Descriptive notices of popular English histories / by James Orchard Halliwell.

  • James Halliwell-Phillipps
Date:
1848
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Credit: Descriptive notices of popular English histories / by James Orchard Halliwell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE Unfortunate Daughter, set forth in two parts. The Unfortunate Son you have had before ; Accept the Daughter, and then no more. 12mo. Licensed and entered according to Ordei-, n. d. A similar poem to the last, detailing like misfor- tunes. The second part commences as follows:— Be silent, all ye girls and boys. Assist me, all you Nine, And while I speak make ye no noise. That fame with art may shine. I spoke of Gellian, that fine girl. The glory of the West, Daughter unto William Pearl, A wench of great request. There are several indications of early composition in this tract. At p. 13 is an allusion to Bevis of Plampton, “ who kill’d the wild boar, and bang’d the giant’s hide.” It concludes with “An Epitaph which a friend of hei’’s wrote, being some of her rare quali- fications which she perform’d in her life-time, who hanged a mourning shoe-clout over her grave instead of a banner.” On the title is a large rude wood-cut, representing the events related in the history. 93. The Five Strange Wonders of the World, OR A NEW MERRY BoOK OF AlL FiVES, wllich was written on purpose to make all the People of England merry, who have no occasion to be sad. 8vo. London, n. d. This is clearly an ancient composition. It describes G
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