A lamentable dittie composed vpon the death of Robert Lord Deuereux late Earle of Essex who was beheaded in the Tower of London, vpon Ashwednesday in the morning. 1601. To the tune of Welladay. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A20378 of text S121738 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 6791). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 8 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A20378 STC 6791 ESTC S121738 99856906 99856906 22548 2240894551

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A20378) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 22548) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1135:5) A lamentable dittie composed vpon the death of Robert Lord Deuereux late Earle of Essex who was beheaded in the Tower of London, vpon Ashwednesday in the morning. 1601. To the tune of Welladay. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcut) [By Edward Allde] for Margret Allde, and are to be solde at the long shop vnder Saint Mildreds Church in the Poultry [by Margaret Allde? or Henry Rocket?], Imprinted at London : 1603. Verse - "Sweet Englands pride is gone". Printer's name supplied and bookseller's name conjectured by STC and addendum. Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. eng eebo A lamentable dittie composed vpon the death of Robert Lord Deuereux late Earle of Essex, who was beheaded in the Tower of London, vpon Ashwednesday in [no entry] 1603 1 1146 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.45 C The rate of 17.45 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-10 Sampled and proofread 2007-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A lamentable Dittie composed vpon the death of Robert Lord Deuereux late Earle of Essex , who was beheaded in the Tower of London , vpon Ashwednesday in the morning . 1601. To the tune of Welladay .

SWeet Englands pride is gone welladay welladay , Which makes her sigh and grone euermore still : He did her fame aduance , In Ireland Spaine and France , And now by dismall chaunce , is from her tane . He was a vertuous Peere , welladay welladay , And was esteemed deere euermore still : He alwaies helpt the poore , Which makes them sigh full fore his death they doe deplore , In euery place . Braue honor grac'd him still gallantly gallantly , He nere did deede of ill , well is it knowne : But enuie that foule fiend Whose mallice ne're hath end ; hath brought true vertues friend Vnto his thrall . At Tilt he did surpasse gallantly gallantly : all men that is and was euermore still : One day as it was seene , In honour of his Queene , Such deeds hath ne're been séen , As he did doe . Abroade and eke at home , gallantly , gallantly , For vallour there was none , like him before : In Ireland France and Spaine , ( They feared great Essex name , And England lou'd the same , In euery place . But all would not preuaile welladay welladay : His deedes did nought auaile , more was the pittie : He was condemn'd to die , For treason certainely , But God that sits on hie Knoweth all things . That Sunday in the morne , welladay welladay : That he to the Cittie came , with all his troupe : That first began the strife , And caused him loose his life , And others did the like , As well as hee . Yet her Princely Maiestie gratiously , gratiously , Hath pardon giuen free to many of them : She hath released them quite , And giuen them their right , they may pray both day & night God to defend her . Shrouetewesday in the night . welladay , welladay , With a heauy harted spright as it is sayd : The leiftenant of the Tower Who kept him in his power . At ten a clocke that hour . To him did come . And sayd vnto him there , mournefully , mournfully , My Lord you must prepare , to die to morrow : Gods will be done quoth he , Yet shall you strangely see , God strong in me to be , Though I am weake . I pray you pray for me well day , welladay , That God may strengthen me , against that houre : Then straightway did he call , The Guard vnder the wall , And did intreate them all For him to pray . For to morrow is the day welladay welladay , That I the debt must pay , which I doe owe : It is my life I meane , Which I must pay my Queene , Euen soe hath iustice giuen , That I must doe . In the morning was he brought , welladay welladay : Whers a Scaffold was set vp , within the Tower : Many Lords were present then , With other Gentlemen , Which were appointed then 〈◊〉 see him dye . You noble Lords quoth he welladay welladay , That must the witnesse be , of this my death : Know I neuer loued Papistrye , But did it still defye , And Essex thus did dye , Heere in this place . I haue a sinner been welladay welladay : Yet neuer wrong'd my Queene in all my life , My God I did offend , Which grieues me at my end , May all the rest amend , I doe forgive them . To the state I ne're ment ill welladay , welladay , Neither wisht the commons ill in all my life : But loued all with my heart , And alwaies tooke their part , Wh●ereas there was desert , In any place . Then mildely did he craue mournefully mournefully , He might that fauour haue priuate to pray : He then prayed heartely , And with great feruency , To God that sits on hie , For to receiue him . And then he prayed againe mournefully mournefully , God to preserue his Queene from all her foes : And send her long to raigne , True Iustice to maintaine , And not to let proude Spaine , Once to offend her . His gowne he slipt off then welladay welladay , And put off his hat and band and hung it by . Praying still continually , To God that sits on hie , That he might paciently , There suffer death . My headesman that must be , then said he cheerefullie , Let him come heere to me , That I may him see : Who kneeled to him then , Art thou ( quoth he ) the man , Which art appointed now , my life to free . Yes my Lord did he say well a day , welladay , Forgiue me I you pray for this your death : I heare doe therfore , And may true iustice liue , No foule crime to for giue , Within their place . Then he kneeled downe againe , mournefully mournefully : And was required by some there standing by : To forgiue his enemies , Before death closde his eyes , Which he did in heartie wise , Thanking them for it : That they would remember him welladay , welladay : That he might sorgiue all them , that had him wrong'd : Now my Lords I take my leaue Sweet Christ my soule receiue , Now when you wil I prepare , For I am readie . He laide his head on the blocke , welladay welladay : But his doublet did let the stroke some there did say : What must be done ( quoth he ) Shall be done presently , Then his doublet off put hee , and laye downe againe . Then his headesman did his part cruelly , cruelly , He was neuer seene to start , For all the blowes : His soule it is at rest . in heauen among the blest , Where God send vs to rest , When it shall please him . God saue the King . FINIS .

Imprinted at London for Margret Allde , and are to be solde at the long shop vnder Saint Mildreds Church in the Poultry . 1603.