An excellent ballad of a prince of England's courtship to the King of France's daughter, and how the prince was disasterously slain; and how the aforesaid princess was afterwards married to a forrester. To the tune of, Crimson velvet, &c.

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Accession number: 
PML 3469.13
Author: 
Deloney, Thomas, 1543?-1600.
Published: 
London : printed by and for W. O[nley]. and sold by C. Bates, at the Sun and Bible in Pye-corner, [1700?]
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1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations (woodcut) ; 30.6 x 39 cm
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Anonymous. By Thomas Deloney.
Onley's name from, and publication date suggested by, Wing.
At end of text: Licensed and entered according to order.
Printed in 5 columns in black letter; 2 woodcuts at the head of first three columns of verse, including (at left) an oval portrait of the king of France, and (at right) a man and woman standing in a landscape, the man approaching the woman with a glove(?) held up in one hand.

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First line: In the days of old / when fair France did flourish

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