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Choice of inuentions, or Seuerall sorts of the figure of three : that are newly compos'd as here you may see, then lend your attention you shall heare anon it goes to the tune of Rock the cradle sweet Iohn.
Date: [1632?]
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Another ballad: called The libertines lampoone: or, The curvets of conscience : To the tune of, Thomas Venner, or 60. / Written by the authour of the Geneva Ballad.
Samuel ButlerDate: 1674
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Fond loue why dost thou dally: or, The passionate louers ditty : in praise of his loue thats faire and witty. To the tune of The mocke widdow.
Date: [1630?]
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The king of good-fellows: or, The merry toper's advice : Being a pleasant new song much in request. This is the man whose company once had, will make men cheearful [sic], though of late but sad: he hates curmudgeons, but does court the blade, that will spend free, for drinking is a trade; by it long nights flye swift, and seem but short, no pastime's like unto true tippling sport. To a pleasant new tune.
Date: [1684?]
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Loues solace; or The true lovers part, & in his conclusion he shews his constant heart : He still doth praise her for her beauty rare, and sayes there's none with her that can compare. To a new court tune called the Damaske rose.
M. P. (Martin Parker), -1656?Date: [1632]
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A new ditty : of a lover, tost hither and th[i]ther, that cannot speake his mind when they are together. To the tune of, Hide Park.
Lowberry, PeterDate: [1640?]
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The plagues of Northomberland : To the tune of Appelles.
Barker, John (Ballad writer)Date: [1570?]
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A marvelous medicine to cure a great pain, if a maiden-head be lost to get it again.
Date: [between 1658 and 1664]
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The constancy of true loue, or. An excellent relation of the vntimely death of tvvo faithfull louers : To the tune of Downe by a forrest.
Date: [1635?]
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Saint Bernards vision. Or, A briefe discourse (dialogue-wise) betweene the soule and the body of a damned man newly deceased : laying open the faults of each other: With a speech of the divels in hell. To the tune of, Fortune my foe.
Date: [1640?]
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The merchants daughter of Bristow : To the tune of The maidens ioy.
Date: [1635?]
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The maids comfort: or, The kinde young man, who, as many haue said, sweet comfort did yeeld to a comfortlesse maid : To a pleasant new tune.
Date: [1629]
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Two-penny-worth of wit for a penny. Or, The bad husband turn'd thrifty : this man that wrought his own decay, and spent his money night and day; is turn'd to saving I do swear, there's few that with him can compare: and lves so civil in his ways, that all his neighbours give him praise, and does repent his wicked crime, and desires good fellows to turn in time; there's many a man runs himself clear out, when ale's in his head, then wit is out. To the tune of, Packingtons pound.
Date: [1685?]
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The tragedy of Hero and Leander: or, The two unfortunate lovers : Famous Leander for his love renown'd, in crossing of the Hellespont was drown'd, and Hero when his corps she once espy'd, she leapt into the waves, and wth him dy'd. To a pleasant new tune, or, I will never love thee more.
Date: [1665?]
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A merry dialogue betwixt a married man and his wife, concerning the affaires of this carefull life : To an excellent tune.
Date: [1628]
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A description of a strange (and miraculous) fish : cast upon the sands in the meads, in the hundred of Worwell, in the county Palatine of Chester, (or Chesshiere. The certainty whereof is here related concerning the said most monstrous fish. To the tune of Bragandary.
M. P. (Martin Parker), -1656?Date: [1635?]
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The Mistaken mid-vvife, or, Mother Mid-night finely brought to bed : relating how a midwife in London ... to take off the scandal of barreness ... wore a pillow under her cloaths to deceive her neighbours ... : tune of I am a jovial batchelor, &c.
Date: [between 1674 and 1679]
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A most sweet song of an English merchant, borne at Chichester : To an excellent new tune.
Date: [1640?]
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Loretto and Winifred, or, A new way of getting of children, viz. by prayers and presents : to the tune of Packington's Pound.
Date: [1688]
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A penny-worth of good counsell : To widdowes, and to maides, this counsell I send free; and let them looke before they leape, or, that they married bee. To the tune of Dulcima.
M. P. (Martin Parker), -1656?Date: [1638]
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The begger-boy of the north : whose linage and calling to th'world is proclaim'd, which is to be sung to a tune so nam'd.
Date: [1635?]
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The new-found Northerne deedle: or, Mirth and wit according to the times, fancies to fit, are in these following rimes : To the tune of This is my grannams deedle.
Guy, Robert, active 1615-1640Date: [1633?]
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The great messenger of mortality; or, a dialogue betwixt Death and a beautiful lady : From whence it appears that death is no respecter of persons either for birth or beauty; so that as sure as we are born, we shall certainly die: therefore let us prepare ourselves against that hour and time, that he may appear as a welcome messenger, that brings glad tidings. Tune of, Farewel my heart's delight.
Date: [1720?]
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O yes. If any man or woman, any thing desire, let them repaire forthwith vnto the cryer : To the tune of the Parrator.
Date: [1630?]
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A lanthorne for landlords : To the tune of the Duke of Norfolke.
Date: [1640?]

