Kind William, or, Constant Betty. Let maidens beware, and shun the snare, I say berul'd [sic] by me; though you embrace, be perfect chaste, from stains of infamy. To the tune of The doubting virgin

People / Organizations

• Tobias Bowne (Author)

Imprint

London]: Printed for J[onah]. Deacon in Gilt-spur-street, [1671 - 1704

Publication year

1671-1704

ESTC No.

R227130

Grub Street ID

100039

Description

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

Note

Anonymous. Attributed to Tobias Bowne (Wing)

Bodleian Library ballads database suggest date range "between 1671 and 1704" for a very similar edition; Wing suggests publication date of "[1684]"

Verse - "Constant Betty that sweet creature,"

Another edition has "be rul'd" in title and "at the sign of the Angel" in the imprint; a third has "be rul'd" and "at the Angel".