A Collection of Old Ballads: Corrected from the Best and Most Ancient Copies Extant. With Introductions Historical, Critical Or Humorous. Illustrated with Copper Plates ...Ambrose Philips J. Roberts; and sold, 1723 |
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Againſt Alack Arthur a Bland Ballad befide beſt bold Robin Hood bonny Dundee bonny Lafs Bow'r brave call'd Champion cry'd Dame Daughter dear Death derry doth Dragon Duke Duke of Hereford dy'd e're Earl Earl Marshal England ev'ry fafe faid fair fame Fane Shore felf fent fhall fight firſt flain fome foon Foreft fought ftill fuch fweet gallant George Griffel Guife Hand hang'd hath Heart Hiftory himſelf Horfely Houſe King Alfred King Henry Knight Lady laft laſt likewiſe Little John Lord Love Mafter marry'd merry Sherwood moft moſt muſt never Noble Nottinghamshire Piercy Pleaſure Poet preſently Prince Queen quoth quoth fhe reply'd Rofamond Rofe ſaid ſay ſee ſeen ſhall ſhe Shepherd ſhould ſmall Song ſpeak ſtand ſtay ſtrong Stutly ſweet Sword tell thee thefe theſe Thing thofe thoſe Thou shalt Thouſand thro turn'd unto whofe Wife
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