A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. [Vol III] [2nd ed] [ESTC N395]

DMI number:

560

Publication Date:

1738

Volume Number:

3 of 3

ESTC number:

N395

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW3313221539

Shelfmark:

OXF - All Souls pp. 12. 11.

Epigraph:

[i]Omne malum Cantu vinoq; levato[/i]. Hor.

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Duodecimo

Comments:

PAGINATION: [26], [1]-264 pp. FULL TITLE: A | COLLECTION | OF OLD | BALLADS. | Corrected from the best and most | Ancient COPIES Extant. | WITH | INTRODUCTIONS | HISTORICAL and CRITICAL. | [rule] | [i]Illustrated with[/i] COPPER PLATES. | [rule] | VOL. III. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | The SECOND EDITION. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for J. ROBERTS in [i]Warwick-Lane[/i] ; C. CORBET | in [i]Fleetstreet[/i] ; and J. WOOD in [i]Pater-noster-Row[/i]. | [rule] | M DCC XXXVIII. HALF TITLE: [ornament] | A | COLLECTION | OF OLD | BALLADS, &[i]c[/i]. | [rule] | VOL. III. | [ornament] PREFATORY MATTER: Preface pp.[i]-xii; Contents page [5pp.] PLATES: Plates facing title page and pp. 1, 23, 47, 62, 76, 122, 145, 157, 173, 196, 221, 233. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION: Bookplate with crest and name of 'Ralph Clutton'. REFERENCES: Case, 326 (3) (b) MISCELLANY GENRE: Collection of ballads.

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Publication Date:

1723

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T117410

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1726

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T144721

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2 of 3

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A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. [Vol III] [ESTC N940]

Publication Date:

1725

ESTC No:

N940

Volume:

3 of 3

Relationship:

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A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. With introductions historical and critical. [Vol II] [N166]

Publication Date:

1723

ESTC No:

N166

Volume:

2 of 3

Relationship:

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Title:

A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant... [2nd ed] [ESTC N938]

Publication Date:

1723

ESTC No:

N938

Volume:

1 of 3

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Title:

A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant... Vol. III. [N941]

Publication Date:

1725

ESTC No:

N941

Volume:

3 of 3

Relationship:

Unknown

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Editor:

Ambrose Philips

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Absolute (100%)

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ESTC: Compilation usually attributed to Ambrose Philips.

Publisher:

Charles Corbett

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Absolute (100%)

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Publisher:

J. Wood

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Absolute (100%)

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Publisher:

J[ames] Roberts

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Absolute (100%)

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Content/Publication

First Line:

In kingly Stephen's reign

Page No:

pp.1-10

Poem Title:

I. A Song of the strange Lives of two young Princes in England, who became two Shepherds on Salisbury Plain, and were afterwards restored to their former Estates. To the Tune of The Merchant-Man. Other comments:

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A noble Christian warrior

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pp.11-22

Poem Title:

II. A Princely Song of King Richard Cordelion, and of his bold Courage, and lamentable Death. To the Tune of You Batchelors, &c.

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When Richard the Second in England was king

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pp.23-31

Poem Title:

III. A Song of the Deposing of King Richard II. and how after many Miseries he was murder'd in Pomfret Castle. To the Tune of Regard my Sorrows.

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First Line:

I salute thee sweet Princess with title of grace

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pp.32-37

Poem Title:

IV. A Song of the Wooing of Queen Catherine, by Owen Tudor, a young Gentleman of Wales. Translated out of the Welsh. To the Tune of Light in Love Ladies.

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A tale of the grief I must unfold

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pp.38-46

Poem Title:

V. The Life and Death of the Great Duke of Buckingham, who came to an untimely End, for consenting to the deposing of the two gallant young Princes, King Edward the Fourth's Children. To the Tune of Shore's Wife.

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In England once there reigned a king

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pp.47-53

Poem Title:

VI. A Song of the Life and Death of King Richard the Third, who, after many Murthers by him committed upon the Princes and Nobles of this Land, was slain at the Battel of Bosworth in Leicestershire, by Henry the Seventh, King of England. To the Tune of Who list to lead a Soldier's Life.

