A sweet sonnet, wherein the lover exclaimeth against fortune for the loss of his ladies favour, almost past hope to get again, and in the end receives a comfortable answer, and attains his desire, as may here appear. To the tune of Fortune my foe

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  • A sweet sonnet, wherein the lover exclaimeth against fortune for the loss of his ladies favour, almost past hope to get again, and in the end receives a comfortable answer, and attains his desire, as may here appear. To the tune of Fortune my foe
  • New ballad, intituled, the stout cripple of Cornwal; wherein is shewed, his dissolute life, an deserved death. The tune is, The blind begger
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Imprint
London]: Printed for J. Wright, J. Clark, W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger, [between 1681 and 1684
Publication year
1681-1684
ESTC No.
R234209
Grub Street ID
105564
Description
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts) ; 1°.
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Verse - "Fortune my foe, why dost thou frown on me"

In three parts, printed side by side. Part one has caption: "The lovers complaint for the loss of his love." Part two has caption: "The ladies comfortable and pleasant answer." Part three has caption title: "A new ballad, intituled, the stout cripple of Cornwal; wherein is shewed, his dissolu[t]e life, an [sic] deserved death. The tune is, The blind begger."; Catalogued from Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Pepys Ballads, facsimile volume 1, p. 512.
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