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Title: The pictorial book of ancient ballad poetry of Great Britain, historical, traditional, and romantic: to which are added, a selection of modern imitations, and some translations
Year: 1853 (1850s)
Authors: Moore, Joseph S., ed. (from old catalog)
Subjects: English ballads and songs
Publisher: London, H. Washbourne & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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l fortress. Indeed, Mr. Plummer remembered the insigniaof the unicorns, &c, so often mentioned in the ballad, in existence upon the old tower atHangingshaw, the seat of the Philiphaugh family. This tower has been demolished for manyyears. It stood in a romantic and solitary situation on the classical banks of the Yarrow.When the mountains around Hangingshaw were covered with the wild copse which consti-tutes a Scottish forest, a more secure stronghold for an outlawed baron can hardly beimagined. In the verse commencing Fair Philiphaugh, and the following, the ceremony of feudalinvestiture is supposed to be gone through, by the Outlaw resigning his possessions into thehands of the king, and receiving them back to be held of him as superior. The lands ofPhiliphaugh are still possessed by the Outlaws representative. Hangingshaw and Lewins-hope were sold of late years. Newark, Foulshiels, and Tinnies, have long belonged to thefamily of Buccleuch.—Scott.) 204 5£lte MMm^mim a^3to<
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(The story of the Wandering Jew is of considerableantiquity. Several persons have at various times assumedthe name and character, all but one of whom must ofcourse have been impostors. An account of them may beseen in Calmet, Dictionary of the Bible. The story thatis told in the following ballad, says Dr Percy, is of onewho appeared at Hamburgh in 1547, and pretended he hadbeen a Jewish shoemaker at the time of Christs crucifixion.The ballad itself, however, the Dr. thinks to be of laterdate. He printed it in his Reliques, from a black-lettercopy in the Pepys Collection. The present version ischiefly that of Percy, compared, however, with, and in somefew instances altered according to, two broadsides in theBritish Museum; one of which has the following title:— The Wandering Jew: or, the Shoemaker of Jerusalem.Who lived when our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ wascrucified, and appointed by him to live till his comingagain. Tune, The Ladys Fall. Printed by and for W.(illiam) O. (nleyl,

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