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First Line:

Peruse the stories of this land

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pp.54-61

Poem Title:

VII. The Story of Ill May-Day, in the Time of King Henry the Eighth, and why it was so called; and how Queen Catherine begged the Lives of Two thousand London Apprentices. To the Tune of Essex good Night.

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Eighth Henry ruling in this land

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pp.62-66

Poem Title:

VIII. A Song of an English Knight, that married the Royal Princess, Lady Mary, Sister to King Henry the Eighth, which Knight was afterward made Duke of Suffolk. To the Tune of Who list to lead a Soldier's Life.

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When England's fame did ring

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pp.67-75

Poem Title:

IX. A Princely Song of the Six Queens that were married to Henry the Eighth, King of England. To the Tune of Well-a-day.

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When as King Edward left this life

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pp.76-82

Poem Title:

X. A lamentable Ditty on the Death of Lord Guilford Dudley, and the Lady Jane Grey, that for their Parent's Ambition, in seeking to make these two young Princes King and Queen of England, were both beheaded in the Tower of London. To the Tune of Peter and Pernell.

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Mary doth complain

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pp.83-90

Poem Title:

XI. The lamentable Complaint of Queen Mary for the unkind Departure of King Philip, in whose Absence she fell sick and died. To the Tune of Crimson Velvet.

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When God had taken for our sin

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pp.91-98

Poem Title:

XII. The most rare and excellent History of the Dutchess of Suffolk's Calamity. To the Tune of Queen Dido.

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I sing a noble princess

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pp.99-106

Poem Title:

XIII. A joyful Song of the deserved Praises of good Queen Elizabeth, how Princely she behaved herself at Tilbury Camp in Essex, in Eighty-eight, when the Spaniards threatned the Invasion of this Kingdom. To the Tune of King Henry's going to Bulloign.

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Sweet England's prize is gone

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pp.107-117

Poem Title:

XIV. A lamentable Ditty on the Death of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, who was beheaded in the Tower of London on Ash-Wednesday, 1600/1. To the Tune of Well-a-day.

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All you that cry o hone o hone

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pp.118-121

Poem Title:

XV. A lamentable Ballad on the Earl of Essex's Death, To the Tune of Essex's Last Good-night.

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First Line:

In England reigned once a king

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pp.122-129

Poem Title:

XVI. The Life and Death of Queen Elizabeth. To the Tune of The Ladies Fall.

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Gone is Elizabeth

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p.130

Poem Title:

XVII. A short and sweet Sonnet made by one of the Maids of Honour, upon the Death of Queen Elizabeth, which she sewed upon a Sampler of Red Silk. To the Tune of Philida flouts me.

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When as the King of England died

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pp.131-138

Poem Title:

XVIII. An excellent Song made of the Successors of King Edward the IVth. To the Tune of O Man in Desperation.

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First Line:

In dole and deep distress

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pp.139-144

Poem Title:

XIX. A Servant's Sorrow, for the Loss of his late Royal Mistress Queen Anne, who deceas'd at Hampton-Court the 2d of May, 1618. To the Tune of In sad and Ashey Weeds.

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First Line:

My friend and I we drank whole piss pots

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pp.145-147

Poem Title:

XX. Bacchus overcome.

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First Line:

Listen all I pray

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pp.148-151

Poem Title:

XXI. Canto, in the Praise of Sack.

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First Line:

Come all you brave wights

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pp.152-153

Poem Title:

XXII. The Answer of Ale to the Challenge of Sack.

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First Line:

Nay soft by your leaves

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pp.154-156

Poem Title:

XXIII. The Triumph of Tobacco over Sack and Ale.

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First Line:

Bacchus when merry bestriding his tun

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pp.157-158

Poem Title:

XXIV. Bacchus's Feast.

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First Line:

Come let's drink the time invites

Page No:

pp.159-162

Poem Title:

XXV. The Loyal Subject, or, the Praise of Sack.

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First Line:

Hold hold thy nose to the pot Tom Tom

Page No:

p.163

Poem Title:

XXVI. The Advice.

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Let soldiers fight for prey or praise

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pp.164-165

Poem Title:

XXVII. The Praise of Wine.

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First Line:

Not drunken nor sober but neighbour to both

Page No:

pp.166-171

Poem Title:

XXVIII. The Ex-Ale-tation of Ale.

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Why stay we at home now the season is come

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pp.172-175

Poem Title:

XXIX. The Greenland Voyage; or, The Whale-Fisher's Delight: Being a full Description of the Manner of the taking of Whales on the Coast of Greenland. To the Tune of, Hey to the Temple, &c.

