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The mournful lady's garland
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ESTC N68216 ; Verse - "All you that delight in a jest that is true," - In four columns with the title above the first two columns; the columns are not separated by ornamental rules. Another broadside ballad with the same title begins "Behold near the borders of fair Dorsetshire."
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The Durham garland
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ESTC N68218 ; Verse. "A worthy Lord of vast estate,". ; In five columns with the title and woodcut above the first two the columns are not separated by rules. The woodcut is a portrait of men sitting around a table.
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The Kentish garland
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The two unfortunate lovers. Being a true relation of the lamentable end of John True and Susan Massie. Their lives this ditty doth relate, tho' they dy'd unfortunate. To the tune of, The bride's burial
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