The lamentation of Mr. Pages wife of Plimouth. Who being forced to wed against her will, did consent to his murther, for the love of George Strangwidge, for which fact they suffered death at Barnstable in Devonshire. The tune is, Fortune my foe

People / Organizations

• Thomas Deloney (Author)

Imprint

London] : Printed for I. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger, [between 1684 and 1686

Publication year

1684-1686

ESTC No.

R234355

Grub Street ID

105711

Description

1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 1°.

Note

Attributed by Wing to Thomas Deloney

Place and date of publication from Wing

Verse - "Unhappy she whom fortune hath forlorn,"

In three parts, printed side by side. Part two has caption title: The lamentation of George Stangwidge, who for consenting to the death of Mr. Page of Plimouth, suffered death at Barnstable. Part three has caption title: The complaint of Mrs. Page for causing her husband to b murthered, for the love of George Strangwidge, who were executed together

Catalogued from Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Pepys Ballads, facsimile volume 2, p. 170.

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