The forc'd marriage. Or, vnfortunate Celia When old fools do a wooing go to those who are young-girls, they court their cruel foes, the old man sees he can't prevail with tongue, but finds t[h]at young ones, love to sport with young: he to the virgins parents makes redress, and doth the n[u]mber of his bags express; which takes away her fathers heart by stealth, he weds her not to him, but to his wealth. VVhich being done, she loaths his weak embraces, and throws herself on ruinous disgraces. Tune, Since Celia's my foe.

The forc'd marriage. Or, vnfortunate Celia When old fools do a wooing go to those who are young-girls, they court their cruel foes, the old man sees he can't prevail with tongue, but finds t[h]at young ones, love to sport with young: he to the virgins parents makes redress, and doth the n[u]mber of his bags express; which takes away her fathers heart by stealth, he weds her not to him, but to his wealth. VVhich being done, she loaths his weak embraces, and throws herself on ruinous disgraces. Tune, Since Celia's my foe.

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Author / Creator:Pope, Walter, -1714.
Imprint:[London] : Printed for E. Oliver, at the Golden-Key on Snow hill, neer the Sarazens-head., [between 1676-1685]
Description:1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts).
Language:English
Series:Early English books; Tract supplement.
Subject:
Broadsides -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800.
Man-woman relationships -- Early works to 1800.
Marriage -- Early works to 1800.
Ballads -- England -- 17th century.
Format: E-Resource Microform Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6854905
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Varying Form of Title:Vnfortunate Celia
Unfortunate Celia
Other uniform titles:Since Celias my foe.
Notes:Verse: "To what great distress ..."
Signed: By VV.P. [i.e. Walter Pope].
Place and date of publication suggested by Wing.
Trimmed.
Reproduction of original in the British Library.
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) P2910
Early English books tract supplement interim guide C.20.f.8[158]
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI.

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