Is not thy hawke upon the pearche, Thy horse eating corne and haye? And thou a gaye ladye within thine armes : With that lord Barnard came to the dore, 65 70 And lighted upon a stone; And he pulled out three filver keyes, And opened the dores eche one. He lifted up the coverlett, He lifted up the sheete; How now, how now, thou little Musgràve, 75 I find her fweete, quoth little Musgràve, Arife, arife, thou little Mufgràve, I have two fwordes in one scabbàrde, And I will have the worse. F 2 85 The The firft ftroke that little Mufgrave strucke, He hurt lord Barnard fore; The next stroke that lord Barnard ftrucke, With that befpake the ladye faire, In bed whereas she laye, 90 Althoughe thou art dead, my little Musgràve, 95 Yet for thee I will praye: And wifhe well to thy foule will I, So long as I have life; So will I not do for thee, Barnard, He cut her pappes from off her brest ; Great pitye it was to fee Some drops of this fair ladyes bloode 100 Wo worth, wo worth ye, my merrye men all, 105 Why did you not offer to stay my hande, For I have flaine the fairest fir knighte, That ever rode on a steede ; So have I done the fairest ladyè, 110 A grave, A grave, a grave, lord Barnard cryde, But lay my ladye o' the upper hande, 115 XII. THE EW-BUGHTS MARION. A SCOTTISH SONG. This fonnet is faid to be of great antiquity: that and it's fimplicity of fentiment have recommended it to a place here. W ILL ze gae to the ew-bughts, Marion, And wear in the fheip wi' mee? The fun shines fweit, my Marion, But nae half fae fweit as thee. O Marion's a bonnie lafs ; And the blyth blinks in her ee: Gin Marion wad marrie mee. Theires gowd in zour garters, Marion; At eene quhan I cum hame. Theires braw lads in Earnflaw, Marion, Quha gape and glowr wi' their ee At kirk, quhan they see my Marion; Bot nane of tham lues like mee. Sae put on zour pearlins, Marion, And kirtle oth cramafie; And fune as my chin has nae haire on, I fall cum weft, and see zee. XIII. THE XIII. THE KNIGHT, AND SHEPHERD's DAUGHTER. This ballad (given from an old black-letter Copy) was popular in the time of 2 Elizabeth, being usually printed with her picture before it, as HEARNE informs us in his preface to Gul. Neubrig. Hift. Oxon. 1719. 8vo. vol. 1. p. lxx." It is quoted in Fletcher's comedy of the Pilgrim, Act. 4. Sc. 1. HERE was a shepherds daughter THE Came tripping on the waye ; And there by chance a knighte shee mett, Good morrowe to you, beauteous maide, These words pronounced thee: OI shall dye this daye, he fayd, The Lord forbid, the maide replyde, That you fhold waxe fo wode! • But for all that thee could do or faye, He wold not be withstood. F4 10 Sith |