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The Rarest Ballad That Ever Was Seen
''The Rarest Ballad That Ever Was Seen'' is an English broadside ballad from the late 17th century. It tells the story of a blind beggar's daughter from Bednal-Green and her marriage to a knight.
== Synopsis ==
The ballad tells the story of Bessee, the daughter of a blind beggar. She is the most beautiful woman in her town, and has many suitors, but none of their parents will allow them to marry a beggar's daughter. Bessee asks her parents to let her travel and seek her fortunes. She leaves in the night, and when she reaches Stratford at Bow she doesn't know where to go next and starts crying. Finally, she decides to go on to Rumford, where she is entertained at the Kings-Arms. In Rumford, she once again has many suitors, all of whom offer her gold and silver.
Four suitors come calling simultaneously. A knight, a gentleman, a merchant, and her master's son compete for her affections, but she refuses them all, telling them that they must seek her father's approval first. They all agree, until she tells them that her father is the blind beggar, at which point three of them back out. The knight says it doesn't matter, and agrees to return to Bednal-Green with Bessee, even though his kinsman urges him not to go. A number of men from Rumford follow him and fight him, but he wins the battle, with some outside help, and approaches her father. His kinsman begins to rail against Bessee, but her father tells him that he is willing to compare his gold with that of the knight by "dropping angels." He drops 3,000 pounds, more than twice that of the knight, and then adds another 100 for his daughter's gown. When all of her previous suitors see that her father is actually rich, they become angry.
In the second part of the ballad, Bessee and the knight have a huge wedding, and all the noble people are invited. At the wedding, the beggar comes out dressed in fine clothes and playing the lute. The noblemen at the wedding recognize a noble pedigree in his face, and ask the beggar to tell them his story. He agrees by playing one more song. His name is Monfort, and he lost his eyes fighting in France for King Henry III. A woman saved him from dying on the battlefield, and they moved to Bednal-Green and became beggars. Everybody pronounces that Bessee comes from a good pedigree, and they celebrate her marriage to the knight.
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