A Collection of Old Ballads. Corrected from the Best and Most Ancient Copies Extant. With Introductions Historical, Critical, Or Humorous. Illustrated with Copper Plates, Volume 1J. Roberts; and sold, 1723 - Ballads, English |
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... Earl Piercy took his way ; The Child may rue that is unborn , The Hunting of that
Day . The stout Earl of Northumberland A Vow to God did make , His Pleasure in
the Scottish Woods Three Summer's Days to take ; The chiefest Harts in Chevy ...
... Earl Piercy took his way ; The Child may rue that is unborn , The Hunting of that
Day . The stout Earl of Northumberland A Vow to God did make , His Pleasure in
the Scottish Woods Three Summer's Days to take ; The chiefest Harts in Chevy ...
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| Title | A Collection of Old Ballads. Corrected from the Best and Most Ancient Copies Extant. With Introductions Historical, Critical, Or Humorous. Illustrated with Copper Plates, Volume 1 A Collection of Old Ballads. Corrected from the Best and Most Ancient Copies Extant. With Introductions Historical, Critical, Or Humorous. Illustrated with Copper Plates, Ambrose Philips |
| Contributor | Ambrose Philips |
| Publisher | J. Roberts; and sold, 1723 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Jul 2007 |
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