%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Young BATEMAN's Ghost: / Or, A godly Warning to all Maidens, by the example of Gods Judgment / shewn upon one German's Wife of Clifton, in the County of Nottingham; / who lying in Child-bed, was borne away and never heard of after. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton ?-? Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 05/04/2011 31498

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T52875 2 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN YOU dainty Dames so finely fram'd / Of beauty's chiefest mold, Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 3: 766 3: 767 Young BATEMAN's Ghost: / Or, A godly Warning to all Maidens, by the example of Gods Judgment / shewn upon one German's Wife of Clifton, in the County of Nottingham; / who lying in Child-bed, was borne away and never heard of after. Young BATEMAN’s Ghost: Or, A godly Warning to all Maidens, by the example of Gods Judgment shewn upon one German’s Wife of Clifton, in the Country of Nottingham; who lying in Child-bed, was borne away and never heard of after. Young Bateman's Ghost: Or, A godly Warning to all Maidens, by the example of God's Judgment shown upon one German’s Wife of Clifton, in the Country of Nottingham; who lying in Child bed, was borne away and never heard of after. ?-?

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YOU dainty Dames so finely framd Of beautys chiefest mold, And you that trip it up and down, Like lambs of Cupids Fold: Here is a lesson to be learnd, A lesson in my mind, For such as will prove false in Love, And bear a faithless mind. Not far from Nottingham of late, In Clifton, as I hear, There dwelt a fair and comely Dame, None with her could compare: Her cheeks were like the crimson rose, Yet as you may perceive, The fairest Face, the falsest heart, The soonest will deceive. This gallant Dame she was belovd, By many in that place, And many sought in marriage bed Her body to embrace: At last a proper handsome youth, Young Bateman calld by name, In hopes she would become his wife, Unto this maiden came. Such love and likeing there was found, That he from all the rest, Had stolen away the maidens heart, And she did love him best: Then plighted promise secretly, Did pass between them two,
That nothing could but death itself, This true Love-knot undo. He broke a piece of Gold in twain, One half to her he gave, The other as a pledge; quoth he, Dear love myself will have. If I do break my vow, quoth she, While I remain alive; May neer a thing I take in hand, Be seen at all to thrive, This passed on for two months space, And then the maid began, To settle love and liking too, Upon another man; One German, who a widower was, Her husband needs must be, Because he was of greater wealth, And better in degree. Her vows and promise lately made, To Bateman she denyd? And in dispite of him and his, She utterly defyd: Well then, quoth he, if it be so, That thou wilt me forsake, And like a false and forsworn-wretch; Another husband take. Thou shalt not live one quiet hour, For surely I will have Thee either now alive or dead, When I am laid in grave:
Thy faithless mind thou shalt repent, Therefore be well assurd, When for my sake thou hearst report, What torments I endurd. But mark how Bateman dyd for love. And finishd his Life; That very day she marryd was, And made old Germans Wife, For with a strangling cord, got wot, (Great moan was made therefore) He hangd himself in desperate sort, Before the brides own door. Whereat such sorrow piercd her heart, And troubled sore her mind, That she could never after that, One day of comfort find: And wheresoever she did go, Her fancy did surmise, Young Batemans pale and ghastly ghost, Appeard before her eyes. When she in bed one night did lie, Betwixt her husbands arms, In hopes thereby to sleep and rest, In safety without harms: Great cries and grievous groans, she heard A voice that sometimes cryd, Oh! thou art she that I must have, And will not be denyd. But she being grown big with child, Was for the infants sake, Preserved from the spirits power, No vengence could it take. The babe unborn did safely keep, As God appointed so, His Mothers Body from the fiend, That sought her Overthrow. But being of her Burthen easd, And safely brought to bed,
Her cares and griefs began a new, and further sorrow bred: And of her Friends she did intreat, desiring them to stay. Out of the Bed [quoth she] this Night, I shall be born away. Here comes the spirit of my Love, with pale and ghastly Face, Who till he carries me henceforth, will not depart this place, Alive or dead, Im his by Right, and he will surely have, In Spight of me and all the World, what I by promise gave. Oh! watch with me this Night, I pray, and see you do not sleep; No longer than you be awake, My Body can you keep, All promised to do their best, Yet nothing could suffice, In middle of the Night to keep Sad slumber from their eyes. So being all full fast asleep, To them unknown which way, The Child-bed woman, that woful night, From thence was born away: And to what place no creature knew, Nor to this day can tell; As strange a thing as ever yet In any age befell. You maidens that desire to love, And would good husbands choose, To him that you do vow to love, By no means do refuse: For God that hears all secret oaths, Will dreadful vengence taste, On such that of a wilful Vow, Do slender Reckoning make.