%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Last News from Frauce, / Being a true Relation of the escape of the King of Scots from Worcester to London, and from / London to France, who was conveyed away by a young Gentleman in womens apparel: The / King of Scots attending on this supposed Gentlewomon in manner of a Servingman. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1674-1679 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 06/16/2008 20817

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2.206 R179657 1 When the King injoyes, &c. When the King Enjoys his own again When the King Enjoys, etc. ALL you that do desire to know, / what is become of the King of Scots, And the King himself did wait on me. [with variations] imprint unclear: Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, and J. C[l]arke; date from content: Worcester, Battle of (1651); Charles II, King of England, Escape from the Battle of Worcester by (1651); title: 'n' of 'France' is inverted: looks like 'u'. Pepys 2.206 Wing L491B Pepys Library The Pepys ballads : facsimile volume Editor W.G. Day D.S. Brewer Cambridge [England] 1987 Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 206 The Last News from Frauce, / Being a true Relation of the escape of the King of Scots from Worcester to London, and from / London to France, who was conveyed away by a young Gentleman in womens apparel: The / King of Scots attending on this supposed Gentlewomon in manner of a Servingman. The Last News from Frauce, Being a true Relation of the escape of the King of Scots from Worcester to London, and from London to France, who was conveyed away by a young Gentleman in womens apparel: The King of Scots attending on this supposed Gentlewomon in manner of a Servingman. The Last News from France, Being a True Relation of the Escape of the King of Scots from Worcester to London, and from London to France, Who Was Conveyed Away by a Young Gentleman in Women's Apparel: the King of Scots Attending on this Supposed Gentlewoman in Manner of a Serving Man. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 219 x 300 cropped top edge, uneven inking 1674-1679 Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, and J. Clarke. F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, J. Clarke Blagden

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ALL you that do desire to know, what is become of the King of Scots, I unto you will truly show, after the fight of Northern Rats; 'Twas I did convey His Highness away, And faom all dangers set him free, In Womens attire, As reason did require, And the King himself did wait on me. He of me a service did crave, and oftentimes to me stood bare, In womens apparel he was most brave, and on his chin he had no hare; Where ever I came, My speeches did fame, So well my waiting-man to free, The like was never known, I think by any one, For the King himself did wait on me.
My Waiting-man a Jewel had, which I for want of money sold, Because my fortune was so bad, we turn'd our Jewel into gold. A good shift indeed, In time of our need, Then glad was I, and glad was he Our Cause it did advance Until we came to France, And the King himself did wait on me. We walked through Westminster-hall, where Law and Justice doth take place, Our grief were great, our comfort small, we lookt grim death all in the face, I looked round about, And made no other doubt, But I and my man should taken be, Then people little knew, As I may tell to you, That the King himself did wait on me.
FRom thence we went to the fatal place, where his Father lost his life, And there my man did weep apace, and sorrow with him then was rife, I bid him peace, Let sorrow cease, For fear that we should taken be, The Gallants in White-hall, Did little know all, That the King himself did wait on me. The King he was my Serving-man, and thus the plot we did contrive, I went by the name of Mistres Anne, when wt took water at Queen-hive. A Boat there we took, And London forsook, And now in France arrived are we, We got away by stealth, And the King is in good health, And he shall no longer wait on me. The King of Denmark's dead they say, then Charles is like to rule the Land, In France he will no longer stay, as I do rightly understand; That Land is his due
If they be but true: And he with them do well agree, I heard a bird sing, If he be once their King, My man will then my Master be. Fow heaven grant them better success with their young King then England had, Free from war and from distress, their fortune may not be so bad. Since the case thus stands, Let neighbouring lands, Lay down their Arms, and at quiet be, But as for my part, I am glad with all my heart, That my man must now my Master be. And thus I have declar'd to you, by what means we escap'd away, Now we bid our cares adieu, though the King did [lose] the day, To him I was true, And that he w[ell] knew, 'Tis God that must his comfort be, Else all ou[r] P[o]licy Had been but foolery, For the King no longer waits on me.
Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, and J. Clarke.