Reliques of Ancient English Poetry/Volume 3

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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 Third.

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

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Contents of Volume the Third.
Book the First.
Essay on the ancient Metrical Romances pag. v
1. The Boy and the Mantle 1
2. The Marriage of Sir Gawaine 11
3. King Ryence’s challenge 25
4. King Arthur’s death. A Fragment 28
5. The Legend of King Arthur 37
6. A Dyttie to Hey Downe 42
7. Glasgerion. 43
8. Old Sir Robin of Portingale 48
9. [1] Child Waters 54
10. Phillida and Corydon. By Nic. Breton 62
11. Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard 63
12. The Ew-bughts Marion. A Scottish Song 69
13. The Knight and Shepherd’s Daughter 71
14. The Shepherd’s Address to his Muse 76
15. Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor 78
16. Cupid and Campaspe. By John Lilye 82
17. The Lady turned Servingman 83
18. Gil Morrice. A Scottish Ballad 89
Book the Second.
1. Legend of Sir Guy 99 ​
2. Guy and Amarant 107
3. The auld good Man. A Scottish Song 116
4. Fair Margaret and Sweet William 119
5. Barbara Allen’s Cruelty 123
6. Sweet William’s Ghost. A Scottish Ballad 126
7. Sir John Grehme and Barbara Allen. ditto 129
8. The Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington 131
9. The Willow Tree. A Pastoral Dialogue 154
10. The Lady’s fall 136
11. Waly, waly, Love be bonny. A Scottish Song 143
12. The wanton Wife of Bath 145
13. Dulcina 151
14. Lady Isabella’s tragedy 154
15. A Hue and cry after Cupid. By Ben Jonson 159
16. The King of France’s Daughter 161
17. The sweet neglect. By Ben. Jonson 170
18. The Children in the Wood 171
19. A Lover of late was I 178
20. The King and the Miller of Mansfield 179
21. The Shepherd’s Resolution. By Geo. Wither 190
22. The Wandering Prince of Troy 193
23. The Witches Song. By Ben. Jonson 199
24. Robin Good-fellow 202
25. The Fairy Queen 207
26. The Fairies Farewell. By Dr. Corbet 210
Book the Third.
1. The Birth of St. George 215 ​
2. St. George and the Dragon. 227
3. Love will find out the Way 238
4. [2] Lord Thomas and Fair Annet. A Scottish Ballad 240
5. Unfading Beauty. By Tho. Carew 246
6. George Barnwell 247
7. The Steadfast Shepherd, intitled in the first Edition “The aspiring Shepherd.” 263
8. The Spanish Virgin, or Effects of Jealousy 266
9. Jealousy Tyrant of the Mind 272
10. Constant Penelope 273
11. To Lucasta on going to the Wars. By Lovelace 278
12. Valentine and Ursine 279
13. The Dragon of Wantley 296
14. St. George for England. The first Part 306
15. St. George for England. The second Part 306
16. Lucy and Colin. By Tickel 328
17. Margaret’s Ghost. By David Mallet 331
18. The Boy and the Mantle revised, &c. 335
19. L’ Amour et Glycere. Traduit de l’ Anglois 345
The Glossary 347
Additional Notes (not listed in original) 357
Advertisements (not listed in original) 359
  1. ↑ The Guberlunzie Man, see in Vol. 2. pag. 59.
  2. ↑ The Baffled Knight, or Lady’s Policy, and the Song “Why so pale.” See in Vol. 2. p. 339. 347.

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An ordinary Song or Ballad, that is the delight of the common people, cannot fail to please all such readers, as are not unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation or their ignorance; and the reason is plain, because the same paintings of nature which recommend it to the most ordinary Reader, will appear beautiful to the most refined.

Addison, in Spectator, No: 70,

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