EBBA 21849
Magdalene College - Pepys
| The / She-Mariners Misfortune. / Being an Account of a faithful Seaman, who going to take his farewel of his Sweetheart, she re- / solved come Life, or come Death, to Sail with him; and putting her self into mans Appar- / rel, went the voyage with him, but by distress of weather, coming home were cast away, / the constant Seaman having no other help, betook himself to swimming, and having got his / Sweetheart upon his back, swam til he was almost tyred, but was at last taken up by an / Algerine, who carryed them to Algiers, where being brought before the Governour, she / confessed her self to be a Female, which so astonished the Governour, that he in requital of / her constancy set them both free, who are happily Arrived in England again. | |
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| Date Published | 1664-1703 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for J Blare at the Lookinglass upon London Bridge. |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 4.187 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 4.187 |
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| Title | The / She-Mariners Misfortune. / Being an Account of a faithful Seaman, who going to take his farewel of his Sweetheart, she re- / solved come Life, or come Death, to Sail with him; and putting her self into mans Appar- / rel, went the voyage with him, but by distress of weather, coming home were cast away, / the constant Seaman having no other help, betook himself to swimming, and having got his / Sweetheart upon his back, swam til he was almost tyred, but was at last taken up by an / Algerine, who carryed them to Algiers, where being brought before the Governour, she / confessed her self to be a Female, which so astonished the Governour, that he in requital of / her constancy set them both free, who are happily Arrived in England again. |
| Tune Imprint | Tune, Doubting Virgin. |
| First Lines | A Seaman lov'd a Maiden pretty / and esteem'd her as his life, |
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| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?205 x 306 |
| Condition | cropped bottom edge, damaged surface, uneven inking |
| Ornament | cast fleurons |