A lamentable ballad of the tragical end of a gallant lord and vertuous lady, together with the untimely death of their two children; wickedly performed by a heathenish and bloud-thirsty blackamore, their servant; the like of which cruelty and murther was never before heard of. To the tune of, The lady's fall, &c. Licensed and enter'd according to order.

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PML 3469.58
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London : printed by and for W. O[nley], and sold by the booksellers of Pye-corner and London-bridge, [1700?]
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1 sheet ([1] page) : illustration (woodcut) ; 31.1 x 40.1 cm
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Full-sheet.
Vertical chainlines.
Verse - "In Rome a noble man did wed".
Printed in black letter in five columns; woodcut illustration of a castle fortress with the Moor in the act of killing the Lord and Lady's two children and the nobleman kneeling beside the castle moat at left.
Printer's name and date of publication from Wing (see Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), L263).
Standard tune: In Peascod Time.

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First lines: In Rome a Noble Man did wed, / a Virgin of great fame

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Broadside
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