EBBA 30847
British Library - Roxburghe
| The Lovers Fancy. / Or / True Love requited with Constancy: / Being a Civil Discourse between John and Anne. / The Young man he was constant unto the end, / The Maid at last she prov'd his loving friend: / Young Men and Maids that stand to hear this Song, / Then mind it well, do not each other wrong: / Young Men, prove constant, faithful, true and just, / And then the Maids may better to you trust. | |
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| Date Published | 1674-1679 |
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| Imprint | London Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, and J. Clarke. |
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| Collection | British Library - Roxburghe |
| Pages | 3.198, 3.199 |
| Location | British Library |
| Shelfmark | C.20.f.9.198-199 |
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| Title | The Lovers Fancy. / Or / True Love requited with Constancy: / Being a Civil Discourse between John and Anne. / The Young man he was constant unto the end, / The Maid at last she prov'd his loving friend: / Young Men and Maids that stand to hear this Song, / Then mind it well, do not each other wrong: / Young Men, prove constant, faithful, true and just, / And then the Maids may better to you trust. |
| Tune Imprint | To the tune of Loves Fancy. |
| First Lines | AS lately abroad I was walking, / it was in the prime of the spring, |
| Refrain | And often he said sweet Nancy / I love thee as dear as my life / And constant I'le prove unto thee / if thou wilt but be my wife. [with variation] |
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