[324] Billy Blind = a friendly household fairy. See [p. 80].

[325] marys = maids.

[326] bierly = stately.


[45. Young Beichan]
(Another version of the foregoing)

I

In London was Young Beichan born,
He long’d strange countries for to see;
But he was ta’en by a savage Moor
Who handled him right cruellie.

II

For he view’d the fashions of that land,
Their way of worship viewèd he;
But to Mahound or Termagant
Would Beichan never bend a knee.