The Roxburghe ballads . nal ofthis ballad, as it appears on the Woods Collection broadside(not absolutely unique, for another exemplar is in Glasgow, beingEuing No. 247), and the later Ashmolean MSS. 36, 37, article present ballad is of date 166£, when the Regicides were executed. > We have collated this with a MS. E. Lib. Hen. Keynoll, Armiger donoItobt. Forsell, Arraig. 13° Febr., 1684, here marked F. In Ashmole MS. (notMoleash, alas !) we find, You Gallants that delight to play at Cards to passthe time away, of date 1646-48: see p. 617. The present ballad, of 1660,initialed by La
The Roxburghe ballads . nal ofthis ballad, as it appears on the Woods Collection broadside(not absolutely unique, for another exemplar is in Glasgow, beingEuing No. 247), and the later Ashmolean MSS. 36, 37, article present ballad is of date 166£, when the Regicides were executed. > We have collated this with a MS. E. Lib. Hen. Keynoll, Armiger donoItobt. Forsell, Arraig. 13° Febr., 1684, here marked F. In Ashmole MS. (notMoleash, alas !) we find, You Gallants that delight to play at Cards to passthe time away, of date 1646-48: see p. 617. The present ballad, of 1660,initialed by Laurence Price, was re-issued to suit the exigences of 1680, and bears(unusually) the date of that year. The original may have been by Price. 685 [Roxburglie Coll., II. 522 ; Pepys, II. 207 ; IV. 344 ; Wood, 401, f. 149.] aXUin at jftnrt, 3Use at JUst; 3 il^eto Came at Cartwi: TOljrotn theIfcing recobttEO fjtg Crofon, ano traitors lost tfjcir f^ the tune of, Ye Gallants that delight to plat/. [SeeJYote, p. 617.]. [This cut belongs to p. 628.] [ use to.[B. al. led. lately.* YE merry hearts that love to play,At Cards, see who hath won the day!You that once did sadly sing, The Knave o th Clubs hath won the King:Now more happy times ye have, The King hath overcome the Knave ;The King hath overcome the Knave. Not long ago a Game was playd, When three Crowns at the stake was layd; England had no cause to boast, Knaves won that which Kings had lost;Coaches gave the way to Carts,And Clubs were better Cards than Hearts, etc Old Noll was the Knave o th Clubs, And Dad of such as preach in tubs; Bradshaw, Ireton, and Pride, [j0hn B., Hy. /., Thom. p, Were three other Knaves beside; And they playd with half the Pack, Throwing out all Cards but Blade, etc. [ independents, [Repeat passim. G86 Win at First, Lose at Lad. But the just Fates threw these four out, Which made the Loyal Party shout, The Tope would fain have had the Stock, And with these Cards have whipd his Dock, [
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