%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The DUTCHESS of / PORTSMOUTHs Farewel: / The Dutchess holds a Dialogue, / and talks with Madam Gwin; / Yea, doth relate the wretched state, / that now she liveth in. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer ?-? Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 06/28/2021 36544

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R220408 1 Tan tarra rara tan tivee Crossed Couple, The; Tantara Rara Tantivy Tantara Rara Tantivy I Prithee dear Portsmouth now tell me thy mind / Dost thou not think that the Fates are unkind, with a fa, la, la, la, fa, la la, British Library - Luttrell Editor none none none none Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 168 The DUTCHESS of / PORTSMOUTHs Farewel: / The Dutchess holds a Dialogue, / and talks with Madam Gwin; / Yea, doth relate the wretched state, / that now she liveth in. The DUCHESS of PORTSMOUTH's Farewell: The Duchess holds a Dialogue, and talks with Madam Gwyn; Yea, doth relate the wretched state, that now she liveth in. ?-? I. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. passinger

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I Prithee dear Portsmouth now tell me thy mind with a fa, la, la, la, fa, la la, Dost thou not think that the Fates are unkind, with a fa la, etc. It is not long since thy fame it was great, But now 'tis eclips'd by unkindness of fate, Thy case now doth seem a sad tale to relate, with a fa la la la, fa la la.
Ah! Nell could I but my sorrow explain with a fa la, etc. Which filleth my heart with sorrow and pain, with a fa la, etc. A shower from mine eyes I should certainly weep, Would add to the waves of the Ocean so deep, For now my dear friend lyes fast in his sleep. with a fa la, etc.
Magnificent splendor did on thee attend, with a fa la, etc. And now I would have thee thy life to amend; with a fa la, etc. On rich and on poor, Dame-Fortune doth frown, Thou from thy great honour art tumbled down, It is not thy money thy actions can crown, with a fa la, etc. And not to my sorrow now I am perplext, with a fa la, etc. For ought I do know Nell thou may'st be the next, with a fa la, etc. Then seem not at my distress for to scorn, To happiness lasting few people is born, And I like myself am now left forlorn, with a fa la, etc. What must thou return to thy country of France with a fa la, etc. Or will not thy chastity here thee advance, with a fa la, etc. What hast thou forsook thy most amorous trade, Or hast thou left off the game thou hast plaid, Tho' not one in ten took thee for a Maid, with a fa la, etc. These quirks are too quick you do put on me Nell, with a fa la, etc. And thou thine own self, lov'st the sport very well, with a fa la, etc. Then let us not one another deride, For there's many Gallants that love it beside, But Fortune I fear now will pull down my pride, witih a fa la, etc.
Your beauty and vertus now seem to decline, with a fa la, etc. I know not how soon your fate may be mine, with a fa la, etc. Now unstring your purse, and be kind to the poor, I know that confinement you cannot indure, There is nothing on earth that is stable and sure, with a fa la, etc. You seem Nell with speed for to post me away, with a fa la, etc. But e're I go hence my debts I must pay, with a fa la, etc. And is not this now a most sorrowful thing, That I who had the great world in a sling, Must now in this plight most mournfully sing. with a fa la, etc. But Madam from hence you sent treasure away, with a fa la, etc. And here I suppose that awhile you must stay, with a fa la, etc. But what I myself have got by my game, I freely in England expended the same, But you have transported yours to your shame, with a fa la, etc. But one of my Sisters hath suffer'd before, with a fa la, etc. She I do remember was called Jane-shore, with a fa la, etc. For now I am possessed with sorrow and fear, And in my sad dreams strange visions appear, I have lost my best friend that I loved so dear, with a fa la, fa la la.
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