A Collection of Old Ballads: Corrected from the Best and Most Ancient Copies Extant ; with Introductions Historical, Critical, Or Humorous ; Illustrated with Copper Plates, Volume 1 |
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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 gallant George Gilderoy Grief Griffel Hand hang'd Heart Hiftory himſelf Horfely Houſe Johnny Armstrong King Henry Knight Lady laſt likewiſe Little John Lord Love marry'd Maſter merry moft moſt muſt ne'er never Noble paſs pleaſant Pleaſure Poet preſently Prince Priſon Promiſe Queen quoth ſhe Raderer reply'd Robin Hood Rofamond Rofe roſe ſaid ſay ſee ſeen ſelf ſhall ſhould ſmall Song ſpeak ſtand ſtay ſtill ſtrong Stutly ſweet Sword thee thefe theſe Thing thoſe Thouſand thro unto whofe Whoſe Wife young