A Collection of Old Ballads: Corrected from the Best and Most Ancient Copies Extant ; with Introductions Historical, Critical, Or Humorous ; Illustrated with Copper Plates, Том 1J. Roberts, 1723 |
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... fought for Ladies Sake ? Read in old Stories , and there you shall fee , How St. George , St. George , he made the Dragon flee . St. George he was for England , St. Dennis was for France ; Sing Honi foit qui mal y pense . Of ancient ...
... fought for Ladies Sake ? Read in old Stories , and there you shall fee , How St. George , St. George , he made the Dragon flee . St. George he was for England , St. Dennis was for France ; Sing Honi foit qui mal y pense . Of ancient ...
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... fought with Char- lemain , Sir Hugh de Bourdeaux , and Godfrey de Bulloign ; These were all French Knights , that Pagans did convert ; But St. George , St. George , he pull'd out the Dragon's St. George he was for England , & c . Henry ...
... fought with Char- lemain , Sir Hugh de Bourdeaux , and Godfrey de Bulloign ; These were all French Knights , that Pagans did convert ; But St. George , St. George , he pull'd out the Dragon's St. George he was for England , & c . Henry ...
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... Proteus overthrew , As fierce as either Vandal , Goth , Saracen , or Few ; The potent Holofernes , as he lay in his Bed , In came wife Judith , and fubt'ly ftole his Head ; With Fove the Cyclops fought , alth ' he fhow'r'd I With [ 26 ]
... Proteus overthrew , As fierce as either Vandal , Goth , Saracen , or Few ; The potent Holofernes , as he lay in his Bed , In came wife Judith , and fubt'ly ftole his Head ; With Fove the Cyclops fought , alth ' he fhow'r'd I With [ 26 ]
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... fought , alth ' he fhow'r'd down Thunder ; But St. George kill'd the Dragon , and was not that a Wonder ? St. George he was for England , & c . Mark Anthony , I'll warrant ye , play'd Feats with Æ- gypt's Queen ; Sir Eglemore , that ...
... fought , alth ' he fhow'r'd down Thunder ; But St. George kill'd the Dragon , and was not that a Wonder ? St. George he was for England , & c . Mark Anthony , I'll warrant ye , play'd Feats with Æ- gypt's Queen ; Sir Eglemore , that ...
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... fought between Moore of Moore - Hall , and the Dra- gon of Wantley . Tho ' this Ballad does not properly fall under the Denomination of Hiftorical , yet ought it naturally to follow the Two former ; it ha- ving been ever look'd upon as ...
... fought between Moore of Moore - Hall , and the Dra- gon of Wantley . Tho ' this Ballad does not properly fall under the Denomination of Hiftorical , yet ought it naturally to follow the Two former ; it ha- ving been ever look'd upon as ...
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Againſt Alack Arthur a Bland Ballad Beauty beſt bold Robin Hood bonny Dundee bonny Lafs brave Bride call'd cry'd Dame Daughter dear Death doth Dragon Duke Duke of Hereford dy'd e're Earl Douglas Earl Marshal England faid fair fame Fane Shore Father felf fent fhall fhew fight firſt flain fome foon fore fought ftand ftill fuch fweet gallant George Gilderoy Grief Griffel Hand hang'd Heart Hiftory Horfely Houſe Johnny Armstrong King Henry Knight Lady laft laſt likewiſe Little John Lord Love marry'd Maſter merry moft moſt muſt ne'er never Noble pleaſant Pleaſure Poet preſently Prince Queen quoth fhe Raderer reply'd Robin Hood Rofamond Rofe ſaid ſay ſee ſeen ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall Song ſpeak ſtand ſtay ſtill ſtrong Stutly ſweet Sword thee thefe theſe Thing thofe thoſe Thouſand thro took unto whofe Wife young
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Страница 225 - Did cover them with leaves. And now the heavy wrath of God Upon their uncle fell ; Yea, fearful fiends did haunt his house, . His conscience felt an hell : His barns were fired, his goods consumed, His lands were barren made, His cattle died within the field, And nothing with him stayed.
Страница 12 - The like was never scene. Most curiously that bower was built Of stone and timber strong, An hundered and fifty doors Did to this bower belong : And they so cunninglye contriv'd With turnings round about, That none but with a clue of thread, Could enter in or out.
Страница 82 - squires, or lords of renown, Without e'er a foot of free land ; We feast on good cheer, with wine, ale, and beer, And ev'ry thing at our command." Then music and dancing did finish the day ; At length when the sun waxed low, Then all the whole train the grove did refrain, And unto their caves they did go. And so ever after, as long as he liv'd, Altho' he was proper and tall, Yet, nevertheless, the truth to express, Still Little John they did him call.
Страница 116 - He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long...
Страница 63 - Here with the ladyes such sport they did make, The nobles with laughing did make their sides ake.
Страница 89 - And danc'd round about the oke tree ; " For three merry men, and three merry men, And three merry men we be. "And ever hereafter as long as we live, * We three will be as one ; The wood it shall ring, and the old wife sing, Of Robin Hood, Arthur, and John.
Страница 223 - You must be father and mother both, And uncle all in one; God knows what will become of them, When I am dead and gone.