ROBIN HOOD AND GUY OF GISBORNE
One of the earliest known ballads about Robin Hood--from the Percy folio
manuscript.
KING COPHETUA AND THE BEGGAR MAID
This ballad is printed from Richard Johnson's Crown Garland of
Goulden Roses, 1612.
THE FRIAR OF ORDERS GRAY
This ballad is composed of innumerable small fragments of ancient
ballads found throughout the plays of Shakespeare, which Thomas Percy
formed into one.
SIR ALDINGAR
Given from the Percy folio manuscript, with some additional stanzas
added by Thomas Percy to complete the story.
EDOM O'GORDON
A Scottish ballad--this version was printed at Glasgow in 1755 by Robert
and Andrew Foulis. It has been enlarged with several stanzas, recovered
from a fragment of the same ballad, from the Percy folio manuscript.