Cover Image

The city asse

Bibliographic Details
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l. : publisher not identified, 1653?]
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Ballads, English > 17th century. Broadsides > England > London > 17th century.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Similar Items

The Cities farevvell to the Parliament.
Published: (1648)

The two jeering lovers, or, A pleasant new dialogue between Dick Down-right of the country, and pretty witty Nancy of the citie : the manner of their wooing, winning, and wedding shall be related in this ensuing ditty : to a dainty new tune, called, Now the tyrant hath stolen, &c.
Published: (1656)

Down-right Dick of the West, or, The Plow-mans ramble to London : to see my lord-mayor and the rest of the vine volk of the city, with what hapned while he there remained : to the tune of The country farmer.
Published: (1685)

The faithfull maids adventures : the mayd with diligence sought far and neer, through many a famous city, town and shire, untill such time shee had her sweet-heart found, whose love to her did wonderously abound.
by: L. P. (Laurence Price), fl. 1625-1680?
Published: (1650)

Love lies a bleeding. : By whose mortal wounds you may soon understand, what sorrows wee suffer since love left the land. To the tune of, The Cyclops.
Published: (1653)

A looking-glass for drunkards, or, The good-fellows folly : moderately reproving all such as practise as the beastly sin of inordinate and excessive tippling , with an admonition for the future to forbear the same to the tune of Fy, Dutchmen, fie.
Published: (1641)

Jemmy return'd, or, The Nations joy : a pleasant new ballad : to the tune of Let traytors plot on.
Published: (1682)

The redeemed captive. : The free unchain'd lover boasts that he is now at large. That other men should keep so too he gives this friendly charge. Tune, When Aurelia first was.
Published: (1690)

The crafty maids approbation. : Wherein she shows either black or brown, tis mony makes them straight go down, when pritty girls that gold has none, their fortunes is still to lye alone. To the tune of, A fig for France.
Published: (1678)

The young man and maids recreation or, The spring birds notes. : Tune of, Charon make hast, &c.
Published: (1690)

A Weeks loving, wooing, and wedding: or, Happy is that wooing that is not long a dooing. : Here was a nimble bridegroom, and a bride, in eight short days the long fast knot was ty'd. : To the tune of Billy and Molly.
Published: (1690)

Hope farewel, adieu to all pleasure, or Silvia's matchless cruelty. : To the tune of, Hail great sir, &c.
Published: (1690)

The new royal march : play'd upon the ho boys before the granadeers.
Published: (1686)

The wofull complaint and lamentable death of a forsaken lover. : To a pleasant new tune.
Published: (1700)

The life of love. : Let he or she, from chains are free, prize high their liberty. Loves a disease, that seems to please yet breeds captivity. To the tune of, The fair one let me in: Or, Busie fame.
Published: (1685)

A Most excellent ballad of an old man and his wife, : vvho in their want and misery sought to their children for succour, by whom they were disdained, and scornfully sent away succourless, and Gods vengeance shewed on them for the same. : Tune of, Priscillca [sic].
Published: (1678)

The flattering damsel, or, A false heart brings sorrow : for she whom all men took to be both fair and faithfull, now is flowne, (as if the planets did decree), another for to be her owne, by this faire maids learne to be true, least thousand sorrows do insue.
Published: (1650)

A pleasant new ballad to look upon, : how Mault deals with every man.
Published: (1658)

A louer forsaken of his loue. : To a new court tune..
Published: (1630)

Monmouth worsted in the west, or, His care and grief for the death of his poor souldiers : together with his worthy sayings, while he remained obscure in a silent grove, in presence of some of his particular friends : to the tune of The souldiers departure.
Published: (1688)

A pleasant new ballad to sing evening and morn, of the bloody murder of Sir John Barley-corn. : The tune is, Shall I lye beyond thee.
Published: (1641)

A pleasant new ballad, to sing evening and morn, of the bloody murder of Sir John Barlycorn, : the tune is, Shall I lye beyond thee.
Published: (1641)

