02207nam 2200397Ia 450 99639388400331620200824121815.0(CKB)4940000000115228(EEBO)2248509395(UnM)99897979e(UnM)99897979(EXLCZ)99494000000011522819990308d1677 uy |engurbn||||a|bb|The batchelors ballad. Or a remedy against love[electronic resource] Thou little peevish God! whom heretofore, the blinder world, so highly did adore; bor [sic] whom the loving fools a quiver found, fows [sic], arrows, wings; nay more, pow'r to wou[ld] know, I defie thee, boy; not all thy art, can reach my eye, much-less enslave my heart: if thon [sic] hast any, come and shew thy skill, fain would I love one hour against my will; alas poor God! men will no longer now, to thee, thy mother, or thy minions bow; your pow'r & fame which has so long been gre[at] upon examination proves a cheat. To a pleasant new tune: or, The Duke of Monmouth's jig. With allowance, by R. L'Estrang[e][London] Printed for Philip Brooksby, at the Golden-Ball in West-smith's-field[1677]1 sheet ([1] p.) ill. (woodcuts)Place of publication and date from Wing CD-ROM, 1996.Wing states two settings. In this setting there are four columns, with three woodcuts. Above the first column is a woodcut of Cupid, above the third and fourth columns are woodcuts of a man and a woman respectively.Verse - "No more silly Cupid,".O copy, reel 2542, is cropped with some loss of text.Reproduction of original in the Boldeian Library, Oxford, England.eebo-0014Love poetry, EnglishEnglandEarly works to 1800Ballads, English17th centuryBroadsidesEnglandLondonrbgenrLove poetry, EnglishBallads, EnglishCu-RivESCu-RivESWaOLNBOOK996393884003316The batchelors ballad. Or a remedy against love2347810UNISA