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Down in the north country

Page No:

pp.176-177

Poem Title:

XXX. The Farmer's Daughter of Wakefield.

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First Line:

There was a knight was drunk with wine

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pp.178-186

Poem Title:

XXXI The Baffled Knight, or the Lady's Policy.

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First Line:

I'll sing ye a song that never was in print

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pp.187-188

Poem Title:

XXXII. A Song on Nothing.

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First Line:

When this old cap was new

Page No:

pp.189-192

Poem Title:

XXXIII. Time's Alteration. To the Tune of I'll never be drunk again.

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First Line:

Of old soldiers the song you would hear

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pp.193-195

Poem Title:

XXXIV. The Old Soldiers.

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First Line:

Long ere the morn

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pp.196-197

Poem Title:

XXXV. The Hunter's Song.

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First Line:

Songs of sonnets and rustical roundelays

Page No:

pp.198-200

Poem Title:

XXXVI. The Hunting of the Gods.

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First Line:

Behold the touchstone of true love

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pp.201-211

Poem Title:

XXXVII. Fair Maudlin: Or, the Merchant's Daughter of Bristol. To the Tune of The Maiden's Joy.

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One night when all the village slept

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pp.210-214

Poem Title:

XXXVIII. The dying Lovers last farewel : Or the Tragical Downfall of Marcellus and Arminda. To the Tune of Stone Walls cannot a Prison make.

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Sir William a knight of six thousand a year

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pp.215-217

Poem Title:

XXXIX. The Lovers Tragedy: Or, the wronged Lady's Lamentation and untimely Death. To the Tune of No more cruel Nymph.

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When all was wrapped in dark midnight

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pp.218-220

Poem Title:

XL. William and Margaret.

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Behold here's a ditty tis true and no jest

Page No:

pp.221-228

Poem Title:

XLI. The Factor's Garland. To the Tune of, The Wand'ring Lady.

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You maidens fair draw nigh and hear

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pp.229-232

Poem Title:

XLII. IO, Or the Metamorphosis.

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First Line:

You lads and you lasses that live at long let

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pp.233-235

Poem Title:

XLIII. The Fiddle.

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How blyth ilk morn was I to see

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pp.236-237

Poem Title:

XLIV. The Broom of Cowdenknow.

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Harken and I will tell you how

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pp.238-240

Poem Title:

XLV. Muirland Willie.

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The lass of Peatie's mill

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pp.241-242

Poem Title:

XLVI. The Lass of Peatie's Mill.

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First Line:

O Bessy Bell and Mary Gray

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pp.243-244

Poem Title:

XLVII. Bessy Bell and Mary Gray.

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How sweetly smells the simmer green

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pp.245-246

Poem Title:

XLVIII. Bonny Christy.

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Nansy's to the green wood gane

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pp.247-248

Poem Title:

XLIX. Scornfu' Nansy.

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Tis I have seven braw new gowns

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pp.249-250

Poem Title:

L. Slighted Nansy. To the Tune of The Kirk wad let me be.

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When trees did bud and fields were green

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pp.251-252

Poem Title:

LI. Down the Burn Davie.

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Hear me ye nymphs and every swain

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pp.253-254

Poem Title:

LII. The Bush aboon Traquair.

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The meal was dear short syne

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pp.255-257

Poem Title:

LIII. Maggie's Tocher. To its ain Tune.

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O Sandy why leaves thou thy Nelly to mourn

Page No:

p.258

Poem Title:

LIV. Throw the Wood Laddie.

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The pauky auld carle came over the lee

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pp.259-261

Poem Title:

LV. The Gaberlunzie-Man.

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First Line:

Ye gales that gently wave the sea

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p.262

Poem Title:

LVI. The bonny Scot. To the Tune of The Boat-Man.

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Tibby has a store of charms

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pp.263-264

Poem Title:

LVII. Genty Tibby, and sonsy Nelly. To the Tune of Tibby Fowler in the Glen.

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