154. eer.
16 as in b.
d was "given, with some corrections, from an old printed copy in the editor's possession." That these corrections were considerable, we know from the [asterism] at the end. The old printed copy is very likely to have been c, and, if so, the ballad was simply written over. It does not seem necessary to give the variations under the circumstances. In 23 Percy has Yong Jemmye Grove.
C.
21. bonny should perhaps be comely, as in 31.
42. Originally written To see my white... courting.
52. Originally dwelling.
53. Originally it's.
54. The is written over His, probably as a conjecture.
72. After stoutly, slowly? as a conjectural emendation.