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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
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<HEAD>The Fair Maid of <HI>Dun&s;more's</HI> Lamentation.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Occa&s;ioned by Lord <HI>Wigmore,</HI> once Governour of <HI>Warwick</HI>-Ca&s;tle. </HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Being a full and true Relation, how Lord <HI>Wigmore</HI> enticed the fair <HI>I&s;abel</HI> of <HI>Dun&s;more,</HI> in <HI>War|wick-&s;hire,</HI> a Shepherds daughter, to his Bed; &s;he afterwards perceiving her &s;elf to be with child by him, rather than &s;he would undergo the vulgar di&s;grace among&s;t her Friends, did &s;tab her &s;elf, and dyed immediately.</P>
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<OPENER>Tune of, <HI>Troy Town.</HI></OPENER>
<HEADNOTE>
<P>VVith Allowance.</P>
</HEADNOTE>
<P><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></P>
<LG>
<L>ALL you that ever heard the Name</L>
<L>of <HI>Wigmore</HI> that renowned Lord,</L>
<L>Who once had gain'd a Glorious Fame,</L>
<L>but lo&s;t it of his own accord,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>A lu&s;tful love did cau&s;e her woe,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Which did his Honour overthrow.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The King had made him Governour,</L>
<L>of <HI>Warwick-ca&s;tle</HI> where he dwelt,</L>
<L>Not long, but quickly heard of her,</L>
<L>who&s;e name to name my heart doth melt:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>A lu&s;tful love, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Fair <HI>I&s;ab<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">l</HI> they did her call,</L>
<L>a Shepheards Daughter fair and bright,</L>
<L>Which caus'd this man of might to fall</L>
<L>in love with her at the fir&s;t &s;ight:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>A lu&s;tful love, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Lord <HI>Wigmore</HI> on a Summers day,</L>
<L>with his own Servant walke the field,</L>
<L>By a &s;mall River they took their way,</L>
<L>who&s;e murmuring currant did plea&s;ure yield,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>But a lu&s;tful love &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>They had not walked very far,</L>
<L>but ea&s;ily they might e&s;pye,</L>
<L>Fair <HI>I&s;abels</HI> body to appear,</L>
<L>a wa&s;hing of her &s;elf ju&s;t by:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>A lu&s;tful love, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>She in the &s;ilver Stream alone,</L>
<L>was wa&s;hing of her milk-white skin,</L>
<L>But had &s;he her mi&s;fortunes known,</L>
<L>&s;he would not in that place have been:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>A lu&s;tful love, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The more he lookt the more he lov'd,</L>
<L>till looking did for action call,</L>
<L>With flames of lu&s;t his heart was mov'd,</L>
<L>to work her ruin and his fall.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>A lu&s;tful love, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus viewing her with burning pain,</L>
<L>he could no longer there abide,</L>
<L>But to his ca&s;tle returns again,</L>
<L>and there would fain his pa&s;&s;ion hide.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>But lu&s;tful love, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But all in vain the more he &s;trove,</L>
<L>from love-&s;ick fancies to retire,</L>
<L>The more he burnt in lu&s;tful love,</L>
<L>and <HI>I&s;abel</HI> mu&s;t quench the fire:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>A lu&s;tful love, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
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<L><HI>A</HI> Tru&s;ty &s;ervant forth he &s;ends,</L>
<L>to bring her to him without delay,</L>
<L>Re&s;olving for to have his ends,</L>
<L>and quickly too, he could not &s;tay,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>A lu&s;tful love, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Servant goes at his command,</L>
<L>and vows he will not be deny'd,</L>
<L>There did he &s;py fair <HI>I&s;abel</HI> &s;tand,</L>
<L>ju&s;t dre&s;&s;ed by the River &s;ide,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>A lu&s;tful love, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Servant told her courteou&s;ly,</L>
<L>his Lord de&s;ired her for to come,</L>
<L>For he mu&s;t &s;peak with her in&s;tantly,</L>
