| Title: | The distressed mother: being a merchants daughter of London, who lost her husband in Ireland, and her father falling to decay, b[eing] in prison, brought her youngest child to the court at Kensington, leaving it there with a note in its bosome, wh[ich] show'd her misfortunes; desiring the Queen to be kind to the child for its parents sake; which she graciously [ac]cordingly did. To the tune of, Let Cesar live long. |
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| Print source: | The distressed mother: being a merchants daughter of London, who lost her husband in Ireland, and her father falling to decay, b[eing] in prison, brought her youngest child to the court at Kensington, leaving it there with a note in its bosome, wh[ich] show'd her misfortunes; desiring the Queen to be kind to the child for its parents sake; which she graciously [ac]cordingly did. To the tune of, Let Cesar live long. [London]: Printed for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, J. Back., [1692?] |
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Ballads, English -- 17th century.
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