Chapter XV: Part V (3)

Soon as e'er he fixed his eyes,
Unto the knight in wrath he cries,
"Your hand and seal I pray behold; 135
Your flesh I'll have instead of gold."

[Then] said the noble knight in green,
"May not your articles be seen?"
"Yes, that they may," replied the Jew,
"And I'm resolved to have my due." 140

So then the knight began to read;
At length she said, "I find, indeed,
Nothing but flesh you are to have;"
Answers the Jew, "That's all I crave."

The poor distressed knight was brought; 145
The bloody-minded Jew he thought
That day to be reveng'd on him,
And part his flesh from every limb.

The knight in green said, "Mr. Jew,
There's nothing else but flesh your due; 150
Then see no drop of blood you shed,
For if you do, off goes your head.

"Pray take your due, with all my heart,
But with his blood I will not part."
With that the Jew sneaked away, 155
And had not one word more to say.

No sooner were these troubles past,
But his wife's father came at last,
Resolving for to have his life,
For drowning his beloved wife. 160

Over the seas her father brought
Many brave horses; one was bought
By the pretended knight in green,
Which was the best that e'er was seen.

So to the German court he came, 165
Declaring, such a one by name
Had drowned his fair daughter dear,
And ought to die a death severe.

They brought him from the prison then,
Guarded by many armed men, 170
Unto the place where he must die,
And the young knight was standing by.

Then from her side her sword she drew,
And run her gelding through and through.
Her father said, "Why do you so?" 175
"I may; it is my own, you know.

"You sold your gelding, 'tis well known;
I bought it, making it my own,
And may do what I please with it;"
And then to her he did submit. 180

"Here is a man arraign'd and cast,
And brought to suffer death at last,
Because your daughter dear he slew;
Which if he did, what's that to you?

"You had your money, when you sold 185
Your daughter for her weight in gold;
Wherefore he might, it is well known,
Do what he pleased with his own."

So having chang'd her garments green,
And dress'd herself like a fair queen, 190
Her father and her husband straight
Both knew her, and their joys were great.

Soon they did carry the report
Unto the famous German court,
How the renowned English knight 195
Had found his charming lady bright.

So the Emperor and the lords of fame,
With cheerful hearts they did proclaim
An universal joy, to see
His lady's life at liberty.

GIGHT'S LADY. Appendix to p. 93.

From Buchan's _Ballads of the North of Scotland_, i. 133.

Buchan complains that all other editions of this ballad "have been deprived of their original beauty and catastrophe" by officious and sacrilegious hands, and adds that his copy "is quite at variance with all its printed predecessors." In this last remark he is certainly correct, but as for his affirmation that the ballad "recounts an affair which actually took place in the reign, or rather minority, of King James VI.," we ask for some authority beyond his note to the ballad.

In another copy mentioned by Motherwell, Geordie, from jealousy, ungratefully drowns his deliverer in the sea.

"First I was lady o' Black Riggs,
And then into Kincraigie;
Now I am the Lady o' Gight,
And my love he's ca'd Geordie.

"I was the mistress o' Pitfan, 5
And madam o' Kincraigie;
But now my name is Lady Anne,
And I am Gight's own lady.

"We courted in the woods o' Gight,
Where birks and flow'rs spring bonny; 10
But pleasures I had never one,
But sorrows thick and mony.

"He never own'd me as his wife,
Nor honour'd me as his lady,
But day by day he saddles the grey, 15
And rides to Bignet's lady."

When Bignet he got word of that,
That Gight lay wi' his lady,
He's casten him in prison strong,
To ly till lords were ready. 20

"Where will I get a little wee boy,
That is baith true and steady,
That will run on to bonny Gight,
And bring to me my lady?"

"O here am I, a little wee boy, 25
That is baith true and steady,
That will run to the yates o' Gight,
And bring to you your lady."

"Ye'll bid her saddle the grey, the grey,
The brown rode ne'er so smartly; 30
Ye'll bid her come to Edinbro' town,
A' for the life of Geordie."

The night was fair, the moon was clear,
And he rode by Bevany,
And stopped at the yates o' Gight, 35
Where leaves were thick and mony.

The lady look'd o'er castle wa',
And dear but she was sorry!
"Here comes a page frae Edinbro' town;
A' is nae well wi' Geordie. 40

"What news, what news, my little boy?
Come tell me soon and shortly;"
"Bad news, bad news, my lady," he said,
"They're going to hang your Geordie."

