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  British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads • 36503

  1693-1694 ?

  [An excellent BALLAD] intitul'd, The Unfortunate Love / of a Lancashire Gentleman, and the Hard Fortune of a fair young / Bride.

  To the Tune of, Come follow my Love, etc.

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  Manchester Central Library - Blackletter Ballads • 36033

  1650?

  [A] New Ballad of Tobias: Wherein is shewed the wonderfull things which / [?]d to him in his youth; and how he wedded a yong Damsell that had had seven / Husbands, and never enjoyed their company: Who …

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  National Library of Scotland - Crawford • 33407

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  [CUPID's R]EVENGE. / [Or, an account of a King] who slighted all Women, and / [at length was forced t]o marry a BEGGAR.

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  National Library of Scotland - Crawford • 32964

  1690?

  [Folly] p[lainl]y made Manifest, / BY / An Extravagant Husband / Being his kind Advice to all, of high or low Degree, / Least they in Poverty do fall, and bring themselves to misery.

  To the Tune of, I have a Mistris of my own.

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  National Library of Scotland - Crawford • 32851

  1673?

  [Mirth] for Citizens: Or, A Comedy for the Country. / Shewing / A young Farmer his unfortunate marriage, / His wife is so churlish & currish in carriage / He married her for beauty, for's own delight …

  Tune of, Ragged, torn, and true.

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  Houghton Library - Huth EBB65H • 34672

  1683-1716 ?

  [Queen Eleanor's Confession,] / Shewing how King Henry, with the Earl Martial, in Fryars Habits, came to her instead of two / Fryars from France, which she sent for.

  To a pleasant new Tune.

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  Magdalene College - Pepys • 20190

  1635?

  [Rocke the cradle Iohn, or / ] Children after the rate of 24 in a yeare, / Thats 2 euery month as plaine doth appeare, / Let no man at this strang story wonder.

  It goes to the tune, of Over and Under.

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  National Library of Scotland - Crawford • 33388

  1685-1688

  [THE / Coy CO]OK-MAID, / Who was Courted importunately by Irish, Welch, Spanish, French and Dutch, but at last was / conquered by a poor English Taylor.

  To the Tune of, There was a brisk Lass, &c.

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  National Library of Scotland - Crawford • 33516

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  [The Bride's Burial.]

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  National Library of Scotland - Crawford • 33938

  1664-1706 ?

  [The Ladies of] London's Petition, / [OR,] THEIR / [Humble Address to the] Parliament of old Women / [for husbands; Sign'd by] threescore thousand Hands, and / [never a crackt Maidenhe]ad nor Widow am …

  [To the Tune o]f, Mary live long.

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