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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 Greek text has been replaced by a transliteration and indicated by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.

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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.

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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 Arthur                                      50
   6.  Sir Lancelot du Lake                                           55
   7.  The Legend of Sir Guy                                          61
   8.  St. George and the Dragon                                      69
   9.  The Seven Champions of Christendom                             83
  10a. Thomas of Ersseldoune                                          95
  10b. Thomas the Rhymer                                             109
  11.  The Young Tamlane                                             114
  12.  The Wee Wee Man                                               126
  13.  The Elfin Knight                                              128
  14a. The Broomfield Hill                                           131
  14b. Lord John                                                     134
  15a. Kempion                                                       137
  15b. Kemp Owyne                                                    143
  16.  King Henry                                                    147
  17a. Cospatrick                                                    152
  17b. Bothwell                                                      158
  18.  Willie's Ladye                                                162
  19.  Alison Gross                                                  168
  20.  The Earl of Mar's Daughter                                    171
  21a. Young Akin                                                    179
  21b. Young Hastings