"ffull 40 yeeres his royall crowne
hath beene his fathers and his owne."
Percy Folio MS. (ii. 25/17-18.)
[53] Furnivall's Forewords, p. xiii.
[54] The following is a list of these, taken from Mr. Furnivall's Forewords:—
- Sir Cauline.
- King Estmere.
- Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne.
- The Child of Elle.
- Edom O'Gordon (or Captaine Carre).
- Adam Bell, Clym o' the Clough, and William of Cloudesly.
- Take thy old Cloak about thee (or Bell my wife).
- Sir Lancelot du Lake.
- The more modern Ballad of Chevy Chase.
- The Rising in the North.
- Northumberland betrayed by Douglas.
- The Not-browne Mayd.
- Sir Aldingar.
- Gentle Heardsman, tell to me.
- The Beggar's Daughter of Bednal Green.
- Sir Andrew Barton.
- Lady Bothwell's Lament.
- The Murder of the King of Scots.
- The King of Scots and Andrew Browne, though in the Folio, was printed by Percy from the Antiquaries' copy.
- Mary Ambree.
- The Winning of Cales.
- The Spanish Lady's Love.
- The Complaint of Conscience.
- K. John and the Abbot of Canterbury.
- The Heir of Lynne.
- To Althea from Prison (When Love with unconfined wings).
- Old Tom of Bedlam.
- The Boy and the Mantle.
- The Marriage of Sir Gawaine.
- King Arthur's Death.
- The Legend of King Arthur.
- Glasgerion.
- Old Robin of Portingale.
- Child Waters.
- Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard.
- Gil Morrice.
- Legend of Sir Guy.
- Guy and Amarant.
- The Shepherd's Resolution.
- The Lady's Fall.
- The King of France's Daughter.
- A Lover of Late.
- The King and Miller of Mansfield.
- Dulcina.
- The Wandering Prince of Troy.
- The Aspiring Shepherd.
[55] This work was reprinted twice during the year 1869: 1. at Edinburgh under the editorial care of Mr. Sidney Gilpin; 2. at Glasgow.
TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
ELIZABETH,
COUNTESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND;
IN HER OWN RIGHT,
BARONESS PERCY, LUCY, POYNINGS, FITZ-PAYNE, BRYAN, AND LATIMER.
Madam,—