Crums of comfort for the youngest sister : the youngest sister in despair, at last did comfort find, which banisht all her grief and care, and eas'd her troubled mind, a kind young man did promise her that she should married be, she answered him again, kind sir, thereto I'm wondrous free / to a pleasant new west country tune.

Format:

Microformat

Series:

Women advising women ; pt. 5, reel 3.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Broadsides--England--London--Early works to 1800.

Broadsides.

Love poetry, English--England--Early works to 1800.

Love poetry, English.

England.

England--London.

Genre:

Ballads -- England -- 17th century.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (woodcuts) ; oblong 1⁰

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Place of Publication:

[London] : Printed for P[hilip]. Brooksby at the Golden in Ball West-Smithfield, [1680]

Summary:

A ballad about a sad young woman who is made glad by an offer of marriage.

Notes:

Verse - "I have a good old father at home,".

Place, date of publication, and publisher's name from Wing CD-ROM, 1996.

Filmed copy at Adam Matthew's set reel 3, Douce Ballads 1[82], appears to be a variant setting with the woman's woodcut cameo placed above the third column, and the man's woodcut cameo placed above the fourth column; reel 3, [61], is the reverse of this arrangement.

Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library.

Microfilm. Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Publications ; Oxford, England : Bodleian Photographic Service. 1998. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. Women advising women ; pt. 5, reel 3.

Cited in:

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), C7430

ESTC (RLIN), ESTCR227069.

OCLC:

63661495