An excellent ballad of the deposing of King Richard the Second, and how, after many miseries, he was barbarously murder'd in Pomfret castle. Tune of, Regard my sorrows
Publisher: Printed by William Dicey; and sold by William Peachey, near St. Bennet's church in Cambridge; Matthias Dagnell, bookseller, and at Mr. Burnham's snuff-shop in Aylesbury; Margaret Ward in Sun-lane, Reading; John Timbs in Stony-Stratford; Paul Stevens in Bicester; Thomas Williams in Tring; Anthony Thorpe in St. Albans; Churrude Brady in St. Ives: at all which places chapmen, travellers, &c. may be furnish'd with all sorts of old and new ballads, broadsheets, histoires, &c. with finer cuts, much better printed, and cheaper than in any other place in England.
Published: 1730
Place of publication: Northhampton
Language: eng
Subjects: Poetry
Notes: The prefatory note & the illustration are extracted from A collection of old ballads (1723-25) II, 23-29.

First line: When Richard II. in England was king.