Reliques of ancient English poetry [London and Frankfurt] [Vol 1] [T84265] [ECCO]
- DMI number:
- 1393
- Publication Date:
- 1790
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 3
- ESTC number:
- T84265
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW115525999
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - BL
- Full Title:
- RELIQUES | OF | ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY: | CONSISTING OF | Old Heroic BALLADS, SONGS, and other | PIECES of our earlier POETS, | (Chiefly of the LYRIC kind.) | Together with some few of later Date. | VOLUME THE FIRST. | [ornament] | [i]LONDON and FRANCFORT:[/i] | Printed for J. G. Fleischer. | MDCCXC.
- Place of Publication:
- London and Frankfurt
- 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 (Containing Ballads that illustrate Shakespeare.)' and 'Book the Third'. With glossary (back of volume, 15pp.) Illustrations: title page, 1, 103, 209. Contents: Latin verse pp. 94-95; Spanish verse pp. 286-290 (even pages).
- Other matter:
- Prefatory: preface [8pp], essay 'On the Ancient English Minstrels' [12pp], contents and epigraph from Sidney's Defence of Poetry [4pp].
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [2nd ed] [Vol 1] [T83735] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1767
- ESTC No:
- T83735
- Volume:
- 1 of 3
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [2nd ed] [Vol 2] [T83735] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1767
- ESTC No:
- T83735
- Volume:
- 2 of 3
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [2nd ed] [Vol 3] [T83735] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1767
- ESTC No:
- T83735
- Volume:
- 3 of 3
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [3rd ed] [Vol 1] [T82693] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1775
- ESTC No:
- T82693
- Volume:
- 1 of 3
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [3rd ed] [Vol 2] [T82693] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1775
- ESTC No:
- T82693
- Volume:
- 2 of 3
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [3rd ed] [Vol 3] [T82693] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1775
- ESTC No:
- T82693
- Volume:
- 3 of 3
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [Dublin] [Vol 1] [T83734] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1766
- ESTC No:
- T83734
- Volume:
- 1 of 3
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [Dublin] [Vol 2] [T83734] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1766
- ESTC No:
- T83734
- Volume:
- 2 of 3
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [Dublin] [Vol 3] [T83734] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1766
- ESTC No:
- T83734
- Volume:
- 3 of 3
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [Vol 1] [T84936] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1765
- ESTC No:
- T84936
- Volume:
- 1 of 3
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [Vol 2] [T84936] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1765
- ESTC No:
- T84936
- Volume:
- 2 of 3
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [Vol 3] [T84936] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1765
- ESTC No:
- T84936
- Volume:
- 3 of 3
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [4th ed] [Vol 1] [T81998] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1794
- ESTC No:
- T81998
- Volume:
- 1 of 3
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [4th ed] [Vol 2] [T81998] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1794
- ESTC No:
- T81998
- Volume:
- 2 of 3
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [4th ed] [Vol 3] [T81998] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1794
- ESTC No:
- T81998
- Volume:
- 3 of 3
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [London and Frankfurt] [Vol 2] [T84265] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1790
- ESTC No:
- T84265
- Volume:
- 2 of 3
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- Reliques of ancient English poetry [London and Frankfurt] [Vol 3] [T84265] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1791
- ESTC No:
- T84265
- Volume:
- 3 of 3
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Editor:
- Thomas Percy
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- J. G. Fleischer
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Men speken of romaunces of Price
- Page No:
- p.ix
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The Perse owt of Northombarlande
- Page No:
- pp.5-16
- Poem Title:
- I. The Ancient Ballad of Chevy-Chase.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Yt felle about the Lamas tyde
- Page No:
- pp.21-29
- Poem Title:
- II. The Battle of Otterbourne.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The rain rins doun through Mirryland toune
- Page No:
- pp.31-32
- Poem Title:
- III. The Jew's Daughter, A Scottish Ballad.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In Ireland ferr over the sea
- Page No:
- pp.34-47
- Poem Title:
- IV. Sir Cauline.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Quhy dois zour brand sae drap wi' bluid
- Page No:
- pp.47-49
- Poem Title:
- V. Edward, Edward, A Scottish Ballad.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I wyll not ones stirre off this grounde
- Page No:
- p.50
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hearken to me gentlemen
- Page No:
- pp.52-61
- Poem Title:
- VI. King Estmere.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The king sits in Dumferling toune
- Page No:
- pp.63-64
- Poem Title:
- VII. Sir Patrick Spence, A Scottish Ballad.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hear undernead dis laitl stean
- Page No:
- p.66
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Lythe and lysten gentylmen
- Page No:
- p.67
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whan shales beene sheene and shraddes full fayre
- Page No:
- pp.68-76
- Poem Title:
- VIII. Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I loked about and sawe a craggy roche
- Page No:
- pp.76-79
- Poem Title:
- IX. The Tower of Doctrine.
