The Roxburghe ballads . ;Then his trouble waxed double, by the Rovers of the Sea,They betrayd them, and conveyd them, ery man to Slavery. Now his sorrows are increased, none but by the Silent GraveCan he hope to be released, but to live and dye a Slave ?Never ceasing, but increasing, in the anguish of his mind,Woful greeting, and repeating, I shall never comfort find! At the length he was befriended, by the fatal stroak of Death,All his grief and sorrow ended, when he did resign his breath ;When she heared, then she feared, she had wrought his overthrow,Then she acted, like distracted, as her
The Roxburghe ballads . ;Then his trouble waxed double, by the Rovers of the Sea,They betrayd them, and conveyd them, ery man to Slavery. Now his sorrows are increased, none but by the Silent GraveCan he hope to be released, but to live and dye a Slave ?Never ceasing, but increasing, in the anguish of his mind,Woful greeting, and repeating, I shall never comfort find! At the length he was befriended, by the fatal stroak of Death,All his grief and sorrow ended, when he did resign his breath ;When she heared, then she feared, she had wrought his overthrow,Then she acted, like distracted, as her Answer plain will show. * [Possibly by Tobias Bowne.]Printed fox J. Deacon, atthe Angel in Guilt-spur-st., withoutNeicgate. [Black-letter. Three cuts: 1st, on p. 103 ; 2nd, on p. 399; 3rd, on p. , circa 1680.] The Woodcut of girl stabbing herself belongs to p. 402. * The Answer promised is in Roxb. Coll., II. 180, The Frowns of Fate, , When she heard how he died. We bring both parts together
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