%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> A Strange Apparition:/ OR,/ The second Meeting of two self-murthering Lovers./ Phillis and Phillander./ Mistaken Phillis Kill'd her self,/ thinking Philander Slain;/ Philander quickly followed her,/ and now they'r met again. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1681-1684 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 08/23/2007 21394

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3.378 R229009 1 Oh Cruel bloody Fate Ah Cruel Bloody Fate Oh Cruel Bloody Fate Sitting beneath the Shade,/ of the Mirtle blooming Tree, Pepys 3.378 Wing S5879 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. 3: 378 A Strange Apparition:/ OR,/ The second Meeting of two self-murthering Lovers./ Phillis and Phillander./ Mistaken Phillis Kill'd her self,/ thinking Philander Slain;/ Philander quickly followed her,/ and now they'r met again. A Strange Apparition: OR, The second Meeting of two self-murthering Lovers. Phillis and Phillander. Mistaken Phillis kill'd her self, thinking Philander Slain; Philander quickly followed her, and now they'r met again. A Strange Apparition: Or, the Second Meeting of Two Self Murdering Lovers. Philis and Philander. Mistaken Philis Killed Herself, Thinking Philander Slain; Philander Quickly Followed Her, and Now They're Met Again. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 190 x 302 cropped top and bottom edges vertical rules 1681-1684 Priend for Jo. Wright, J. Clarke W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger. Jo. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, T. Passinger Blagden

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 Taxonomy used by Pepys to Organize Ballads in Albums A Small Promiscuous Supplement Devotion & Morality Drinking & Good Fellowship History - True & Fabulous Humour, Frollicks &c Love Pleasant Love Pleasant and Unfortunate Love Unfortunate Marriage Sea State & Times Tragedy Various Subjects Early Modern Center Ballad Project Keyword Taxonomy advice affliction/health alcohol animals/nature appearance Bible/biblical figures buildings/architecture catastrophe children class clothing/fashion country/nation crime death economics/trade entertainment family/procreation folklore gender historical figures & events holidays/seasons infidelity law London love maritime marriage military/war monstrosity mythology/Classical world news nobility/court politics/government punishment religious concepts religious figures religious types & sects royalty rural life servitude sex/sexuality supernatural/magic The New World travel trickery/deceit urban life vice violence virtue vulgarities/crass humor Library of Congress Subject Heading Taxonomy 8/23/2007 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Unfortunate death love mythology/Classicalworld supernatural/magic 8/23/07 Checker Rachel Mann Transcription checked, Metadata updated, XML created; ESTC # found in bl.uk 8/17/06 Transcriber Summer Star Original transcription 9/9/04 Bibliographer Simone Chess Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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SItting beneath the Shade, of the Mirtle blooming Tree, My self to Recreate, a Noise surprized me: Such pleasant Musick I did hear, the world were strangers too, with Notes so sweet, I ne'r could meet, no mortal ever knew.
I harkened to his Charms, and gave attentive ear, I then could fear no harm, each minute cost a tear From my poor eyes, & then such groans as eccho'd through the Air, with sighs so sad, said she I'm glad, for worse then with Dispair.
Ah my Philander dear I never more shall see, What, have I left thee here: who fled from hence for thee? & through the shades I went to search for thee my hearts Delight, but now I fear, I left thee here, I'm come for th'other sight. The world i'le compass quite, Philander for to find, Since I have took this flight, to ease my troubled mind: I'le search each comer of the World, and wander through the Air, since it is so, he's not below, i'le seek to find him there. My Spirit cannot rest, til him again I find, He thinks I dye in jest, else would not be unkind: But had he seen my desperate wound, made with a willing stroak, he'd then confess in bitterness, dispair did it provoke. Like a true lover then, he would have followed me, And overtook agen, my Spirit that did flee: But since he is not yet come there, where I did him expect, I cannot stay, but must away you powers my course derect. Just as she fled away, this sound I then did hear, My lovely philis stay, philander's drawing near:
The Musick then began agen, so pleasant to my ear, I stood amaz'd, about me gaz'd, and saw their meeting there. And in each Lovers brest, I did perceive a Wound, My Soul was then opprest, and I was like to swound: She opens then her bloody arms, and him she caught between, I chid mine eyes, for telling Lyes, and thought it was a dream. Philander art thou come? did Phillis Spirit say, Now to Elizium, with joy let[']s haste away, Ah Philis, 'twas thy great mistake, caus'd thee to pierce thy brest, which when I found, mine I did wound, with sorrow then opprest. But since we're met again, we never more shall part, To grieve now is in vain, we're now beyond all smart: In folded arms they fled away, with such a Harmony, no mortal ere, did ever hear, but I that was thereby. They posted to the shade, which Lovers entertain, These joys are great, they said, that we should meet again: Were we to live on earth again, such joys we could not find, as the sweet shade, For Lovers made, who never prov'd unkind.
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