%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Sorrowful SUBJECT, / Or, Great-Brittains Calamity. / Shewing, The great Grief, Care, and Sorrow, that possessed the Loyal Subjects of / England, for the loss of the most Illustrious PRINCE / CHARLES the Second: / Who departed this Life on Feb. the 6th. 1684. to the great Astonishment / and Lamentation of the whole Nation. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1685 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 08/07/2008 20840

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2.227 R187578 1 Troy Town Queen Dido; Troy Town Troy Town HOw England is opprest with grief, / no tongue is able to express, For cruel Death with his cold Dart, / Hath pierc'd Great Charles his tender heart. (with variations) imprint unclear: LONDON, Printed for J. Clark, W. Thackeray, and T. Passing[er]; date in title old style; Death of Charles II Pepys 2.227 Rollins (1) III:143-146; Wing S4717A 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: 227 Sorrowful SUBJECT, / Or, Great-Brittains Calamity. / Shewing, The great Grief, Care, and Sorrow, that possessed the Loyal Subjects of / England, for the loss of the most Illustrious PRINCE / CHARLES the Second: / Who departed this Life on Feb. the 6th. 1684. to the great Astonishment / and Lamentation of the whole Nation. Sorrowful SUBJECT, Or, Great-Brittains Calamity. Shewing, The great Grief, Care, and Sorrow, that Possessed the Loyal Subjects of England, for the loss of the most Illustrious PRINCE CHARLES the Second: Who departed this Life on Feb. the 6th 1684. to the great Astonishment and Lamentation of the whole Nation. Sorrowful Subject, or, Great Britain's Calamity. Showing, the Great Grief, Care, and Sorrow, That Possessed the Loyal Subjects of England, for the Loss of the Most Illustrious Prince Charles the Second: Who Departed This Life on February the 6th, 1684. to the Great Astonishment and Lamentation of the Whole Nation. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 210 x 326 cropped right edge, torn and damaged surface, uneven inking 1685 LONDON, Printed for J. Clark, W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger J. Clark, W. Thackeray, T. Passinger Weinstein: date in title old style

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H Ow England is opprest with grief, no tongue is able to express, Yet knows not how to find relief, such is her dreadful heaviness: For cruel Death with his cold Dart, Hath pierc'd Great Charles his tender heart . Great England 's Monarch, [e?]rt thou dead! that fill'd the world with such Renown? They Princely Soul to Heaven is fled,
to wear an Everlasting Crown: Great pitty 'tis that Death's cold Dart, Should prick our Soveraign to the heart . Whole showers of tears for thee were spent and Men distracted seem'd to be, But 'twas too late for to lament, such was thy cruel Destiny: That Death with his all-killing Dart, Did prick and pierce, etc.
To lose thy Royal Father dear, to England was a Judgement sore, And griev'd his Subjects many a Year, whose hapless fate did deplore: But now grim Death with his cold Dart, Hath prick'd and pierc'd, etc. Yet when the rumour once was spread, which brought the tydings of thy death, Thy Subjects were astonished, and could not speak for want of breath: But mourn'd that Death's all-killing Dart Should prick and pierce, etc. No prince more dearly was belov'd, then Charles the Great, for many a year, No Prince more suddenly remov'd, from those who lov'd their King so dear: For now grim Death with his cold Dart, Hath prick'd and pierc'd, etc. Vallys of Sighs are spent in vain, yet do thy Subjects goodness show, Tho' Rich and Poor, and all complain, 'tis to no purpose well they know:
Since cruel Death with his cold Dart, Hath prick'd, etc . How did we wish for to enjoy our Soveraign Prince for many a year But Fortune did our hopes destroy, by snatching him we lov'd so dear: And cruel Death with his cold Dart; Hath pierc'd Great Charles his Princely heart. Yet this to us some comfort brings, and helps us in our sad distress; Thou now art with the King of Kings, and blest with lasting Happiness: Tho's cruel Death with his cold Dart, Did pierce, etc. Let Rich and Poor where-e're they be, prepared be to meet with Death; For he will come assuredly, to stop each sinful mortals breath: 'Twas he with his none-sparing Dart, Did pierce Great Charles his Princely hea[rt.]
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LONDON , Printed for J. Clark, W. Thackeray, and T. Passing[er.]