The Roxburghe Ballads

The Shipwreck of the Gloucester (May 6th, 1612)

On King James the Second, his Exaltation to the Throne

Papers attributed to King Charles the Second

The Funeral of King Charles the Second

The Mournful Subjects; or, The Nation's Lamentation

Monmouth's Reception of the News from England

The Whigs' Lamentable Lamentation

The Tories' Triumph; or, Downfall of the Whigs

Coronation of James the Second and Mary Beatrix

The Success of the Two English Travellers, newly arrived in

London (after the Coronation)

A New Song on the Coronation of King James the Second

A New Song in Gratulation of James coming to the Crown.

A New Song (on Coronation of King James and Queen Mary)

Monmouth allured to make the Last Struggle

Love in Extremy; or, The Constant Lover's Resolution

Monmouth between Love and Ambition

A Mistress ("Her for a Mistress," etc.).

Resignation: A Catch (="Ye Gods, ye gave to me a Wife")

On the Foul and False

On the Fair and Faithful

State and Ambition: a New Song, to Sylvia, by Tom D'Urfey

The Country Innocence; or, The Shepherd's Enjoyment

The Court of James the Second

On the Countess of Dorchester. By the Earl of Dorset

On the Countess of Dorchester. Ibid.

On (the same,) a Lady who fancied herself a Beauty: Ibid.
A Catch composed by Hy. Purcell ("Once in our lives")

.

543

Accompts closed with William Bedloe

589

The Plotting Cards Revived: The Second Part

594

The Paying-off Old Scores with Oates and Dangerfield

596

A Loyal Scotch Song

597

Titus Oates brought to Punishment.

598

Oates thrash'd in the Compter and Sack'd up in Newgate

Epigram on Thomas Dangerfield his Whipping

601

602

A Ballad called Lamentable Lory: 1684 (from MS.)

Vanity and Vexation of Spirit

The Vanity of Vain Glory. By James Shirley (extended)

The Dutch Cave of Adullam

Epigram, on Sir James Stewart, Lord Advocate

A New Song: Perjury Punished; or, Villainy Lashed

The Salamanca Doctor's Farewell; or, Titus's Exaltation to

the Pillory upon his Conviction of Perjury

The Disastrous Expedition of Argyle

Argyle's Lines written before his Execution.

Wm. Jamieson's Epitaphium Comitis Argath., etc.

The King and Parliament; or, The Destruction of Argyle

The Scotch Lass's Constancy; or, Jenny's Lamentation for

the Death of Jockey, who for her sake was unfortunately

killed by Sawney in a Duel (original written by Tom

D'Urfey): two distinct versions

The Rebel Captive (Earl of Argyle).

The Plot Rent and Torn

Monmouth's Expedition Awaited

A Song on St. Martin's Feast, May 29th, 1685

The Country's Advice to the late Duke of Monmouth, and

those in Rebellion with him

Ibid.

The Duchess of Monmouth's Lamentation for the loss of her

Duke (when in hiding after Rye-House Plot)

The Merciful Father; or, The Penitent Son: a Congratulatory

Song on the Happy Return to Court of James, Duke of

Monmouth, in 1683

The Rebellion in the West

The Western Rebel; or, The True Protestant Standard set up

Monmouth Degraded; or, James Scot the Little King in

Lyme

King James's Royal Victory

Monmouth Routed, and taken Prisoner with Lord Grey

Proclamation for arrest of Monmouth

The Attainder of Monmouth

The Rebels Totally Routed; or, The Loyal Subjects' Satis-

faction.

Monmouth Worsted in the West; or, his care and grief for

the Death of his poor Soldiers, etc.

Seizure of Monmouth in the Island.

Monmouth Routed: together with his Promise and Resolu-

tion to Return again, a little before he left the Land

Monmouth's Saying' in the West of England that he would

Return; or, his last Resolution on his Voyage into

Holland

"The Soldier's Return," a sequel to "Monmouth's Saying"

The Last Letters of Monmouth (now first given together

consecutively), from the original manuscripts

On Blood's Stealing the Crown. (Attributed to And. Marvell)

Bludius et Corona
Ibid.

Monmouth's Remembrance of Russell

The Lord Russell's last Farewell to the World

Rebellion Rewarded with Justice; or, The Last Farewell of

the late Duke of Monmouth

The Late Duke of Monmouth's Lamentation.

Description of the Late Rebellion in the West: Heroic Poem

Jacobitical Advice to the Painter, in 1685.

Poem, on the University of Cambridge burning the Duke of

Monmouth's Picture, 1685, formerly their Chancellor.

Written by George Stepney of Trinity College

Advice to the Painter, upon the defeat of the Rebels in the

West, and the Execution of the late Duke of Monmouth

Monmouth's Remembrance. A Song.

The Tree of Rebellion, Schism, Sedition, and Faction

The Ungrateful Rebel; or, Gracious Clemency rewarded

with Villainy.

The Sorrowful Lamentation of the Widows of the West, for

the death of their deceased Husbands .

A Song on the Times; or, The Good Subject's Wish

Editorial L'Envoi : To the Tune of Capt. Radcliffe's Ramble

Appendix: The Declaration of James Duke of Monmouth

Note and Ballad on Henry, Duke of Grafton

Index

Editorial Finale: "Ave Cæsar! morituri te salutant'

Note (apologetic and procrastinative) on Errata

The Struggle against the Succession of James, Duke of York.

(For Note on woodcut see p. 716.)

"On what pretence could then the Vulgar Rage Against his worth and native rights engage?

Religious fears their Argument are made,

Religious fears his sacred rights invade!
Of future Superstition they complain,

And Jebusitic worship in his reign:

With such alarms his foes the crowd deceive,

With dangers fright-which not themselves believe."

-Absalom and Achitophel, Part II., lines 647-654.

THE

Struggle for the Succession

BETWEEN

York and Monmouth.

A SECOND GROUP OF ROXBURGHE BALLADS

ON

James, Duke of Monmouth.

INCORPORATING, IN CHRONOLOGICAL order,

Loyal Songs on the Drford Parliament,

AND

London's Loss of Charter, from Whig Sheriffs.

FOLLOWED IN FINAL GROUP, BY

The Rye-House Plot Executions ;

AND

The Western Insurrection of 1685:

WITH THE FIGHT AT SEDGEMORE, AND DEATH OF MONMOUTH.

Now first Collected, Annotated, and Reprinted for the Ballad Society,

By J. W. EBSWORTH, M.A., F.S.A.

VOL. V.

1883.

B

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