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Old age & death

Messenger of mortality, or, Life and death contrasted

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(1) Messenger of mortality, or, Life and death contrasted
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DescriptionFirst line reads: Death, Fair Lady, lay your costly robes aside. In three columns with a woodcut above.
ShelfmarkCrawford.EB.1996
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Old age & death
English ballads
DescriptionCollection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.
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  • Reproduced with permission from materials on loan to the National Library of Scotland from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.
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