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

DMI number:

529

Publication Date:

1723

Volume Number:

1 of 3

ESTC number:

N938

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW112582424

Shelfmark:

BL c.108.bb.33

Full Title:

A | COLLECTION | OF OLD | BALLADS. | Corrected from the best and most | Ancient COPIES Extant. | WITH | INTRODUCTIONS | HISTORICAL, CRITICAL, | or HUMOROUS. | [rule] | [i]Illustrated with[/i] COPPER PLATES. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [i]The[/i] SECOND EDITION. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for [i]J. Roberts[/i], and [i]D. Leach[/i]; and sold by | [i]J. Brotherton[/i] in [i]Cornhill[/i]; [i]A. Bettesworth[/i] in [i]Pater- | Noster-Row; J. Pemberton[/i] in [i]Fleetstreet[/i]; [i]J. Wood- | man[/i] in [i]Bowstreet, Covent-Garden[/i]; and [i]J. Stag[/i] in | [i]Westminster-Hall.[/i] M DCC XXIII.

Epigraph:

[i]Let no nice Sir despise the hapless Dame, | Because Recording[/i] BALLADS [i]chaunt her Name. | Those Venerable Ancient[/i] Song-Enditers | [i]Soar'd many a Pitch above our modern Writers. | With rough Majestick Force they mov'd the Heart, | And Strength and Nature made amends for Art.[/i] | ROWE. |

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Duodecimo

Pagination:

pp.[2], [i]-viii, [2], [1]-286, [1].

Bibliographic details:

Bookplates of Lord Gray and C. H. Wilkinson.

Comments:

QUERY: when hard copy is checked, missing page refs for plates need to be supplied. CONTENTS: Poems introduced by short essays. PLATES: Frontispiece signed J. Pine, and engravings facing pp. 1, 18, 23, 37, 64, 90, 108, 145, 170, 195, 199, 211, 221, 227, 249, 275 (all unsigned). MISCELLANY GENRE: Miscellany of ballads.

Other matter:

PREFATORY MATERIALS: Preface pp.[i]-viii; Table of Ballads [2pp.]. BACKMATTER: Advertisement at close of volume for forthcoming second volume of 'A Collection of old Ballads.' (1pp.)

References:

Case, 326 (1) (b)

Related Miscellanies

Title:

A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. [T117410]

Publication Date:

1723

ESTC No:

T117410

Volume:

1 of 3

Relationship:

Unknown

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Title:

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

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Unknown

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Title:

A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. [3rd ed] [ESTC N939]

Publication Date:

1727

ESTC No:

N939

Volume:

1 of 3

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Title:

A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. [Vol II] [2nd ed] [ESTC T144721]

Publication Date:

1726

ESTC No:

T144721

Volume:

2 of 3

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Title:

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

Publication Date:

1738

ESTC No:

N395

Volume:

3 of 3

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Title:

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:

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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Author:

J. Stagg

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Editor:

Ambrose Philips

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ESTC: Compilation usually attributed to Ambrose Philips.

Engraver:

John Pine

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Publisher:

D. Leach

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'Printed for... D. Leach': ESTC N938

Publisher:

J[ames] Roberts

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'Printed for J. Roberts': ESTC N938

Sold by:

Arthur Bettesworth

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'sold by... A. Bettesworth': ESTC N938

Sold by:

J. Brotherton

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'sold by J. Brotherton': ESTC N938

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J. Pemberton

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'sold by... J. Pemberton': ESTC N938

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J. Woodman

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'sold by... J. Woodman': ESTC N938

Content/Publication

First Line:

Sweet youthful charming ladies fair

Page No:

pp.1-10

Poem Title:

I. The Unfortunate Concubine; or, Rosamond's Overthrow: Occasion'd by her Brother's unadvisedly praising her Beauty to Two young Knights of Salisbury, as they rid on the Road. To the Tune of The Court Lady.

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When as King Henry ruled this land

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pp.11-17

Poem Title:

II. A Lamentable Ballad of Fair Rosamond, King Henry the Second's Concubine.

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Queen Eleanor was a sick woman

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pp.18-22

Poem Title:

III. Queen Eleanor's Confession to the Two supposed Fryars of France.

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Why should we boast of Arthur and his knights

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pp.23-27

Poem Title:

IV. St. George and the Dragon.

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Now of the seven champions here

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pp.28-36

Poem Title:

V. The Seven Champions of Christendom. Being a Compendious History of their Lives and Actions, &c. To the Tune of The Christian Warriors.

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Old stories tell how Hercules

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pp.37-42

Poem Title:

VI. An Excellent Ballad of a most dreadful Combat, fought between Moore of Moore-Hall, and the Dragon of Wantley.

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In elder time there was of yore

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pp.43-52

Poem Title:

VII. King Alfred and the Shepherd. With the Humours of Gillian, the Shepherd's Wife. To the Tune of Flying Fame.

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Henry our royal king would ride a hunting

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pp.53-58

Poem Title:

VIII. A pleasant Ballad of King Henry the IId, and the Miller of Mansfield: Shewing how he was entertain'd and Lodg'd at the Miller's House. To the Tune of The French Levalto, &c.

