161. the knight he doth lie.
162. And the wild boar's head is pictured thereby.
[D].
5, 6. In Allies thus:
v
The wild boar hearing it into his den,
Well wind, etc.
He whetted his tusks, for to make them strong,
And he cut down the oak and the ash as he came along.
For to meet with, etc.
Stanza 5 has been completed from stanza vi of Allies' other ballad, and 6 duly separated from the first line of 5.
82, 9. In Allies' copy thus:
vii
Oh! then he cut his head clean off!
Well wind, etc.
Then there came an old lady running out of the wood
Saying, 'You have killed my pretty, my pretty spotted pig.'
As thou art, etc.
What stanza 8 should be is easily seen from C 10.
C 16, D 11. As imperfectly remembered by Allies (p. 114):