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R22784 GOod People draw near, / And hear my sad Ditty Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 29514 A Tragical SONG: / OR, / Mr. Wil. Montfort, / The Famous Actor Unfortunately Kill'd. A Tragical SONG: OR, Mr. Wil. Montfort, The Famous Actor Unfortunately Kill'd. A Tragical SONG: OR, Mr. William Mountfort, The Famous Actor Unfortunately Killed. 1692-1692 Charles Barnes

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GOod People draw near, And hear my sad Ditty With Hearts full of Pity, This Tragical Year Is bloudy indeed: Some they fairly do fight, Others stabd in the Night, as they do go home, Brave Montfort the Player, B[r]ave Montfort the Player, He lately was one. His Name still will last In Court Town or Country, By Cits, or the Gentry, Till Ages are past For Acts on the Stage; For in playing a Part, He excells the famd Hart, Or Moon thats dead too, Nay, no one thats living, Nay, no one thats living, Can Montfort out-do. His Carriage was such, In all Conversation, To be free from Passion, And never thought much To oblige any one; From a Lord to a Cit, He was free with his Wit, And Courteous withal: But now alas Killing, But now alas Killing, Is usd all in all.
Each one does lament His death, since lifes shortnd By bloudy misfortune, And cries out amain Poor Montfort is gone, It is all ore the Town, Was the like ever known, To use a man so, when coming tos Lodging, when coming tos Lodging, He should be run through. O cruel hard Fate, Since Murders in fashion, With the English Nation, That men cannot scape, Being killd by the Sword; One can hardly pass by, But another does cry, Lets kill the next man. Some never will leave it, Some never will leave it, Untill they be hangd. Heres Montfort of late, Tho young and beloved, How soon Life is moved, When malice or hate Shall once resolve Death, As he went without Light, He was run thro that Night, And dyd the next day; So he thats Moon-blinded, So he thats Moon blinded May soon lose his way.
London, Printed for Charles Barnes.