In the days of old
- DMI number:
- 11411
- First Line:
- In the days of old
- Last Line:
- Thus were their sorrows put to flight
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Ballad
- Themes:
- Sex / relations between the sexes[Prince of England King of France's daughter] and The monarchy (heads of state)
- Author:
- Thomas Deloney
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Variant of 'How a Prince of England Wooed the Kings Daughter of France, and how she was Married to a Forrester'. Deloney (1678) I.
- First Line:
- In the dayes of old
- Last Line:
- Thus were their sorrowes put to flight
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. [3rd ed] [ESTC N939]
- Page No(s):
- pp.181-187
- Poem Title:
- XXIII. An Excellent Ballad of a Prince of England's Courtship to the King of France's Daughter, and how the Prince was disasterously slain, and the aforesaid Princess was afterwards marry'd to a Forrester. To the Tune of, Crimson Velvet.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. [T117410]
- Page No(s):
- pp.181-187
- Poem Title:
- An Excellent Ballad of a Prince of England's Courtship to the King of France's Daughter, and how the Prince was disasterously slain, and the aforesaid Princess was afterwards marry'd to a Forrester. To the Tune of, Crimson Velvet.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant... [2nd ed] [ESTC N938]
- Page No(s):
- pp.181-187
- Poem Title:
- XXIII. An Excellent Ballad of a Prince of England's Courtship to the King of France's Daughter, and how the Prince was disasterously slain, and the aforesaid Princess was afterwards marry'd to a Forrester. To the Tune of, Crimson Velvet.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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