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A New BALLAD.
The Triumph of Justice.
Rebellion Rewarded with Justice.
A newe balade made by Nicholas Balthorp which suffered in Calys the .xv. daie of marche. MDL.
Anne Boleyn's Fortune
¶A balade agaynst malycyous Sclaunderers.
A newe ballade made of Thomas Crumwel, called ‘Trolle on away’
The true manner of the life and Death of Sir Thomas Wentworth, late Lord Lievtenant Deputy of Ireland,
Sal]isbury Assizes. [?]ard of Witchcraft.
Witchcraft discovered and punished.
Truth brought to light. Or, Wonderful strange and true news from Gloucester shire, concerning one Mr. William Harrison
Iohn Spenser his Repentance in Prison, Written with his owne hand as he lay in Chester Castle.
Capt. Johnsons last Farewel: Who was arraigned for being assisting in the stealing a young Heiress, for which he received Sentance of Death, and was accordingly Executed at Tyburn, the 23th. of this instant December, 1690.
A Copy of Verses on the Awful Execution of Charles Christopher Robinson, For the Murder of his Sweetheart, Harriet Segar, of Ablow Street, Wolverhampton, August 26th.
Capt. WHITNEY's Confession: OR, HIS Penitent Lamentation, Under a Sence of a Guilty Conscience, on the Day of his Execution at the Porter's Block, near Smithfield-Bars, which was on the First of February, 1693.
This lytle treatyse declareth the study and frutes of Barnes
Life of the Mannings executed at Horsemonger Lane Go[...] on Tuesday 13th Nov 1849
Life Confession & Execution, of Mr. & Mrs. Manning, for the murder of Mr. O'Conner [sic], with copies of the letters.
A new song on the Mannings
Execution of the Mannings
ane new ballet set out be ane Fugitiue Scottisman that fled out of Paris at this lait Murther.
The Scotch Lover's Lamentation: OR, GILDEROY's Last FAREWEL.
Treason justly punished:
The Brick-makers Lamentation from New-gate:
The Ballad of Roddy McCorley
THE DISOBEDIENT SON AND CRUEL HUSBAND.
The SEA-Martyrs;
The Lonely Banna Strand
The last Speech and Confession of Jannet Riddle,
The complaint and lamentation of Mistresse Arden of Feversham in Kent,
The Ballad of Roger Casement
THE Swaggering Man.
Some Luck Some Wit
Sir Hugh in the Grimes Downfall.
An Excellent Ballad of George Barnwel,
A warning to all false Traitors by example of 14.
A looking-glass for vvanton women by the example and expiation of Mary Higgs
A Cabinet of grief,
Villany Rewarded;
The York-shire Tragedy:
The Penitent Gallant,
The Midwife of Poplar's Sorrowful Confession and Lamentation in Newgate
The LAMENTATION OF Dell's Mistris For the Loss of her Gallant.
The Injured Children,
The Chancellors Resolution:
The Bloody=minded Husband;
THE VVhipster of VVoodstreet,
THE Penitent Highway-man:
THE Murtherers Lamentation:
The Golden Farmer's Last Fareweel
THE Unfortunate WELCH-MAN; OR The Untimely Death of Scotch JOCKEY
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![Sal]isbury Assizes. [?]ard of Witchcraft.](https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/files/square_thumbnails/3711df22f0c2b8e88b79a66fe556592b.jpg "Sal]isbury Assizes. [?]ard of Witchcraft.")
![Life of the Mannings executed at Horsemonger Lane Go[...] on Tuesday 13th Nov 1849](https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/files/square_thumbnails/595ecb895693901572e2944eef92a9ad.jpg "Life of the Mannings executed at Horsemonger Lane Go[...] on Tuesday 13th Nov 1849")
![Life Confession & Execution, of Mr. & Mrs. Manning, for the murder of Mr. O'Conner [sic], with copies of the letters.](https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/files/square_thumbnails/4c21c32babfd4785b81215e32f6f2a75.jpg "Life Confession & Execution, of Mr. & Mrs. Manning, for the murder of Mr. O'Conner [sic], with copies of the letters.")
