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.

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Publication Info[London] : Printed for Phillip Brooksby near the Hospeital-gate in West-Smith-field, [1675?]
Description1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill.
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Variant title Pining maid
Variant title Pattern for lovers.
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General noteVerse - "Come all young men [and] maidens".
General notePlace of publication from and date conjectured by Wing.
General noteIn two parts; woodcut at head of first part.
General noteReproduction of the original in the British Library.
References Wing (2nd ed.) P2266.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 21232:118-119)
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