| Title: | Loves overthrow; or, A full and true account of a young maid that lived in Exeter-Exchange-Court, in the Strand, who being deeply in love with a young serving-man, whose care was so great, that he would not marry till he was in a good condition to maintain a wife; which resolution of his bred jealousie in her; whereupon in reality of his love, he presented her with a ring, but she afterwads [sic] dispairing of his constancy, distainfully returned him the ring again, and within ashort [sic] time after poysoned her self; and now she lies buried near the May-Pole in the Strand, with a stake drove through her body; being there bruied [sic] the thirteenth day of May last. To the tune of, Bateman. |
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| Print source: | Loves overthrow; or, A full and true account of a young maid that lived in Exeter-Exchange-Court, in the Strand, who being deeply in love with a young serving-man, whose care was so great, that he would not marry till he was in a good condition to maintain a wife; which resolution of his bred jealousie in her; whereupon in reality of his love, he presented her with a ring, but she afterwads [sic] dispairing of his constancy, distainfully returned him the ring again, and within ashort [sic] time after poysoned her self; and now she lies buried near the May-Pole in the Strand, with a stake drove through her body; being there bruied [sic] the thirteenth day of May last. To the tune of, Bateman. [London]: Printed for P[hilip]. Brooksby, at the Golden Ball in West-smithfield., [between 1670-1696] |
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Ballads, English -- 17th century.
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