The life and death of fair Rosamond, concubine to King Henry II ;
to which is added The lass o' Gowrie.

Description

Main Author

Deloney, Thomas, 1543?-1600.

Language(s)

English ; Scots

Published

Stirling : Printed for the booksellers, [18--]

Subjects

Clifford, Rosamond, > Clifford, Rosamond, / d. 1176? > Clifford, Rosamond, / d. 1176? / Poetry
Chapbooks > Chapbooks / Specimens.
Chapbooks, English > Chapbooks, English / Scotland > Chapbooks, English / Scotland / Specimens.
Ballads, Scots > Ballads, Scots / Texts.
Ballads, English > Ballads, English / Texts.
Chapbooks > Chapbooks / Scotland > Chapbooks / Scotland / Stirling > Chapbooks / Scotland / Stirling / 19th century.

Note

Includes one woodcut (title vignette of a woman kneeling before an altar).
First two lines of "The lass o' Gowrie": "Twas on a simmer's afternoon A wee before the sun gaed down."
First two lines of "Fair Rosamond": "When as King Henry rul'd this land The second of that name."
Cover included in pagination.
"The life and death of fair Rosamond" a ballad attributed to Thomas Deloney.
Cover title.

Physical Description

8 p. ; 16 cm.

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