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The Plates are designed and executed in Lithography, by Mr. D. Dighton.

ADVERTISEMENT.

IN presenting this Edition of "Drunken Barnaby's four Journeys to the North of England," to the Public, the Editor has merely to state that it has been done in obedience to their demand for one, at a moderate price.

He flatters himself, that the Edition which he has chosen to print the

present one from (containing the ballad of Chevy Chase in addition) will meet with their approval; and that it will bear a comparison, both in point of Typographical Execution as well as in the Designs for the New Plates, with of the former Editions of this va

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luable little book.

London,

January, 1822.

Notes on the Author

Richard Braithwaite was the 2nd son of Thomas Braith -waite of Warcop, near Appleby, in Westmoreland in the year 1604, he was matriculated at Oxford as a gentleman sou, and a native of Northumberland, & at the age of Abbecau a commoner of Orill college "While he continued in that /rouse sous says Mood which was at least 3 years he avoided as such as he could the rough paths of logic & philosophy + Roman History

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in which at lengths he did excel. He afterwards removed to Cambridge you retiming to the Northbe beCaptain of a fort company in the trained bands deputy the County of Westmoreland a justice of peace, and a noted wit tpoet." His publications both in prose there were numerous the titles are enumerated by Authony à Mood. Braithwaite is now proned by in contestibile evidence to be author of "Drunken Barnaby & that original & very unique production will memory from oblivion. Haman Miss Frances Lamson descendant of James Lamsonts whom Henry 815 in the gear 570 had made a grant of the propesions of Nesham nunnery (see page 121 about the year 1644 he became possessed on death of his wifesnephew of half the family estate at tes han. he seems to have lost his first wife, the property along with heras he is said to have removed in the latter part of his life to near Catterick in Yorkshire, upon what his biog -rapher calls "an employment or rather a second marriage He lived to an advanced age + dying there May 4. 1673. was buried at Catterick, leading behind him the cha -racter of a well bred gentleman and a good neighbour, Guide to Dinsdale The author of that cusions production" "Drunken Barnally","is fully of Burnickend in Westmoreland, esq. author of various other works not anonymowe He is here at least relating a piece of his own history for he was married at Haworth ballay 16 18 to Frances daughter,

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