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When as our royal king came home from Nottingham

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pp.58-63

Poem Title:

The Second Part of the King and the Miller.

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Kind gentlemen will you be patient a while

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pp.64-74

Poem Title:

IX. The Pedigree, Education, and Marriage of Robin Hood, with Clorinda, Queen of Titbury Feast: Supposed to be related by the Fiddler, who play'd at their Wedding.

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When Robin Hood was about twenty years old

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pp.75-82

Poem Title:

X. Robin Hood, and Little John. Being an Account of their first Meeting, their fierce Encounter, and Conquest. To which is added, Their Friendly Agreement; And how he came to be call'd Little John. To the Tune of Arthur a Bland.

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In Nottingham there lives a jolly tanner

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pp.83-89

Poem Title:

XI. Robin Hood and the Tanner: Or, Robin Hood met with his Match. To the Tune of Robin Hood and the Stranger.

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First Line:

When Robin Hood in the green wood stood

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pp.90-96

Poem Title:

XII. Robin Hood Rescuing Will. Stutley, from the Sheriff and his Men, who had taken him Prisoner, and were going to hang him, &c. To the Tune of, Robin Hood and Queen Catherine.

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When Edward was in England king

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pp.97-107

Poem Title:

XIII. A Warning Piece to England, against Pride and Wickedness: Being the Fall of Queen Eleanor, Wife to Edward the First, King of England; who, for her Pride, by God's Judgments, sunk into the Ground at Charing-Cross, and rose at Queen-Hithe. To the Tune of, Gentle and Courteous.

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She was a woman prudent wise in councils

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p.101

Poem Title:

[no title]

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God prosper long our noble king

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pp.108-119

Poem Title:

XIV. An Unhappy Memorable Song of the Hunting in Chevy-Chace, between Earl Piercy of England, and Earl Douglas of Scotland. To the Tune of Flying Fame.

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Two noble dukes of great renown

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pp.120-129

Poem Title:

XV. The Banishment of the Dukes of Hereford and Norfolk, in the Time of King Richard the Second.

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First Line:

Here must I tell the praise

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pp.130-137

Poem Title:

XVI. Sir Richard Whittington's Advancement. Being An Historical Account of his Education, unexpected Fortune, Charity, &c. To the Tune of, Dainty come thou to me.

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A king once reigned beyond the seas

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pp.138-144

Poem Title:

XVII. Cupid's Revenge. Or, An Account of a King who slighted all Women, and at length was constrain'd to marry a Beggar, who prov'd a Fair and Virtuous Queen. To the Tune of, I often for my Jenny strove.

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He despised the sweetest beauty

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p.139

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Her fame through all the realms did ring

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p.140

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

If Rosamond that was so fair

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pp.145-152

Poem Title:

The Woeful Lamentation of Jane Shore, a Goldsmith's Wife in London, sometime King Edward the Fourth's Concubine. To the Tune of Live with me, &c.

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First Line:

Why should we boast of Laius and his knights

Page No:

pp.153-158

Poem Title:

King Edward and Jane Shore. In Imitation, and to the Tune of, St. George and the Dragon.

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First Line:

When Flora with her fragrant flowers

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pp.159-169

Poem Title:

A True Relation of the Death of Sir Andrew Barton, a Pyrate and Rover on the Sea. To the Tune of Come follow my Love.

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First Line:

Is there ever a man in all Scotland

Page No:

pp.170-174

Poem Title:

XX. Johnny Armstrong's last Good-night, shewing how John Armstrong with his Eightscore Men fought a bloody Battle with the Scotch King at Edenborough. To a Northern Tune.

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First Line:

As it fell out one Whitsunday

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pp.175-180

Poem Title:

XXII. A pleasant Ballad shewing how two valiant Knights, Sir John Armstrong, and Sir Michael Musgrave, fell in Love with the Beautiful Daughter of the Lady Dacres in the North; and of the great Strife that happen'd between them for her, and how they wrought the Death of One hundred Men.

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In the days of old

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pp.181-187

Poem Title:

XXIII. An Excellent Ballad of a Prince of England's Courtship to the King of France's Daughter, and how the Prince was disasterously slain, and the aforesaid Princess was afterwards marry'd to a Forrester. To the Tune of, Crimson Velvet.

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In the west of England

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pp.188-194

Poem Title:

XXIV. The Life and Death of the famous Thomas Stukely an English Gallant in the Time of Queen Elizabeth, who ended his Life in a Battle of three Kings of Barbary. To the Tune of, King Henry's going to Bulloign, &c.

