A courtly ballad of the princely wooing of the fair maid of London, by renowned King Edward, &c. : to the tune of, Bonny sweet robin, &c.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Onley, W. (William), active 1697-1709, printer.

Bull, John, -1628.

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483.

Edward.

Shore, Jane, -1527?.

Shore, Jane.

Ballads, English--17th century.

Ballads, English.

Courtship--Poetry--Early works to 1800.

Courtship.

Kings and rulers--Early works to 1800.

Kings and rulers.

Man-woman relationships--Early works to 1800.

Man-woman relationships.

Genre:

Broadside poems -- England -- 17th century.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

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

Other Title:

Fair maid of London's answer to King Edward's wanton love

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by and for W.O. [id est William Onley] and are to be sold by the booksellers of Pye-Corner and London-Bridge, [1695?]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Verse - "Fair angel of England, thy beauty most bright,".

In two parts, probably printed side by side; the second part is titled: The fair maid of London's answer to King Edward's wanton love.

Second part begins: O wanton King Edward thy labour is vain,

Printed in black letter.

Date of publication from Wing (2nd edition, 1994); British Library catalogue dates item at [1670?].

C6608 on reel 1809 is C6609.

Reproduction of original in: National Library of Scotland--Crawford Collections.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 3046:18) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing (2nd edition, 1994), C6608

ESTC R171567

Related Work:

Bull, John, -1628. Bonny sweet Robin.

OCLC:

879330992

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