The virgins tragedy: or the faithful maiden, and the faithless young man. being a true relation how a young man living in Westminster, fell in love with a maid which had two hundred pounds to her portion, several promises past betwixt them, and their love continued for the space of two years, at the end whereof, he appointed a day for marriage, but the day being come, he most disloyally cast her off and forsook her; whose unkindness struck so deep to the maidens heart, that she fell into swouning and distracted fits, and so miserably languisht for a fortnights time, & then dyed. Desiring on her death-bed in the presence of several neighbours, that her parents and rela-tions would cause her unfortunate tragedy to be put into print, which is here done to fulfil the will of the dead: by her brother. Tune is Ginny gin or, fare one let me in.
University of California, Santa Barbara.Early Modern Center.
London, England : Conyers, Joshua,
c. 1662-1692.
Title from English Broadside Ballad Archive Catalogue
ESTC
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996)
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National Library of Scotland.
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Ballads, English
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