In Rome I read a nobleman
- DMI number:
- 11523
- First Line:
- In Rome I read a nobleman
- Last Line:
- A loving wedded wife
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Alternate rhyme [abcbdefe...] and Ballad
- Themes:
- Food and drink[breast feeding] and Women / the female character
- Title:
- A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. [Vol II] [2nd ed] [ESTC T144721]
- Page No(s):
- pp.137-144
- Poem Title:
- A Worthy Example of a Vertuous Wife, who fed her Father with her own Milk, he being commanded by the Emperor to be starved to Death but afterwards pardoned. Tune of Flying Fame.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. With introductions historical and critical. [Vol II] [N166]
- Page No(s):
- pp.137-144
- Poem Title:
- A Worthy Example of a Vertuous Wife, who fed her Father with her own Milk, he being commanded by the Emperor to be starved to Death, but afterwards pardoned. Tune is, Flying Fame.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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