An answer to the the [sic] unfortunate lady. Who hang'd her self in dispair: containing her lovers lamentation for her untimely destiny; together with the apparition of her bleeding ghost in his silent chamber. To the tune of, The languishing s[w]ain. Licensed according to order. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B01406 of text R31904 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing A3451). 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. 3 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 B01406 12273505 Wing A3451 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.39.k.6[28] 99889758 ocm99889758 182114 2248545788

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B01406) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182114) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A3:1[28]) An answer to the the [sic] unfortunate lady. Who hang'd her self in dispair: containing her lovers lamentation for her untimely destiny; together with the apparition of her bleeding ghost in his silent chamber. To the tune of, The languishing s[w]ain. Licensed according to order. 1 sheet ([1] p.). Printed for P[hilip]. Brooksby, J[onah]. Deacon, J[osiah]. Blare, and J[ohn]. Back., [London] : [between 1688-1692] Publishers' names, date and place of publication from Wing. Verse: "VVhat dismal tydings do I hear ..." Printed in two columns. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo An answer to the the [sic] unfortunate lady. Who hang'd her self in dispair: containing her lovers lamentation for her untimely destiny; together with anon 1692 1 502 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2010-12 Sampled and proofread 2010-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2011-06 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
An Answer to the The Unfortunate Lady . Who Hang'd her self in Dispair : Containing her Lovers Lamentation for her Untimely Destiny ; Together with the Apparition of her Bleeding Ghost in his silent Chamber . To the Tune of , The Languishing Swain .

Licensed according to Order .

I. WHat dismal tydings do I hear , The fatal ruin of my Dear , Who did her dearest Life destroy , When she might not her Love enjoy . II. Which grieves me to the very Soul , In sorrow I her Death condole ; No peace nor comfort can I find , The thoughts of her runs in my mind . III. Each Night when e're I close mine Eyes , Methinks I hear her dismal Cries , Saying , my Love I dy'd for thee ; And then her bleeding Ghost I see . IV. Then with a Voice both sharp and shrill , She does my silent Chamber fill , And with a sigh and bitter groan , She does express her piteous moan . V. Alas ! although I did appear Thus in the Chamber of my Dear , He never wrong'd his Lover , no , 'T was Parents prov'd my overthrow . VI. I know the tender Turtle-Doves , Was ne'r more constant to their Loves , Then thee and I has been , she cry'd , And yet , alas ! for Love I dy'd . VII . I was to thee as dear as Life , My Friends has caused all the strife ; They sought for Wealth and Riches store , When Love had won the Field before . VIII . 'Cause thou did'st not in Wealth abound My near Relations on thee frown'd , And I was posted straight from thee , And by that means have ruin'd me . IX . They sent me word that thou wert Wed Which tydings almost struck me dead ; Unto Dispair I straight did run , O see what cursed Gold has done ! X. Then with a sigh and dismal groan , She straight departs , leaves me alone ; Where I in sorrow weeping lye , To think of Parents Cruelty . XI . Sure Friends was never more to blame , How could they such a Letter frame , That I another Choice had made ? By this her Life they soon betray'd . XII . She well might be amaz'd , that I Shou'd guilty be of Perjury , And leave a loyal Love at last , When many solemn Vows had past . XIII . She 's gone , and I am left behind : Now since I can no Comfort find ; Come Death and prove a Friend to me , O let me Dye as well as she : FINIS .

head and foot-piece with memento mori theme

MEMENTO MORI

Printed for P. Brooksby , J. Deacon , J. Blare , and J. Back .