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The false lover rewarded, to the tune of, My love she does slight me &c

Description: ESTC T35276 ; Verse - "Young men and maids I pray give ear,". ; Imprint conjectured by cataloguer.;In three columns with a woodcut of a man and a woman, and the title, above all of the columns the columns are separated by lines of ornamental type.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1760?
Call number: 289786
Provenance: Purchased from Francis Edward, 1953. With the bookplate of C. W. Dyson Perrins. Previously bound with other ballads and broadside printed materials in a red grained morocco binding. The items were disbound and cataloged separately, see call numbers 289716-289788. The binding was retained, see call number: 195358.
Dimensions: 31 x 21 cm (1/2 sheet)
Associated people: Perrins, Charles William Dyson, (1864-1958,)
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289763

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289731

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289776

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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289771

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ESTC N68212 ; "God above that made all things,". ; In four columns, with the title and woodcut above the first two columns. The first and second are separated by an ornamental rule, as are the third and fourth columns.

289781

The false lover rewarded, to the tune of, My love she does slight me &c

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