Old ballads, historical and narrative, with some of modern date ... volume the second. [T146587] [ECCO]

DMI number:

1317

Publication Date:

1777

Volume Number:

2 of 2

ESTC number:

T146587

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW111494220

Shelfmark:

ECCO - nearest hard copy in Bodleian Library

Full Title:

EVANS's EDITION. | [rule] | OLD BALLADS, | HISTORICAL AND NARRATIVE, | WITH SOME OF MODERN DATE; | Now first collected, and reprinted from rare Copies. | WITH NOTES. | VOLUME THE SECOND. | [engraving, including epigraph] | Printed for T. EVANS, in the Strand. | M DCC LXXVII.

Epigraph:

[Engraved:] With rough Majestic Force he mov'd the Heart, | And Strength & Nature made Amends for Art. | Rowe. [unidentified]

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Octavo

Bibliographic details:

Cancel title page: 'OLD BALLADS, | HISTORICAL AND NARRATIVE, | WITH SOME OF MODERN DATE. | NONE OF WHICH ARE INSERTED IN | DR. PERCY's COLLECTION.'

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: contents [A1r-A2r]

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Title:

Old ballads, historical and narrative, with some of modern date [T146587] [ECCO]

Publication Date:

1777

ESTC No:

T146587

Volume:

1 of 2

Relationship:

Volume from the same edition

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Content/Publication

First Line:

The feathered songster Chaunticleer

Page No:

pp.1-17

Poem Title:

I. The Execution of Sir Charles Bawdin.

Attribution:

Thomas Rowlie, a priest in the 15th century

Attributed To:

Thomas Rowlie

First Line:

When God had taken away true wisdom's king

Page No:

pp.18-22

Poem Title:

II. The most cruel murther of Edward V, and his brother the duke of York, in the Tower, by their uncle the duke of Glocester.

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First Line:

A tale of grief I must unfold

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pp.22-26

Poem Title:

III. 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.

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First Line:

In England once there reigned a king

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pp.27-31

Poem Title:

IV. A song of the life and death of king Richard III, who, after many murthers by him committed upon the principles nd nobles of this land, was slain at the battle of Bosworth, ni Leicestershire, by Henry VII. king of England.

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First Line:

When York and Lancaster made war

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pp.32-40

Poem Title:

V. The Union of the Red Rose and the White, by a marriage between king Henry VII. and a daughter of Edward IV.

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First Line:

Peruse the stories of this land

Page No:

pp.41-48

Poem Title:

VI. The story of Ill May-day, in the time of king Henry VIII. and why it was so called; and how queen Catherine begged the lives of two thousand London apprentices.

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First Line:

Eighth Henry ruling in this land

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pp.48-53

Poem Title:

VII. A song of an English knight, that married the royal princess, lady Mary, sister to king Henry VIII. which knight was afterward made duke of Suffolk.

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First Line:

When as King Henry ruled this land

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pp.54-57

Poem Title:

VIII. The doleful death of queen Jane, wife to king Henry VIII. and the manner of prince Edward's being cut out of her womb.

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First Line:

When England's fame did ring

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pp.58-64

Poem Title:

IX. A princely song of the six queens that were married to Henry VIII. king of England.

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First Line:

Is there ever a man in all Scotland

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pp.64-69

Poem Title:

X. Johnny Armstrong's last good-night, shewing how John Armstrong with his eight-score men fought a bloody battle with the Scotch king, at Edenborough.

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First Line:

As it fell out one Whitsunday

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pp.70-77

Poem Title:

X. 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 happened between them for her, and how they wrought the death of one hundred men.

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First Line:

When as King Edward left this life

Page No:

pp.77-80

Poem Title:

XI. A lamentable ditty on the death of lord Guildford Dudley and lady Jane Grey, that, for their parents ambition in seeking to make these two young princes king and queen of England, were both beheaded in the Tower of London.

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First Line:

Will you hear how once repining

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pp.81-83

Poem Title:

XII. The princess Elizabeth: A ballad alluding to a story recorded of her when she was prisoner at Woodstock, 1554.

Attribution:

Written by the late William Shenstone, Esq.

Attributed To:

William Shenstone

First Line:

Mary doth complain

Page No:

pp.83-88

Poem Title:

XIII. The lamentable complaint of queen Mary for the unkind departure of king Philip, in whose absence she fell sick and died.

