%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> An Excellent New Song, Call'd, / The Unkind Parents, / OR, / The Unfortunate Lovers. / Being a Relation of a young Gentleman and a Lady, who had promised to Marry / one another, but the Lady's Father and Mother forc'd her to Marry an old Man / for the sake of his Riches, which unfortunate Marriage was the occasion of the / young Man's being cast away at Sea, and the Lady's stabing her self. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1687-1691 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 03/04/2008 22163

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5.326 R188000 1 Fond Boy Fond Boy Fond Boy O where's my Rosinda shall I never more / Behold that bright Beauty whom I did adore, another edition at Pepys 3.350. Pepys 5.326 Rollins (1) IV:33-36; Wing E3828[a]A 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. 5: 326 An Excellent New Song, Call'd, / The Unkind Parents, / OR, / The Unfortunate Lovers. / Being a Relation of a young Gentleman and a Lady, who had promised to Marry / one another, but the Lady's Father and Mother forc'd her to Marry an old Man / for the sake of his Riches, which unfortunate Marriage was the occasion of the / young Man's being cast away at Sea, and the Lady's stabing her self. An Excellent New Song, Call'd, The Unkind Parents, OR, The Unfortunate Lovers. Being a Relation of a young Gentleman and a Lady, who had promised to Marry one another, but the Lady's Father and Mother forc'd her to Marry an old Man for the sake of his Riches, which unfortunate Marriage was the occasion of the young Man's being cast away at Sea, and the Lady's stabing her self. An Excellent New Song, Called, the Unkind Parents, or, the Unfortunate Lovers. Being a Relation of a Young Gentleman and a Lady, Who Had Promised to Marry One Another, but the Lady's Father and Mother Forced Her to Marry an Old Man for the Sake of His Riches, Which Unfortunate Marriage Was the Occasion of the Young Man's Being Cast Away at Sea, and the Lady's Stabbing Herself. 1/2 sheet folio, 263 x 192 cropped top and right edges, uneven inking vertical rules Printer T: Moore 1687-1691 London, Printed and Sold by T: Moore. T: Moore BBTI

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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 3/4/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Unfortunate death economics/trade infidelity love maritime marriage 03/04/08 Checker Rachel Mann Metadata updated, xml created 07/25/07 Checker Rachel Mann Ballad checked 09/14/06 Transcriber Paxton Hehmeyer Original transcription 10/22/2004 Bibliographer Maggie Sloan Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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O where's my Rosinda shall I never more Behold that bright Beauty whom I did adore, I wait at her Window both early and late To see her as usual, but oh my sad fate Denies me that bliss, which makes me to fear That some sad mishap hath befalen my dear. In this silent Grove my Rosinda and I, Did vow to each other to love constantly, My heart is surprised for sure I do see My dearest lamenting so near unto me, O tell me Rosinda the cause of my tears, Thy absence hath filled my heart with sad fears. Alass my Almander my heart is opprest With sorrow so much that can scarce be exprest, My friends hath enforc'd me my vows for to break, Which often to thee in this Grove I did make, That I would nere Marry with none but my Love, But now I am forced unconstant to prove. My Parents, regardless of all my sad Tears, Have forc'd me to marry with one that's in years, Exceeding mine far, but his Riches was great, Which caused my Parents Almander to hate, Since that I did love you so dearly that I Did hate the old Miser and him did deny. But oh, all in vain since the knot is once ty'd, Till Death come and ease me, and us shall devide, For since that I cannot Almander enjoy, Kind Death will befriend me my life to destroy, Farwell then Almander my Dearest so true, Rosinda must bid thee forever adieu.
Oh since that my hopes are by fortune thus crost, And I my Rosinda for ever have lost, Ile range ore the World for my heart is opprest, With sorrow so great I can no where find rest, Farewell my Rosinda these words then he spoak, Remember the Vows that thy Marriage hath broak. And then in a Ship which was ready to Sail, On board went Almander who had a fine Gale Of wind and no waves they so swiftly did glide, That soon they did sail in the Ocean so wide, But fortune that seemed at first for to smile, Did soon in a moment his hopes all beguile. A storm did arise and the Ship run a ground, Where Almander & most of the Seamen were drownd, There escaped but 3 which on Hogsheads did get, And floated oth Sea till a Ship they did meet, Which brought them to Engl. where they did relate The loss of the Ship and Almander's hard fate. But when this sad News to Rosinda they bear, She beat her fair Breasts and tore her gold hair, Thus crying, Almander lies deep in the Sea, Oh would that Rosinda was buried with thee, And thus in sad sorrow she still did complain, Since Almander is dead, now my life I disdain. Then taking a Dagger she held fast the same, And with a full stroak at her Breast she did aim, As life was departing, ah now cryed She, I come my Almander, I come unto thee, Being dead by her wound, in her blood she did ly, Thus Rosinda for Love of Almander did dye.
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