The distressed mother being a merchants daughter of London, who lost her husband in Ireland, and her father falling to decay, b[eing] in prison, brought her youngest child to the court at Kensington, leaving it there with a note in its bosome, wh[ich] show'd her misfortunes; desiring the Queen to be kind to the child for its parents sake; which she graciously [ac]cordingly did. To the tune of, Let Cesar live long.

The distressed mother being a merchants daughter of London, who lost her husband in Ireland, and her father falling to decay, b[eing] in prison, brought her youngest child to the court at Kensington, leaving it there with a note in its bosome, wh[ich] show'd her misfortunes; desiring the Queen to be kind to the child for its parents sake; which she graciously [ac]cordingly did. To the tune of, Let Cesar live long.

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:[London] : Printed for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, J. Back., [1692?]
Description:1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts).
Language:English
Series:Early English books; Tract supplement.
Subject:
Ballads, English -- 17th century.
Format: E-Resource Microform Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6854892
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other uniform titles:Let Caesar live long.
Notes:Place and date of publication suggested by Wing.
"Licensed according to order."
Verse: "All you that have now a desire to hear ..."
Cf. Wing D1704 which has "daughter of Ireland" in the title.
Imperfect: cropped, affecting title.
Reproduction of original in the British Library.
Early English books tract supplement interim guide C.20.f.8[118]
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI.

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