- Attribution:
- Stephen Hawes
- Attributed To:
- Stephen Hawes
- First Line:
- On yonder hill a castle standes
- Page No:
- pp.79-86
- Poem Title:
- X. The Child of Elle.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- It fell about the Martinmas
- Page No:
- pp.88-93
- Poem Title:
- XI. Edom O'Gordon, A Scottish Ballad.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I wayle I wepe I sobbe I sigh ful sore
- Page No:
- pp.95-102
- Poem Title:
- XII. An Elegy on Henry Fourth Earl of North-Humberland.
- Attribution:
- John Skelton
- Attributed To:
- John Skelton
- First Line:
- This memoriall men may have in mynde
- Page No:
- p.108
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- With loynes in canvas bow case tyde
- Page No:
- p.119
- Poem Title:
- "The long vacation in London"
- Attribution:
- Sir William Davenant
- Attributed To:
- Sir William Davenant
- First Line:
- Mery it was in grene forest
- Page No:
- pp.120-145
- Poem Title:
- I. Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudesly.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I lothe that I did love
- Page No:
- pp.146-148
- Poem Title:
- II. The Aged Lover Renounceth Love.
- Attribution:
- Lord Vaux
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Vaux
- First Line:
- Where gripinge grefes the hart would wounde
- Page No:
- pp.149-150
- Poem Title:
- III. A Song to the Lute in Musicke.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I read that once in Affrica
- Page No:
- pp.152-155
- Poem Title:
- IV. King Cophetua and the Beggar-Maid.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- This winters weather waxeth cold
- Page No:
- pp.156-158
- Poem Title:
- V. Take thy Old Cloak About Thee.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A poore soule sat sighing under a sicamore tree
- Page No:
- pp.159-163
- Poem Title:
- VI. Willow, Willow, Willow.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My mother had a maid called Barbarie
- Page No:
- p.159
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Shakespeare
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- First Line:
- All this beheard three wighty yeomen
- Page No:
- p.164
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When Arthur first in court began
- Page No:
- pp.164-168
- Poem Title:
- VII. Sir Lancelot Du Lake.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Farewell dear love since thou wilt needs begone
- Page No:
- pp.169-170
- Poem Title:
- VIII. Corydon's Farewell to Phillis.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- There dwelt a man in Babylon
- Page No:
- p.169
- Poem Title:
- The Ballad of Constant Susanna.
- Attribution:
- Shakespear
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- First Line:
- In Venice towne not long agoe
- Page No:
- pp.173-179
- Poem Title:
- IX. Gernutus the Jew of Venice.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Live with me and be my love
- Page No:
- pp.182-183
- Poem Title:
- X. The Passionate Shepherd to his Love.
- Attribution:
- Marlow, and Raleig
- Attributed To:
- Sir Walter Ralegh [Raleigh]Christopher Marlowe
- First Line:
- You noble minds and famous martiall wights
- Page No:
- pp.185-190
- Poem Title:
- XI. Titus Andronicus's Complaint.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Take oh take those lips away
- Page No:
- pp.190-191
- Poem Title:
- XII. Take Those Lips Away.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- King Leir once ruled in this land
- Page No:
- pp.192-197
- Poem Title:
- XIII. King Leir and His Three Daughters.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Crabbed age and youth
- Page No:
- pp.198-199
- Poem Title:
- XIV. Youth and Age.
- Attribution:
- Shakespeare.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- First Line:
- Now as fame does report a young duke keeps a court
- Page No:
- pp.200-203
- Poem Title:
- XV. The Frolicksome Duke, or The Tinker's Good Fortune.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- It was a friar of orders gray
- Page No:
- pp.203-208
- Poem Title:
- XVI. The Friar of Orders Gray.
