EBBA 35465
Houghton Library - Hazlitt EC65
| THE YOUNG / SHEPHERDESS. / In Three PARTS. / I. How a young Merchant on a Down saw a Shepherd's Daughter, and for the sake of / her Beauty took her for his Wife, and staying with her two Nights, he then left her 30 Guineas / 'till he come again. 2. How he kept a Miss and after Married forsook her, npon which, by / a false Letter this Harlot betray'd her with a Ruffian on a Down, who pretended to Murder / her, or to force her Chastity, and how she sav'd her Life and Honour thro' her Intercession / with Tears. 3. The Merchant's return to his Wife, and being told of this sent the Harlot to / Bridewell, who being daily lash'd, to end her Sorrows destroy'd herself. Concluding with the / Merchant's Love to his Wife, and the Care of the Old Shepherd. | |
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| Date Published | ? |
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| Imprint | LONDON: Printed for aud Sold by R. Hawkins, near the / Half-Moon in Half-moon-Alley, without Bishopsgate; where / Country Shopkeers, Travellers, and Others, may be / supply'd with the best Variety of New and Old Songs. |
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| Collection | Houghton Library - Hazlitt EC65 |
| Pages | 1.45, 1.46 |
| Location | Houghton Library |
| Shelfmark | EC65.A100.690v2 |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | THE YOUNG / SHEPHERDESS. / In Three PARTS. / I. How a young Merchant on a Down saw a Shepherd's Daughter, and for the sake of / her Beauty took her for his Wife, and staying with her two Nights, he then left her 30 Guineas / 'till he come again. 2. How he kept a Miss and after Married forsook her, npon which, by / a false Letter this Harlot betray'd her with a Ruffian on a Down, who pretended to Murder / her, or to force her Chastity, and how she sav'd her Life and Honour thro' her Intercession / with Tears. 3. The Merchant's return to his Wife, and being told of this sent the Harlot to / Bridewell, who being daily lash'd, to end her Sorrows destroy'd herself. Concluding with the / Merchant's Love to his Wife, and the Care of the Old Shepherd. |
| Tune Imprint | To the TUNE of, The Fisherman's Daughter. |
| First Lines | YOU young men and damsels come draw near to me: / And I will present you with a Tragedy: |
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| Part 2 | |
| Title | PART II. |
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| First Lines | NOw pray ma[r]k good people and soon you shall hear: / How soon sorrow did to this young bride appear: |
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| Part 3 | |
| Title | PART III. |
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| First Lines | HE said on a Down I have kiz'd such a one: / Her Answer was if so I am pleas'd it is done: |
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