Reliques of Ancient English Poetry/Volume 2

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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.
The Second Edition.
Volume the Second.

Line drawing of a harp with papers in front of some ruins. A banner at the bottom reads, "Durat Opus Vatum."

London:
Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall.
M DCC LXVII.

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Contents of Volume the Second.
Book the First.
1. Richard of Almaigne pag. 1
2. On the Death of K. Edward I. 6
3. An original ballad by Chaucher 11
4. The Turnament of Tottenham 13
5. For the Victory at Agincourt 24
6. The Not-browne Mayd 26
7. A balet by the Earl Rivers 43
8. Cupid’s Assault. By Lord Vaux 45
9. Sir Aldingar 49
10. The Guberlunzie man. Scot. By K. James V. 59
11. On Thomas Lord Cromwell 63
12. Harpalus. An ancient English Pastoral 67
13. Robin and Makyne. An ancient Scottish Pastoral 72
14. Gentle Herdsman tell to me 78
15. K. Edward IV. and the Tanner of Tamworth 81
16. As she came from the Holy Land 91
17. Hardyknute. A Scottish Fragment 94
Book the Second.
1. A ballad of Luther, the Pope, a Cardinal, and a Husbandman 111
2. John Anderson my Jo. A Scottish Song 119
3. Little John Nobody 121
4. Q. Elizabeth’s Verses while Prisoner at Woodstock 125
5. The Heir of Lynne 126 ​
6. Gascoigne’s Praise of the fair Bridges, afterwards Lady Sandes 126
7. Fair Rosamond 141
8. Queen Eleanor’s Confession 153
9. The sturdy Rock 158
10. The Beggar’s Daughter of Bednal Green 160
11. Fancy and Desire. By the Earl of Oxford 175
12. Sir Andrew Barton 177
13. Lady Anne Bothwell’s Lament. A Scottish Song 194
14. The Murder of the King of Scotts 197
15. A Sonnet by Q. Elizabeth 201
16. The K. of Scots and And. Browne. By Elderton 204
17. The Bonny Earl of Murray. A Scottish Song 210
18. Young Waters. A Scottish Song 212
19. Mary Ambree 216
20. Brave Lord Willoughby 221
21. Victorious men of Earth. By Shirley 226
22. The winning of Cales 227
23. The Spanish Lady’s Love 231
24. Argentile and Curan. By Warner 235
25. Corin’s Fate 250
26. Jane Shore 252
27. Corydon’s doleful Knell 263
Book the Third.
Essay on the Metre of Pierce Plowman’s Visions 268
1. The Complaint of Conscience 267, 281
2. Plain Truth and Blind Ignorance 286
3. The wandering Jew 293 ​
2. The Lye. By Sir Walter Raleigh[1] 299
5. Verses (viz two Sonnets) by K. James I. 303
6. K. John and the Abbot of Canterbury 206
7. You meaner Beauties. By Sir H. Wotton 312
8. The old and young Courtier 313
9. Sir John Suckling’s Campaigne 318
10. To Althea from Prison. By Col. Lovelace 321
11. The Downfall of Charing-Cross 323
12. Loyalty confined. By Sir Roger L’Estrange 326
13. Verses by King Charles I. 330
14. The Sale of Rebellious Houshold Stuff 334
15. The Baffled Knight, &c 339
16. Why so pale. By Sir John Suckling 347
17. Old Tom of Bedlam. Mad Song the first 348
18. The Distracted Puritan. Mad Song the Second 351
19. The Lunatic Lover. Mad Song the third 356
20. The Lady distracted with Love. Mad Song the fourth 359
21. The Distracted Lover. Mad Song the fifth 361
22. The Frantic Lady. Mad Song the sixth 363
23. Lilli-burlero 365
24. The Braes of Yarrow. In imitation of the ancient Scottish Manner. By W. Hamilton 368
25. Admiral Hosier’s Ghost. By Mr. Glover 374
26. Jemmy Dawson. By Mr. Shenstone 378
27. The Glossary. 383
  1. ↑ Lord Thomas and Fair Annet, see in Vol. 3. p. 240. The Heir of Lynne, and Corydon’s doleful Knell, see above, p. 126. 263.

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Though some make slight of Libels, yet you may see by them how the wind sits: As take a straw and throw it up into the air, you may see by that which way the wind is, which you shall not do by casting up a stone. More solid things do not shew the complexion of the times so well as Ballads and Libels.

Selden’s Table-talk.

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