- Attribution:
- the Editor
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Percy
- First Line:
- For Witherington my heart is woe
- Page No:
- p.210
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The dint it was both sad and sore
- Page No:
- p.210
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Of fifteen hundred archers of England
- Page No:
- p.212
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Of fifteen hundred Scottish spears
- Page No:
- p.212
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- God prosper long our noble king
- Page No:
- pp.214-223
- Poem Title:
- I. The More Modern Ballad of Chevy Chace.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The glories of our blood and state
- Page No:
- p.224
- Poem Title:
- II. Death's Final Conquest.
- Attribution:
- James Shirley
- Attributed To:
- James Shirley
- First Line:
- Listen lively lordings all
- Page No:
- pp.227-233
- Poem Title:
- III. The Rising in the North.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How long shall fortune faile me nowe
- Page No:
- pp.235-243
- Poem Title:
- IV. Northumberland Betrayed By Douglas.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I am no such pil'd cynique to beleeve
- Page No:
- p.244
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My minde to me a kingdome is
- Page No:
- pp.244-246
- Poem Title:
- V. My Mind To Me A Kingdom Is.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Impatience chaungeth smoke to flame
- Page No:
- pp.247-254
- Poem Title:
- VI. The Patient Countess.
- Attribution:
- W. Warner
- Attributed To:
- William Warner
- First Line:
- You meaner beutyes of the night
- Page No:
- pp.254-255
- Poem Title:
- VII. You Meaner Beautyes.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Listen to mee my lovely shepheards joye
- Page No:
- p.255
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Michael Drayton
- Attributed To:
- Michael Drayton
- First Line:
- Ye shall well heare of a knight
- Page No:
- p.256
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Farre in the country of Arden
- Page No:
- pp.257-261
- Poem Title:
- VIII. Dowsabell.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Adieu fond love farewell you wanton powers
- Page No:
- p.261
- Poem Title:
- IX. The Farewell to Love.
- Attribution:
- Beaumont and Fletcher
- Attributed To:
- John FletcherFrancis Beaumont
- First Line:
- Come worthy Greeke Ulysses come
- Page No:
- pp.262-265
- Poem Title:
- X. Ulysses and the Syren
- Attribution:
- Daniel
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Daniel
- First Line:
- It chanced of late a shepherd swain
- Page No:
- pp.266-268
- Poem Title:
- XI. Cupid's Pastime.
- Attribution:
- Francis Davison
- Attributed To:
- Francis Davison
- First Line:
- How happy is he born or taught
- Page No:
- pp.268-269
- Poem Title:
- XII. The Character of a Happy Life.
- Attribution:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- Attributed To:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- First Line:
- He that loves a rosy cheek
- Page No:
- pp.269-270
- Poem Title:
- XIII. Unfading Beauty.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Carew
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Carew
- First Line:
- The queen of scots possessed nought
- Page No:
- p.270
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Gilderoy was a bonnie boy
- Page No:
- pp.271-274
- Poem Title:
- XIV. Gilderoy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Away let naught to love displeasing
- Page No:
- pp.274-275
- Poem Title:
- XV. Winifreda.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Come listen to my mournful tale
- Page No:
- pp.276-278
- Poem Title:
- XVI. Jemmy Dawson.
- Attribution:
- William Shenstone, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- First Line:
- In aunciente days tradition showes
- Page No:
- pp.279-281
- Poem Title:
- XVII. The Witch of Wokey.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O solitude romantic maid
- Page No:
- p.282
- Poem Title:
- Ode on Solitude
- Attribution:
- Dr. James Grainger
- Attributed To:
- James Grainger
- First Line:
- The north east wind did briskly blow
- Page No:
- pp.283-284
- Poem Title:
- XVIII. Bryan and Pereene, A West-Indian Ballad.
- Attribution:
- Dr. James Grainger.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Gentle river gentle river
- Page No:
- pp.287-291 (odd pages)
- Poem Title:
- XIX. Gentle River, Gentle River ['Rio verde, rio verde']. Translated from the Spanish.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Softly blow the evening breezes
- Page No:
- pp.292-296
- Poem Title:
- XX. Alcanzor and Zayda, A Moorish Tale, Imitated from the Spanish.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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