Reliques of ancient English poetry [4th ed] [Vol 3] [T81998] [ECCO]

DMI number:

1416

Publication Date:

1794

Volume Number:

3 of 3

ESTC number:

T81998

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW112647163

Shelfmark:

ECCO - BOD

Full Title:

RELIQUES | OF | ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY: | CONSISTING OF | Old Heroic BALLADS, SONGS, and other | PIECES of our earlier POETS, | Together with some few of later Date. | THE FOURTH EDITION. | VOLUME THE THIRD. | [ornament] | LONDON: | PRINTED BY JOHN NICHOLS, | FOR F. AND C. RIVINGTON. | MDCCXCIV.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of ballads, Collection of songs, and Collection of translations/imitations

Format:

Octavo

Comments:

Separated into three books: 'Book the First', 'Book the Second' and 'Book the Third'. With glossary (pp. 359-367). Illustrations: title page, ix, 100, 216, 368. Contents: medieval verse p. xxxiii; Latin verse p. 315 & p. 332. Repeat pages: 94-95, 120-121.

Other matter:

Prefatory: contents and epigraph from Addison's Spectator 70 [4pp]. End matter: additional notes [1p].

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Editor:

Thomas Percy

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Absolute (100%)

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Printer:

John Nichols

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Publisher:

C. Rivington

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F. Rivington

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Content/Publication

First Line:

Jesus Christ christen kinge

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p.xxxvi

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[no title]

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Men speken of romaunces of pris

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p.xxiii

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[no title]

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Rattes and myse and such smal dere

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p.xxvii

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[no title]

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The keverchefes he toke on honde

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pp.xxvi-xxvii

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[no title]

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Mice and rats and such small deere

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p.xxvii

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Shakespeare.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

Needs must you lay your heart at his dispose

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p.xxv

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

our great Dramatic poet

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

That girdle gave the virtue of chaste love

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pp.1-2

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Spenser

Attributed To:

Edmund Spenser

First Line:

In the third day of may

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pp.3-11

Poem Title:

I. The Boy And The Mantle.

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First Line:

King Arthur lives in merry Carleile

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pp.11-24

Poem Title:

II. The Marriage of Sir Gawaine.

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First Line:

As it fell out on a Pentecost day

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pp.26-27

Poem Title:

III. King Ryence's Challenge.

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First Line:

On Trinitye Mondaye in the morne

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pp.28-36

Poem Title:

IV. King Arthur's Death. A Fragment.

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First Line:

When scorching Phoebus he did mount

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p.36

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Of Brutus' blood in Brittaine borne

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pp.37-41

Poem Title:

V. The Legend of King Arthur.

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First Line:

Who sekes to tame the blustering winde

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pp.42-43

Poem Title:

VI. A Dyttie To Hey Downe.

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First Line:

Glasgerion was a kinges owne sonne

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pp.43-48

Poem Title:

VII. Glasgerion.

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First Line:

Let never again soe old a man

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pp.48-53

Poem Title:

VIII. Old Sir Robin of Portingale.

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First Line:

Childe Waters in his stable stoode

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pp.54-61

Poem Title:

IX. Child Waters.

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First Line:

In the merrie moneth of Maye

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pp.62-63

Poem Title:

X. Phillida and Corydon.

Attribution:

Nicholas Breton

Attributed To:

Nicholas Breton [Britton]

First Line:

As it fell out on a highe holye daye

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pp.65-70

Poem Title:

XI. Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard.

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First Line:

This sad mischief by lust was wrought

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p.70

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Will ze gae to the ew-bughts Marion

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pp.70-71

Poem Title:

XII. The Ew-Bughts Marion. A Scottish Song.

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First Line:

There was a shepherds daughter

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pp.72-76

Poem Title:

XIII. The Knight, And Shepherd's Daughter.

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First Line:

Good muse rocke me aslepe

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pp.77-78

Poem Title:

XIV. The Spepherd's Address To His Muse.

Attribution:

N. Breton.

Attributed To:

Nicholas Breton [Britton]

First Line:

Lord Thomas he was a bold forrester

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pp.79-82

Poem Title:

XV. Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor.

