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EBBA 36407

Manchester Central Library - Blackletter Ballads
[YOUNG BATEMAN's GHOST; Or, / A Godly Warning to all Maidens, by the Example of God's Judgment shewn upon / one German's Wife, of Clifton, in the County of Nottingham, who lately lying in / Child bed, was borne away, and never heard of after.]
Date Published 1647-1665 ?
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Imprint London, Printed for W.G. dwelling in Gilt-spur-street.
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Collection Manchester Central Library - Blackletter Ballads
Page 1.34
Location Manchester Central Library
Shelfmark BR f 821.04 B49
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 Part 1Part 2
Title[YOUNG BATEMAN's GHOST; Or, / A Godly Warning to all Maidens, by the Example of God's Judgment shewn upon / one German's Wife, of Clifton, in the County of Nottingham, who lately lying in / Child bed, was borne away, and never heard of after.]The second part,
Tune Imprint[?]to the same tune.
First Lines[YOu dainty Dames so finely fram'd,] / [of Beauty's chiefest mould,]BUt marke how Bateman dy'd for / he finisht up his life, (love,
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Notes Pasted onto the same album sheet as EBBA 36256, "The honest Maydens loyalty / OR, / The young mans faithfull constancy. / He vowes to endure the Wrack and the [?] / And suffer dearly for his true loves sake."

Title and first lines for the first part supplied by EBBA 33910, which is not a perfect match for this ballad. This same ballad also goes by another title, "A Godly Warning for all Maidens, by the exam / ple of Gods Judgement shewed on one Jermans Wife of Clifton, in the / County of Nottingham, who lying in Child-bed, was born away, / and never heard of after."