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Choice of inuentions, or Seuerall sorts of the figure of three : that are newly compos'd as here you may see, then lend your attention you shall heare anon it goes to the tune of Rock the cradle sweet Iohn.

Another ballad: called The libertines lampoone: or, The curvets of conscience : To the tune of, Thomas Venner, or 60. / Written by the authour of the Geneva Ballad.

Fond loue why dost thou dally: or, The passionate louers ditty : in praise of his loue thats faire and witty. To the tune of The mocke widdow.

Loues solace; or The true lovers part, & in his conclusion he shews his constant heart : He still doth praise her for her beauty rare, and sayes there's none with her that can compare. To a new court tune called the Damaske rose.

A new ditty : of a lover, tost hither and th[i]ther, that cannot speake his mind when they are together. To the tune of, Hide Park.

The plagues of Northomberland : To the tune of Appelles.

A marvelous medicine to cure a great pain, if a maiden-head be lost to get it again.

The constancy of true loue, or. An excellent relation of the vntimely death of tvvo faithfull louers : To the tune of Downe by a forrest.

Saint Bernards vision. Or, A briefe discourse (dialogue-wise) betweene the soule and the body of a damned man newly deceased : laying open the faults of each other: With a speech of the divels in hell. To the tune of, Fortune my foe.

The merchants daughter of Bristow : To the tune of The maidens ioy.

The maids comfort: or, The kinde young man, who, as many haue said, sweet comfort did yeeld to a comfortlesse maid : To a pleasant new tune.

The tragedy of Hero and Leander: or, The two unfortunate lovers : Famous Leander for his love renown'd, in crossing of the Hellespont was drown'd, and Hero when his corps she once espy'd, she leapt into the waves, and wth him dy'd. To a pleasant new tune, or, I will never love thee more.

A merry dialogue betwixt a married man and his wife, concerning the affaires of this carefull life : To an excellent tune.

A description of a strange (and miraculous) fish : cast upon the sands in the meads, in the hundred of Worwell, in the county Palatine of Chester, (or Chesshiere. The certainty whereof is here related concerning the said most monstrous fish. To the tune of Bragandary.

The Mistaken mid-vvife, or, Mother Mid-night finely brought to bed : relating how a midwife in London ... to take off the scandal of barreness ... wore a pillow under her cloaths to deceive her neighbours ... : tune of I am a jovial batchelor, &c.

A most sweet song of an English merchant, borne at Chichester : To an excellent new tune.

Loretto and Winifred, or, A new way of getting of children, viz. by prayers and presents : to the tune of Packington's Pound.

A penny-worth of good counsell : To widdowes, and to maides, this counsell I send free; and let them looke before they leape, or, that they married bee. To the tune of Dulcima.

The begger-boy of the north : whose linage and calling to th'world is proclaim'd, which is to be sung to a tune so nam'd.

The new-found Northerne deedle: or, Mirth and wit according to the times, fancies to fit, are in these following rimes : To the tune of This is my grannams deedle.

O yes. If any man or woman, any thing desire, let them repaire forthwith vnto the cryer : To the tune of the Parrator.

A lanthorne for landlords : To the tune of the Duke of Norfolke.