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First Line:

Cupid and my Campaspe playd

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p.83

Poem Title:

XVI. Cupid and Campaspe.

Attribution:

John Lilye

Attributed To:

John Lyly

First Line:

You beauteous ladies great and small

Page No:

pp.84-89

Poem Title:

XVII. The Lady Turned Serving-Man.

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First Line:

Gil Morrice was an erles son

Page No:

pp.90-99

Poem Title:

XVIII. Gil Morrice. A Scottish Ballad.

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First Line:

A messenger came to the king

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pp.101-102

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Was ever knight for ladyes sake

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pp.102-108

Poem Title:

I. The Legend of Sir Guy.

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First Line:

Guy journeyes towards that sanctifyed ground

Page No:

pp.109-116

Poem Title:

II. Guy and Amarant.

Attribution:

Samuel Rowlands

Attributed To:

Samuel Rowlands

First Line:

Late in an evening forth I went

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pp.117-119

Poem Title:

III. The Auld Good-Man. A Scottish Song.

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First Line:

When it was grown to dark midnight

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p.120

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

As it fell out on a long summer's day

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pp.121-124

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IV. Fair Margaret and Sweet William.

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First Line:

In Scarlet towne where I was borne

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pp.124-127

Poem Title:

V. Barbara Allen's Cruelty.

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First Line:

There came a ghost to Margaret's door

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pp.127-130

Poem Title:

VI. Sweet William's Ghost. A Scottish Ballad.

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First Line:

It was in and about the Martinmas time

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pp.130-132

Poem Title:

VII. Sir John Grehme and Barbara Allan. A Scottish Ballad.

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First Line:

There was a youthe and a well beloved youthe

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pp.132-134

Poem Title:

VIII. The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington.

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First Line:

How now shepherde what meanes that

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pp.135-136

Poem Title:

IX. The Willow-Tree. A Pastoral Dialogue.

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First Line:

In pescod time when hound to horn

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p.137

Poem Title:

The Shepherds Slumber

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First Line:

Marke well my heavy dolefull tale

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pp.137-143

Poem Title:

X. The Lady's Fall.

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First Line:

O waly waly up the bank

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pp.144-146

Poem Title:

XI. Waly Waly, Love Be Bonny. A Scottish Song.

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First Line:

Whan cockle shells turn filler bells

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p.144

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[no title]

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First Line:

Come mourne come mourne with mee

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pp.146-152

Poem Title:

XII. The Bride's Burial.

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First Line:

As at noone Dulcina rested

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pp.152-154

Poem Title:

XIII. Dulcina.

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First Line:

There was a lord of worthy fame

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pp.155-158

Poem Title:

XIV. The Lady Isabella's Tragedy.

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First Line:

Beauties have yee seen a toy

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pp.159-161

Poem Title:

XV. A Hue And Cry After Cupid.

Attribution:

Ben Jonson

Attributed To:

Benjamin Jonson

First Line:

In the dayes of old

Page No:

pp.162-170

Poem Title:

XVI. The King Of France's Daughter.

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First Line:

Cloth of gold do not dispise

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p.168

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Sir. W. Temple

Attributed To:

Sir William Temple

First Line:

Still to be neat still to be dressed

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p.170

Poem Title:

XVII. The Sweet Neglect.

Attribution:

Ben Jonson's Silent Woman

Attributed To:

Benjamin Jonson

First Line:

Now ponder well you parents dear

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pp.172-177

Poem Title:

XVIII. The Children In The Wood.

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First Line:

A lover of late was I

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pp.178-179

Poem Title:

XIX. A Lover of Late.

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First Line:

Henry our royall king would ride a hunting

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pp.180-189

Poem Title:

XX. The King And Miller of Mansfield.

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First Line:

Shall I wasting in dispaire

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pp.191-192

Poem Title:

XXI. The Shepherd's Resolution.

Attribution:

George Wither

Attributed To:

George Wither

First Line:

When Troy towne had for ten yeeres past

Page No:

pp.193-198

Poem Title:

[XXII.] Queen Dido.

