The virgins tragedy
Subtitle: 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 miserable languisht for a fortnights time, & then dyed. Desiring on her death-bed in the presence of several neighbours, that her parents and relations would cause her unfortunate tragedy to be put into print, which is here done to fulfil the will of the dead: by her brother
Publisher: Printed for J. Conyers at the Black Raven in Duck-lane
Published: 1682
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Other titles: Young gallants all, and ladies fair
Notes: "Tune is Ginny Gin, or, fare one let me in."

Publication date range from Wing.

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Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), V645

Crawford, 1446

ESTC, R227455

Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

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No. 140 of 167 black-letter broadside ballads mounted on paper and bound in two volumes. In volume 2, which begins with no. 57.

Bound in two volumes in later gilt morocco with spine title: Black-letter broadside ballads. Reign of Charles II (binding and leaves within brittle and cracked; some leaves detached); in CMI.