He brought in the bores head, And was wonderous bold: He faid there were never a cuckolds kniffe Carve itt that cold. Some rubbed their knives Uppon a whetstone: 165 Some Some threw them under the table, King Arthur, and the child Stood looking upon them; All their knives edges Craddocke had a litle knive Of iron and of fteele ; He britled the bores head Wonderous weele; That every knight in the kings court Had a morfell. The litle boy had a horne, 170 175 Craddocke wan the horne, And the bores head : His ladie wan the mantle Everye fuch lovely ladye God fend her well to speede. 195 II. THE MARRIAGE OF SIR GAWAINE -Is chiefly taken from the fragment of an old ballad in the Editor's MS. which he has reafon to believe more ancient than the time of CHAUCER, and what furnished that bard with his Wife of Bath's Tale. The original was fo extremely mutilated, half of every leaf being torn away, that without large fupplements, &c. it would have been improper for this collection: thefe it has therefore received, fuch as they are. They are not here particularly pointed out, because the FRAGMENT itself will fome time or other be given to the public. K PART THE FIRST. ING Arthur lives in merry Carleile, And there with him queene Guenever, And there with him queene Guenever, 5 That bride fo bright in bowre: And all his barons about him stoode, That were both ftiffe and ftowre. The |