The faithful lovers downfal, or, The death of fair Phillis who killed her self for loss of her Philander : Phillis for loss of her Philander, through each grove doth wander : until she hears by fate he's slain, which causes her so to complain : o're-whelm'd in tears, she does conclude, to end her life, which soon ensu'd : for with her fatal dagger, she stab'd to the heart, sets sorrow free : dying with patience, braving fate, that to her love did her translate / to a pleasant new lay-house tune or, Oh! cruel bloody fate.

Format:

Microformat

Series:

Women advising women ; pt. 5, reel 3.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Broadsides.

Suicide victims--England--Early works to 1800.

Suicide victims.

Man-woman relationships.

England.

Man-woman relationships--Early works to 1800.

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 T[homas]. Vere, at the sign of the Angel in Guilt-spur-street without Newgate, [between 1650-1680]

Summary:

A ballad about a young woman who kills herself when she finds out that her lover has died.

Notes:

Wing CD-ROM, 1996 gives range of dates: 1650-1680. Place of publication and publisher's name from Wing CD.

Verse - "Ah! cruel bloody fate,".

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), F274A

ESTC (RLIN), ESTCR231828.

OCLC:

63661667