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Come sound up your trumpets and beat up your drums

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pp.195-198

Poem Title:

XXV. Queen Elizabeth's Champion. Or, A Victory obtain'd by the Young Earl of Essex, over the Old Emperor of Germany, by Sea; in which he took the Emperor's Son, and brought him Prisoner to Queen Elizabeth.

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Of a worthy London prentice

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pp.199-203

Poem Title:

XXVI. The Honour of a London 'Prentice. Being an Account of his matchless Manhood and brave Adventures done in Turkey, and by what Means he marry'd the King's Daughter, &c. To the Tune of, All you that love good Fellows, &c.

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As I to Ireland did pass

Page No:

pp.204-210

Poem Title:

XXVII. The true Lovers Knot unty'd: Being the right Path whereby to advise Princely Virgins how to behave themselves, by the Example of the Renowned Princess, the Lady Arabella, and the Second Son of the Lord Seymour, late Earl of Hertford. To the Tune of Frog's Galliard, &c.

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Cold and raw the North did blow

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pp.211-215

Poem Title:

XXVIII. The Northern Ditty: Or, The Scotchman outwitted by the Country Damsel. To a new Scoth [sic] Tune.

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First Line:

You beauteous ladies great and small

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pp.216-220

Poem Title:

XXIX. The famous Flower or Serving-Men: Or, The Lady turn'd Serving-Man. To the Tune of Flora's Farewell: Or, Summertime: Or, Love's Tide.

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Now ponder well you parents dear

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pp.221-226

Poem Title:

XXX. The Children in the Wood: Or, The Norfolk Gentleman's last Will and Testament. To the Tune of, Rogero, &c.

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In the west of Devonshire

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pp.227-230

Poem Title:

XXXI. The Devonshire Nymph: Or The Knight's happy Choice. Shewing how a young rich Knight fell in Love with the Daughter of a poor Weaver of Devonshire, and for her Beauty and Virtue marry'd her. To the Tune of, Tender Hearts of London City.

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First Line:

Let Rufus weep rejoice stand sit or walk

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p.228

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Come mourn come mourn with me

Page No:

pp.231-235

Poem Title:

XXXII. The Bride's Burial. To the Tune of, The Lady's Fall, &c.

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First Line:

Look you faithful lovers

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pp.236-243

Poem Title:

XXXIII. The unfortunate Love of a Lancashire Gentleman, and the hard Fortune of a fair young Bride. To the Tune of, Come follow my Love, &c.

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First Line:

Mark well my heavy doleful tale

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pp.244-248

Poem Title:

XXXIV. A Lamentable Ballad of the Lady's Fall. To the Tune of In Pescod Time, &c.

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Lord Thomas he was a bold forester

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pp.249-251

Poem Title:

XXXV. A Tragical Ballad on the unfortunate Love of Lord Thomas and fair Ellinor, together with the Downfal of the Brown Girl.

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A noble marquis

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pp.252-260

Poem Title:

XXXVI. An excellent Ballad of a Noble Marquis and Patient Grissel. To the Tune of, The Bride's Good-morrow, &c.

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First Line:

You dainty dames so finely framed

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pp.261-265

Poem Title:

XXXVII. A Godly Warning to all Maidens, by the Example of God's Judgments shew'd on Jerman's Wife of Clifton in the County of Nottingham, who lying in Child-Bed, was borne away, and never heard of afterwards. To the Tune of The Lady's Fall, &c.

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First Line:

A wonder stranger ne'r was known

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pp.266-270

Poem Title:

XXXVIII. The Suffolk Miracle: Or, A Relation of a Young Man, who a Month after his Death appear'd to his Sweetheart, and carry'd her on Horseback behind him for forty Miles in two Hours, and was never seen after but in his Grave. To the Tune of, My bleeding Heart.

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Gilderoy was a bonny boy

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pp.271-274

Poem Title:

XXXIX. The Scotch Lover's Lamentation: Or, Gilderoy's last Fare-well.

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Where gottest thou the Haver-mill bonack

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pp.275-277

Poem Title:

Xl. Bonny Dundee: Or, Jockey's Deliverance Being the Valiant Escape from Dundee, and the Parson's Daughter, whom he had mow'd. To an Excellent Tune, call'd, Bonny Dundee.

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Come sweet lass

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pp.278-280

Poem Title:

XLI. Slighted Jocky: Or, Coy Moggy's unspeakable Cruelty.

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Twas in the month of May Jo

Page No:

pp.281-283

Poem Title:

XLII. Jockey and Jenny: Or, The Yielding Maid. Set by Mr. Daniel Purcel.

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First Line:

Though Jockey sued me long he met disdain

Page No:

pp.284-285

Poem Title:

XLIII. Jockey's Courtship. A Scotch Song

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by a Person of Quality.

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Upon my way from Fife to Aberdeen

Page No:

pp.286-287

Poem Title:

XLIV. The Scotch Lass's Complaint for the loss of her Maidenhead.

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