[An excellent ballad, intitul'd, The unfortunate love of a Lancashire gentleman, and the hard fortune of a fair young bride. : To the tune of, Come follow my love, &c.
Published: (1690)

The two constant lovers. Or, A patterne of true love exprest in this loving dialogue betweene Samuell and Sara. : To a pleasant new tune.
Published: (1658)

A New ballad of an amorous coachman, : who was so difficult in pleasing his love-sick fancy; that after his several addresses to the female sex, he was at last married: which made him cry out, Alass! my humour is so hard to please, that I find love, not love, but a disease ... : To the tune of, There was a brisk lass.
Published: (1690)

I'll make thee be fain to follow me. : A nevv song. To its own proper tune.
Published: (1670)

Prides fall, or, A warning for all English women. : By the example of a strange monster born of late in Germany, by a merchants proud wife in Geneva. The tune is, All you that love good fellows.
Published: (1658)

A new ballad shewing how a prince of England loved the kings daughter of France : and how the prince was disasterously slain and how the aforesaid princes was afterwards married to a Forester, the tune is, Crimson velvet.
Published: (1663)

The young-man & maidens fore-cast; : shewing how they reckon'd their chickens before they were hatcht. To the tune of, The country farmer. Or, The Devonshire damosels.
Published: (1680)

The dying young man, and the obdurate maid, or, A strange and wonderful relation of a young man that dyed for love ... with the maids perplexity for loss of her love, and how likely she is to dy [sic] for the same cause ... To the tune of, Fancies phenix.
Published: (1654)

A pleasant new ballad of Tobias, : wherein is shewed the wonderful things that chanced unto him in his youth, and how he wedded a young damsel that had had seven husbands, and, never enjoyed their company, who were all slain by an evil spirit. To a new tune.
Published: (1663)

The poor mans counsellor, or, The marryed mans guide : If God have blest thee with a careful wife take my directions how to lead thy life, tho riches though dost want yet thou shalt find far greater wealth in a contented mind, thy honest labour shall thy charge maintain, being truly got, not by unlawful gain, tune of, The poor man's comfort.
Published: (1672)

A Leicester-shire frolick; or, The valiant cook-maid : Being a merry composed jest of five taylors that had been at work till their wages came to five pounds; likewise a merry conceited cook-maid that lived in the house, went to her master and desired him to lend her a horse, and she would venture her skill to take the 5-pound from these five taylors, without either sword or pistol, in a jesting way, to make her master some sport and to show her valour: her master loving mirth more then sadness, agreed to it: so a horse was sadled, and other things to disguise her self, because she might not be known: away she went (it being in the evening) and met them before they got home, with nothing in her hand but a black pudding, the faint-hearted taylors delivered her their money very quietly, for fear they should a been shot through with a black pudding, and what followed after is expressed in this following ditty. Tune is, Ragged and torn. With allowance.
Published: (1641)

[Th]e young-man put to his dumps: : being a gallant discourse on May-day last, between two witty lovers ... To a pleasant new tune, called, the The lovers delight, or, The Cambridge horn.
Published: (1684)

The Innocent shepherd and the crafty wife, or, A Dialogue between a shepherd and his love : ... to the tune of The Country farmer, or, The Buxom virgin.
Published: (1685)

The trappand virgin or Good advice to maidens, : that they may not be drawn into priminaryes by the specious pretences of their seeming amorist's, who having once obtained their wills, leace & forsake their betray'd mistresses ... Tune, When busie fame.
Published: (1678)

Phillis forsaken, in pursuit of Coridon. : Behold fair Phyllis by her love forsaken ... To the tune of, Daphnæs complaint, or O my love, &c.
Published: (1666)

The two constant lovers; or A pattern of true love, exprest in this dialogue between Samuel and Sarah : To a pleasant new tune.
Published: (1695)

The Scotch hay-makers, or, Crafty Jockey's courtship to coy Jenny of Edenborough : to an excellent new tune much in request.
Published: (1685)

A Merry wedding or, O brave Arthur of Bradly : to a pleasant new tune.