The pining maid or A pattern for lovers : giving a brief account of the unfortunate death of a young man living in Coventry, shopkeeper, who drowned himself for the love of a maid daughter to a captain of the said city, because she denyed her promise and would not yeild to be his wife and now he lives in a most sad condition and is very much troubled in her mind the poet having a hint of some of her grief composed these lines into meeter, according to her directions and so caused it to be printed for all young men and maids, to take example by the same. The tune is, alack for my love I must dye.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [London] : Printed for Phillip Brooksby near the Hospeital-gate in West-Smith-field, [1675?] |
| Description | 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240881218 |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Pining maid |
| Variant title | Pattern for lovers. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | Verse - "Come all young men [and] maidens". |
| General note | Place of publication from and date conjectured by Wing. |
| General note | In two parts; woodcut at head of first part. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original in the British Library. |
| References | Wing (2nd ed.) P2266. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 21232:118-119) |
| Stock number | CL0037000084 ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 |
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