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First Line:

Mourn ye highlands and mourn ye lowlands

Page No:

pp.88-91

Poem Title:

XIV. The battle of Coriche on the Hill of Fair, fought Oct. 28, 1562.

Attribution:

Forbes, a schoolmaster

Attributed To:

Mr. Forbes

First Line:

When God had taken for our sin

Page No:

pp.92-98

Poem Title:

XV. The most rare and excellent history of the dutchess of Suffolk's calamity.

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First Line:

I sing a noble princess

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pp.99-103

Poem Title:

XVI. A joyful song of the deserved praises of good queen Elizabeth, how princely she behaved herself at Tilbury camp in Essex, in 1588, when the Spaniards threatened the invasion of this kingdom.

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First Line:

In the west of England

Page No:

pp.103-109

Poem Title:

XVII. 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.

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First Line:

Come sound up your trumpets and beat up your drums

Page No:

pp.110-113

Poem Title:

XVIII. 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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First Line:

Sweet England's prize is gone

Page No:

pp.114-122

Poem Title:

XIX. 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.

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First Line:

All you that cry o hone o hone

Page No:

pp.123-127

Poem Title:

XX. A lamentable ballad on the earl of Essex's death.

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First Line:

In England reigned once a king

Page No:

pp.127-133

Poem Title:

XXI. The life and death of queen Elizabeth.

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First Line:

Of a worthy London prentice

Page No:

pp.134-140

Poem Title:

XXII. The honour of a London 'prentice. Being an account of his matchless manhood and brave adventures done in Turkey, and by what means he married the king's daughter, &c.

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First Line:

As I to Ireland did pass

Page No:

pp.141-145

Poem Title:

XXIII. 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.

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First Line:

In dole and deep distress

Page No:

pp.146-151

Poem Title:

XXIV. 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.

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First Line:

When as the King of England died

Page No:

pp.151-157

Poem Title:

XXV. An excellent song made of the successors of king Edward IV.

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First Line:

Thursday in the morn the ides of May

Page No:

pp.158-159

Poem Title:

XXVI. On the Sea Fight off Cape la Hogue in the year 1692.

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First Line:

Over these waves for ever mourning

Page No:

p.160

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Mr. Glover, author of Leonidas.

Attributed To:

Richard Glover

First Line:

Hosier with indignant sorrow

Page No:

pp.160-162

Poem Title:

XXVII. Admiral Vernon's answer to Admiral Hosier's Ghost. Written in 1740. By John Price, a land-waiter in the port of Poole.

Attribution:

By John Price

Attributed To:

John Price

First Line:

When Britain fought and triumphed over her foe

Page No:

p.162

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

In story we're told

Page No:

pp.162-165

Poem Title:

XXVIII. A song, by Paul Whitehead, Esq.

Attribution:

by Paul Whitehead, Esq.

Attributed To:

Paul Whitehead

First Line:

Ah me vile wretch that ever I was born

Page No:

pp.165-169

Poem Title:

XXIX. The complaint and lamentation of Mistresse Arden of Feversham in Kent, who for the loue of one Mosbie, hired certaine ruffians and villaines most cruelly to murder her husband; with the fatall end of her and her associats.

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First Line:

He rose and shut the door his man he blames

Page No:

pp.169-174

Poem Title:

The Second Part.

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First Line:

In Warwickshire there stands a down

Page No:

pp.174-180

Poem Title:

XXX. The lamentable song of the lord Wigmore, governour of Warwick-castle, and the fair maid of Dunsmore.

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First Line:

In ancient days when Arthur reigned

Page No:

pp.180-187

Poem Title:

XXXI. Hengist and Mey:

Attribution:

Written by William Julius Mickle, author of Sir Martyn, an excellent imitation of Spencer, a translation of the Lusiad of Camoens, and several other pieces; the merit of which are too well known to require any eulogium.

Attributed To:

William Julius Mickle

First Line:

Of all the scottish northern chiefs

Page No:

pp.188-197

Poem Title:

XXXII. Sir James the Ross,

Attribution:

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First Line:

Tis night and on the hill of storms

Page No:

pp.197-201

Poem Title:

XXXIII. Colma.

Attribution:

Ossian

Attributed To:

Ossian

First Line:

On Morven's hills where valour rose

Page No:

pp.202-207

Poem Title:

XXXIV. Nathos and Darthula. By J. Tait.

Attribution:

By J. Tait.

