Introduction to Canto II.-To the Reverend JOHN

MARRIOTT, A. M.

CANTO II. THE CONVENT.

101

85

Introduction to Canto III.-TO WILLIAM ERSKINE,

Esq. .

141

.

CANTO III. THE HOSTEL, OR INN

155

Introduction to Canto IV.-To JAMES SKENE, Esq. . 189

CANTO IV. THE CAMP.

201

Introduction to Canto V.-To GEORGE ELLIS, Esq.

239

CANTO V. THE COURT

251

Introduction to Canto VI.-To RICHARD HEBER, Esq. 303

CANTO VI. THE BATTLE

319

APPENDIX.

379

B

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

DESIGNED BY BIRKET FOSTER AND JOHN GILBERT,

ENGRAVED ON WOOD BY J. W. WHYMPER AND EDMUND EVANS,

AND PRINTED BY R. & R. CLARK,

DESIGNED BY

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Introduction to Canto First.

November's sky is chill and drear,
November's leaf is red and sear.
Away hath pass'd the heather-bell
That bloom'd so rich on Needpath-fell.
And ne'er held marble in its trust
Of two such wondrous men the dust.

BIRKET FOSTER.

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BIRKET FOSTER. 37

BIRKET FOSTER.

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Introduction to Canto Second.

When these waste glens with copse were lined,

And peopled with the hart and hind.

Oft in my mind such thoughts awake,
By lone Saint Mary's silent lake.
For though, in feudal strife, a foe
Hath laid Our Lady's chapel low.
Then gaze on Dryhope's ruin'd tower,
And think on Yarrow's faded flower.

Thy tower, proud Bamborough, mark'd they there,

There, deep in Durham's Gothic shade,
His relics are in secret laid.

In long black dress, on seats of stone,
Behind were these three judges shown.
Fix'd was her look, and stern her air:
Back from her shoulders stream'd her hair.