<L>&s;he grants and went into his Room,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>A lu&s;tful love, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Lord <HI>Wigmore</HI> fell upon his knees,</L>
<L>and beg'd to him &s;he would be kind,</L>
<L>Crying <HI>I&s;abel</HI> my dear, none &s;ees,</L>
<L>blu&s;h not my &s;weete&s;t, love is blind.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>A lu&s;tful love, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Her innocence was overcome,</L>
<L>oh <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">itty 'twas &s;he was beguild,</L>
<L>She afterwards reutrned home,</L>
<L>and from that time conceiv'd with child.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>A lu&s;tful love did cau&s;e her woe,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Which did his Honour overthrow.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Fair <HI>I&s;abells</HI> mournful Recantation,</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>AT <HI>Dun&s;more</HI> the fair <HI>I&s;abel,</HI></L>
<L>near unto <HI>Warwick</HI> that brave town,</L>
<L>There 'twas &s;he mournfully did dwell,</L>
<L>repenting what was yet unknown.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>With &s;ighs &s;he cryes Heaven pitty me,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Lord</HI> Wigmore <HI>this is long of thee.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Quoth &s;he alas what &s;hall I do,</L>
<L>or unto whom &s;hall I make my moan,</L>
<L>Each day and hour increa&s;e my woe,</L>
<L>and yet I dare not make it known,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>With &s;ighs, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Oh, that I had ne'r been born,</L>
<L>and being born had dyed ju&s;t then,</L>
<L>Each Virgin will hold me in &s;corn,</L>
<L>and &s;hall be &s;coff'd by all young-men,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>With &s;ighs, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>At &s;ix months end &s;he could perceive,</L>
<L>her belly &s;welled and big did grow,</L>
<L>The Babe within her womb did &s;trive,</L>
<L>and friends began the cau&s;e to know,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>With &s;ighs, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Poor <HI>I&s;abel</HI> di&s;tre&s;t with grief,</L>
<L>laments her folly, but too late;</L>
<L>In&s;tead of giving her Relief,</L>
<L>her friends do pro&s;ecute their hate,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>With &s;ighs, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<P><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></P>
<LG>
<L>But &s;he not able to endure,</L>
<L>their anger and her own di&s;grace,</L>
<L>Re&s;olves to find a &s;peedy cure,</L>
<L>in &s;ome convenient private place,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>With &s;ighs, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>With this &s;ad re&s;olution bent,</L>
<L>&s;he takes a Dagger in her hand,</L>
<L>'Twil make a heart of &s;tone relent,</L>
<L>the truth of this to under&s;tand,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>With &s;ighs, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>She prays that heaven would her forgive,</L>
<L>then to her heart her Dagger &s;ent,</L>
<L>And down &s;he dropt, let tho&s;e that live,</L>
<L>take care betimes, and all Repent,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>At la&s;t &s;he cry'd, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Lord <HI>Wigmore</HI> hearing of this,</L>
<L>he never more had quiet re&s;t,</L>
<L>His guilty heart did in him bleed,</L>
<L>and privately his &s;ins confe&s;t,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Fair</HI> I&s;abel <HI>forgive, and I,</HI></L>
<L><HI>VVill pine with &s;orrow till I dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I mu&s;t confe&s;s I did thee wrong,</L>
<L>and openly will it proclaim,</L>
<L>Let all-young men that hear this &s;ong,</L>
<L>take care they ne'r commit the &s;ame.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Fair I&s;abel, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And when I am dead, and blood is cold,</L>
<L>to &s;hew my dear I lov'd th&eacute;e well;</L>
<L>One Tomb &s;hall both our bodies hold,</L>
<L>&s;uch is my love for <HI>I&s;abel.</HI></L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Fair Saint forgive my crime and I</HI></L>
<L><HI>VVill pine with &s;orrow till I dye.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>Printed for J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Tha<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="2+ letters">+ray, and T. Pa&s;&s;inger.</P>
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