The huntsmans delight. Or, The forresters pleasure. The dear are wounded but they are not slain yet so they're wounded that they are or' etain and in their taking pitty it is shown for why 'twas thought that some there was with fawn. The keepers swore great oaths upon their lives they'd be as kind to them as men are to their wives the pleasant sport this ditty doth declare of the kind huntsmen and the fellow dear tune of amongst the leaves so green a. [sic] By J.M

People / Organizations

• Joseph Martin (Author)
• W. Thackery ("printed for")
• Thomas Passinger Sr. ("printed for")

Imprint

London]: Printed for W. Thacker[y a]nd T. Passinger, [between 1686 and 1688

Publication year

1686-1688

ESTC No.

R180398

Grub Street ID

71459

Description

1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts) ; 1°.

Note

Verse - "Come all you young maidens [and] lend an ear"

Place and date of publication suggested by Wing

J.M. = Joseph Martin --Wing

Catalogued from Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Pepys Ballads, facsimile volume 4, p. 271.

Uncontrolled note

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