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.

Format:

Book

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballads, English--17th century.

Ballads, English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)) : illustrations (woodcuts)

Place of Publication:

[London] : Printed for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, J. Back., [1692?]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Place and date of publication suggested by Wing.

"Licensed according to order."

Verse: "All you that have now a desire to hear ..."

Cf. Wing D1704 which has "daughter of Ireland" in the title.

Imperfect: cropped, affecting title.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A5:2[101]) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Early English books tract supplement interim guide C.20.f.8[118]

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