But hee sawe a barge goe from the land,
And hee heard ladyes howle and crye.
And whether the kinge were there, or not,
Hee never knewe, nor ever colde;
For from that sad and direfulle daye,
Hee never more was seene on molde.
[7]. Sir Gawaine had been killed at Arthur's landing on his return from abroad. See the next ballad, ver. 73. P.
[41], 42, the folio MS. reads father ... sonne.
[119]. More commonly called Caliburn. In the folio MS. Escalberd. P.