Attribution:

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First Line:

I have beene all day looking after

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pp.199-202

Poem Title:

XXIII. The Witches' Song.

Attribution:

Ben Jonson's Masque of Queens

Attributed To:

Benjamin Jonson

First Line:

Tells how the drudging goblin sweat

Page No:

p.202

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Milton

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

From Oberon in fairye land

Page No:

pp.203-207

Poem Title:

XXIV. Robin Good-Fellow.

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First Line:

Come follow follow me

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pp.208-209

Poem Title:

XXV. The Fairy Queen.

Attribution:

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First Line:

In the old dayes of king Artour

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pp.210-211

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Chaucer

Attributed To:

Geoffrey Chaucer

First Line:

Farewell rewards and fairies

Page No:

pp.211-213

Poem Title:

XXVI. The Fairies Farewell.

Attribution:

Dr. Corbet

Attributed To:

Richard Corbett

First Line:

Whan the dragon that foule is

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p.217

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Hit him under the wynge

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p.218

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Listen lords in bower and hall

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pp.219-227

Poem Title:

I. The Birth Of St. George.

Attribution:

Richard Johnson

Attributed To:

Richard Johnson

First Line:

Of Hector's deeds did Homer sing

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pp.228-239

Poem Title:

II. St. George And The Dragon.

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First Line:

Over the mountains

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pp.239-240

Poem Title:

III. Love Will Find Out The Way.

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First Line:

Lord Thomas and fair Annet

Page No:

pp.241-246

Poem Title:

IV. Lord Thomas and Fair Annet, A Scottish Ballad.

Attribution:

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First Line:

He that loves a rosy cheek

Page No:

p.247

Poem Title:

V. Unfading Beauty.

Attribution:

Thomas Carew

Attributed To:

Thomas Carew

First Line:

All youths of fair England

Page No:

pp.248-263

Poem Title:

VI. George Barnwell.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Hence away thou syren leave me

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pp.264-267

Poem Title:

VII. The Stedfast Shepherd.

Attribution:

George Wither

Attributed To:

George Wither

First Line:

All tender hearts that ake to hear

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pp.267-272

Poem Title:

VIII. The Spanish Virgin, or Effects Of Jealousy.

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First Line:

What state of life can be so blest

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pp.273-274

Poem Title:

IX. Jealousy Tyrant of the Mind

Attribution:

Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

When Greeks and Trojans fell at strife

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pp.274-278

Poem Title:

X. Constant Penelope.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Tell me not sweet I am unkinde

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p.279

Poem Title:

XI. To Lucasta, On Going To The Wars.

Attribution:

By Col. Richard Lovelace

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Richard Lovelace

First Line:

Over the dyke a bridge there lay

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p.280

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

When Flora 'gins to decke the fields

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pp.280-297

Poem Title:

XII. Valentine And Ursine.

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First Line:

There was a well so have I wynne

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p.298

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Bevis blessed himselfe and forth yode

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p.299

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Old stories tell how Hercules

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pp.300-306

Poem Title:

XIII. The Dragon of Wantley.

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First Line:

Why doe you boast of Arthur and his knightes

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pp.309-313

Poem Title:

XIV. St. George For England. The First Part.

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First Line:

The story of king Arthur old

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pp.315-331

Poem Title:

XV. St. George For England. The Second Part.

Attribution:

John Grubb M. A. of Christ Church, Oxford.

Attributed To:

John Grubb

First Line:

Twas at the silent solemn hour

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pp.333-336

Poem Title:

XVI. Margaret's Ghost.

Attribution:

David Mallet, Esq.

Attributed To:

David Mallet

First Line:

Of Leinster famed for maidens fair

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pp.337-339

Poem Title:

XVII. Lucy and Colin.

Attribution:

Thomas Tickel, Esq.

Attributed To:

Thomas Tickell

First Line:

In Carleile dwelt king Arthur

Page No:

pp.340-349

Poem Title:

XVIII. The Boy And The Mantle. As revised and altered by a modern hand.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Kinge Arthur liues in merry Carleile

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pp.350-358

Poem Title:

XIX. The Ancient Fragment of the Marriage of Sir Gawaine.

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