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Home > A warning piece to England against pride and wickedness being the fall of Queen Elenor, wife to Edward the first King of England, who for her pride and God's judgment, sunk into the ground at Charing-Cross, and rose at Queen-hith. To the tune of Gentle and courteous.

A warning piece to England against pride and wickedness being the fall of Queen Elenor, wife to Edward the first King of England, who for her pride and God's judgment, sunk into the ground at Charing-Cross, and rose at Queen-hith. To the tune of Gentle and courteous.

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Accession number: 
PML 3469.63
Published: 
[London?] : [printer not identified], [1650-1750]
Description: 
1 sheet : illustration (woodcut) ; 25 x 39 cm
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Oblong full-sheet.
Other editions of this ballad published under the title: The Lamentable Fall of Queene Elenor.
Printed in five columns of roman type with the title and woodcut illustrating the various events described in the ballad, over the first three. There are no rules between columns.

Variant Title: 

When Edward was in England King, / the first of all that Name

Classification: 
Broadside
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