Attributed To:

John Tait

First Line:

Child Waters in his stable stood

Page No:

pp.208-215

Poem Title:

XXXV. Childe Waters.

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First Line:

Earl Walter stroked his milk white steed

Page No:

pp.216-221

Poem Title:

XXXVI. Earl Walter.

Attribution:

by Mrs. Hampden Pye ... from a collection of poems published ... 1771.

Attributed To:

Jael Henrietta Pye [nee Mendez; other married name Campbell]

First Line:

One parting kiss my Ethelende

Page No:

pp.222-226

Poem Title:

XXXVII. Edwin and Ethelinde.

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First Line:

Young Damon was the blithest lad

Page No:

pp.226-230

Poem Title:

XXXVIII. Damon and Chloe. In imitation of Margaret's Ghost.

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First Line:

When all was wrapped in sable night

Page No:

pp.230-236

Poem Title:

XXXIX. Lord George and Lady Dorothy. In imitation of William and Margaret. By a lady of quality.

Attribution:

By a lady of quality.

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First Line:

Far in the windings of a vale

Page No:

pp.237-242

Poem Title:

XL. Edwin and Emma. By Mr. Mallet.

Attribution:

By Mr. Mallet.

Attributed To:

David Mallet

First Line:

Turn gentle hermit of the dale

Page No:

pp.243-249

Poem Title:

XLI. The Hermit. By Dr. Goldsmith.

Attribution:

By Dr. Goldsmith.

Attributed To:

Oliver Goldsmith

First Line:

Outrageous did the loud wind blow

Page No:

pp.250-253

Poem Title:

XLII. Matilda. By Mr. Jerningham.

Attribution:

By Mr. Jerningham.

Attributed To:

Edward Jerningham

First Line:

To yon dark grove Alisia flew

Page No:

pp.253-256

Poem Title:

XLIII. Alisia. By the same.

Attribution:

[Jerningham]

Attributed To:

Edward Jerningham

First Line:

On the banks of that crystalline stream

Page No:

pp.257-261

Poem Title:

XLIV. Allen and Ella.

Attribution:

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First Line:

For daring feats of rustic sport

Page No:

pp.262-264

Poem Title:

XLV. Colin and Nancy. By T. P. Esq.

Attribution:

By T. P. Esq.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Bright was the morn the landscape gay

Page No:

pp.265-271

Poem Title:

XLVI. William and Fanny. By J. Robertson.

Attribution:

By J. Robertson.

Attributed To:

J Robertson

First Line:

Cursed with a conscious feeling mind

Page No:

pp.271-276

Poem Title:

XLVII. Amintor and Anna. By the same.

Attribution:

[J. Robertson]

Attributed To:

J Robertson

First Line:

From forth the church all blithesome gay

Page No:

pp.277-279

Poem Title:

XLVIII. Damon and Sylvia. By the same.

Attribution:

[J. Robertson]

Attributed To:

J Robertson

First Line:

Once I was a lively lad

Page No:

pp.279-283

Poem Title:

XLIX. The Maid of Aghavore. By the Rev. Mr. Ball.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Mr. Ball.

Attributed To:

Mr. Ball

First Line:

See my son my Offa dies

Page No:

pp.284-287

Poem Title:

L. The Dirge of Offa. By the same.

Attribution:

[Ball]

Attributed To:

Mr. Ball

First Line:

Happy swain wouldst thou be free

Page No:

pp.287-290

Poem Title:

LI. By the same. Kind Advice to the Happy Shepherd.

Attribution:

[Ball]

Attributed To:

Mr. Ball

First Line:

God prosper long from being broke

Page No:

pp.291-296

Poem Title:

LII. The Drinking-Match at Eden-Hall. In Imitation of the famous ballad of Chevy Chace. By Philip duke of Wharton.

Attribution:

By Philip duke of Wharton.

Attributed To:

Philip James Wharton

First Line:

O see you not yon bonny steed

Page No:

pp.296-299

Poem Title:

LIII. The Dowy Den. A lady hearing her lover had fallen in single combat with his rival, calls to her attendant boy.

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First Line:

Saw ye the thane of mickle pride

Page No:

pp.299-305

Poem Title:

LIV. Duncan. A Fragment.

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First Line:

Ye mountains so dreary and dread

Page No:

pp.305-308

Poem Title:

LV. The Fair Penitent.

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