my heart is broke for want of a man. [with variations] |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 206 x 255 |
| Condition | cropped and torn top edge, uneven inking |
| Ornament | vertical rules and cast fleurons |