A lamentable ballad of the tragical end of a gallant lord and vertuous lady : together with the untimely death of their two children, wickedly performed by a heathenish and blood-thirsty blackamore, their servant, the like of which cruelty and murther was never before heard of. To the tune of The lady's fall, &c. Enter’d according to order

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Lewis Walpole Library > A lamentable ballad of the tragical end of a gallant lord and vertuous lady : together with the untimely death of their two children, wickedly performed by a heathenish and blood-thirsty blackamore, their servant, the like of which cruelty and murther was never before heard of. To the tune of The lady's fall, &c. Enter’d according to order

17124735

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Title: A lamentable ballad of the tragical end of a gallant lord and vertuous lady : together with the untimely death of their two children, wickedly performed by a heathenish and blood-thirsty blackamore, their servant, the like of which cruelty and murther was never before heard of. To the tune of The lady's fall, &c. Enter’d according to order
Published / Created: [between 1680 and 1710?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed by and for C.B. [Brown?] and sold by J. Walter, at the Hand and Pen in High Holborn
Description: In five columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; imprint below the last three; the columns are not separated by rules.
Date range conjectural; other ballads with similar imprints are also undated; printer’s name conjectured from other imprints recorded by Wing.
Verse begins: "In Rome a nobleman did wed".
In this setting line 24 begins with "straight".
Not in Wing.
Mounted on leaf 52. Copy trimmed.
Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Sheet in two pieces repaired and mounted as one piece.
Provenance: One of three volumes of ballads purchased from P. Murray Hill by W.S. Lewis; July 1948.
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] page) : 26 x 37 cm
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 74 OL1 v. 1

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Early works to 1800
Single sheet verse
Broadside poems
Woodcuts England London 18th century
Material: 1 woodcut ;
Resource Type: still image and text
Subject (Geographic): Rome (Italy)
Subject (Topic): Household employees
Murder
Master and servant
Abused children
Pleading (Begging)
Homicides
Criminals
Subjects: Household employees > Early works to 1800
Murder > Early works to 1800
Master and servant > Early works to 1800
Abused children
Pleading (Begging)
Homicides
Criminals
Rome (Italy) > Early works to 1800
England > London > 18th century

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 10431498
Object ID (OID): 17124735