The Roxburghe ballads . none will me molest, I will not be opprest,But will find quiet rest untill I die. Vain hopes I bid adieu, for theyre not sure:Farewell now, Fortune true, for Im secure ;Far from the frowns of Fate, and undeserved hate,Far better is my state, than was before. Jrfnis. In White-letter. No colophon or woodcut: date of broadside issues probablybefore 1750, and certainly after 1725. *#* The mention of The Frowns of Fate in final stanza fitly introducesa ballad so entitled, here given on p. 401, its rare antecedent is on p. 399. Of the probable author, Tobias Bowne, a
The Roxburghe ballads . none will me molest, I will not be opprest,But will find quiet rest untill I die. Vain hopes I bid adieu, for theyre not sure:Farewell now, Fortune true, for Im secure ;Far from the frowns of Fate, and undeserved hate,Far better is my state, than was before. Jrfnis. In White-letter. No colophon or woodcut: date of broadside issues probablybefore 1750, and certainly after 1725. *#* The mention of The Frowns of Fate in final stanza fitly introducesa ballad so entitled, here given on p. 401, its rare antecedent is on p. 399. Of the probable author, Tobias Bowne, and the tune of his Doubting Virgin,to which so many of his ballads were written : see previous vols. (iv. 337, 342to 344, 347, 349, 352, 356 ; vol. v. pp. 368, 369 ; vol. vi. pp. 156, 157 ; andin the present vol. vii. p. 152 ante. This patched Lady belongs to pp. 110, woodcut on p. 399 originally represented the Flag of Colonel CharlesJames, the Prince of Waless Feathers (in The Politique Post, January 4, 1653).. 399 [Trowbesh Coll., II. 46; Jersey, II. 166=Lind., 860 ; Huth, II. 166 ; C. 22.] goiing 09an£ Unfortunate 2Desttnp* 3ft facing t§e Crue Hotorg ILamnttafale £)&crt&i:oto* When they devize to Tyrannize, it often proveth true, That in this Snare they do impair both Life and Fortune too. To the Tttste of, The Doubting Virgin. [See p. 152, and iv. 344.]
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