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Transcriber's Notes:

1. Greek text has been replaced by a transliteration and indicated by
[Grk:...]. In "Constantine and Arete" the same transliteration scheme
has been used for modern Greek text as is customary for ancient Greek.

2. Footnotes have been relocated following the paragraph or section
where the anchor occurs. Footnote anchors are in the form [A], [B] etc.

3. Linenotes have been grouped at the end of each ballad. Linenote
anchors in the form [L##] have been added to the text (they are not in
the original but alert the reader to the presence of a note referring to
line number ##). Ballad line numbers have been regularised to multiples
of five and re-positioned or added where necessary.

4. [z] has been used to represent the yogh character.

5. Italic typeface is represented by _underscores_.

6. Archaic, unusual and inconsistent spelling or punctuation has
generally been retained as in the original. Where changes have been made
to the text these are listed in Transcriber's Notes at the end of the
book.

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              ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH
                    BALLADS.

                   EDITED BY

              FRANCIS JAMES CHILD.


        Sum bethe of wer, and sum of wo,
        Sum of joie and mirthe also;
        And sum of trecherie and of gile,
        Of old aventours that fel while;
        And sum of bourdes and ribaudy;
        And many ther beth of fairy;
        Of all thinges that men seth;--
        Maist o love forsothe thai beth.
                                 _Lay le Freine._


                    VOLUME I.


                     BOSTON:
           LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY.
                   M.DCCC.LX.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857,
by LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY, in the Clerk's Office of
the District Court of Massachusetts.

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:
STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY
H.O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.




CONTENTS OF VOLUME FIRST.


                                                                    Page
  PREFACE                                                            vii
  List of Collections of Ballads and Songs                          xiii

  BOOK I.

   1.  The Boy and the Mantle                                          3
   2.  The Horn of King Arthur                                        17
   3.  The Marriage of Sir Gawaine                                    28
   4.  King Arthur's Death                                            40
   5.  The Legend of King