"Ye'll saddle to me the grey, the grey, 45
The brown rade ne'er so smartly;
And I'll awa' to Edinbro' town,
Borrow the life o' Geordie."

When she came near to Edinbro' town,
I wyte she didna tarry; 50
But she has mounted her grey steed,
And ridden the queen's berry.

When she came to the boat of Leith,
I wat she didna tarry;
She gae the boatman a guinea o' gowd, 55
To boat her ower the ferry.

When she came to the pier o' Leith,
The poor they were sae many;
She dealt the gowd right liberallie,
And bade them pray for Geordie. 60

When she gaed up the tolbooth stair,
The nobles there were many:
And ilka ane stood hat on head,
But hat in hand stood Geordie.

She gae a blink out ower them a', 65
And three blinks to her Geordie;
But when she saw his een fast bound,
A swoon fell in this lady.

"Whom has he robb'd? What has he stole?
Or has he killed ony? 70
Or what's the crime that he has done,
His foes they are sae mony?"

"He hasna brunt, he hasna slain,
He hasna robbed ony;
But he has done another crime, 75
For which he will pay dearly."

Then out it speaks Lord Montague,
(O wae be to his body!)
"The day we hang'd young Charles Hay,
The morn we'll head your Geordie." 80

Then out it speaks the king himsell,
Vow, but he spake bonny!
"Come here, young Gight, confess your sins,
Let's hear if they be mony.

"Come here, young Gight, confess your sins, 85
See ye be true and steady;
And if your sins they be but sma',
Then ye'se win wi' your lady."

"Nane have I robb'd, nought have I stown,
Nor have I killed ony; 90
But ane o' the king's best brave steeds,
I sold him in Bevany."

Then out it speaks the king again,
Dear, but he spake bonny!
"That crime's nae great; for your lady's sake, 95
Put on your hat now, Geordie."

Then out it speaks Lord Montague,
O wae be to his body!
"There's guilt appears in Gight's ain face,
Ye'll cross examine Geordie." 100

"Now since it all I must confess,
My crime's baith great and mony:
A woman abused, five orphan babes,
I kill'd them for their money."

Out it speaks the king again, 105
And dear but he was sorry!
"Your confession brings confusion,
Take aff your hat now, Geordie."

Then out it speaks the lady hersell,
Vow, but she was sorry! 110
"Now all my life I'll wear the black,
Mourn for the death o' Geordie."

Lord Huntly then he did speak out,
O fair mot fa' his body!
"I there will fight doublet alane, 115
Or ony thing ails Geordie."

Then out it speaks the king again,
Vow, but he spake bonny!
"If ye'll tell down ten thousand crowns,
Ye'll buy the life o' Geordie." 120

She spread her mantle on the ground,
Dear, but she spread it bonny!
Some gae her crowns, some ducadoons,
And some gae dollars mony.
Then she tauld down ten thousand crowns,-- 125
"Put on your hat, my Geordie."

Then out it speaks Lord Montague,
Wae be to his body!
"I wisht that Gight wanted the head;
I might enjoy'd his lady." 130

Out it speaks the lady hersell,
"Ye need ne'er wish my body;
O ill befa' your wizzen'd snout!
Wou'd ye compare wi' Geordie?"

When she was in her saddle set, 135
Riding the leys sae bonny,
The fiddle and fleet play'd ne'er sae sweet,
As she behind her Geordie.

"O Geordie, Geordie, I love you well,
Nae jealousie cou'd move me; 140
The birds in air, that fly in pairs,
Can witness how I love you.

"Ye'll call for one, the best o' clerks,
Ye'll call him soon and shortly;
As he may write what I indite, 145
A' this I've done for Geordie."

He turn'd him right and round about,
And high, high looked Geordie;
"A finger o' Bignet's lady's hand
Is worth a' your fair body." 150

"My lands may a' be masterless,
My babes may want their mother;
But I've made a vow, will keep it true,
I'll be bound to no other."

These words they caus'd a great dispute, 155
And proud and fierce grew Geordie;
A sharp dagger he pulled out,
And pierc'd the heart o's lady.

The lady's dead, and Gight he's fled,
And left his lands behind him; 160
Altho' they searched south and north,
There were nane there cou'd find him.

Now a' that liv'd into Black Riggs,
And likewise in Kincraigie,
For seven years were clad in black, 165
To mourn for Gight's own lady.

GLOSSARY.

[Pointing hand] Figures placed after words denote the pages in which they occur.

aboon, _above_.

abye, _pay a penalty for_, _suffer_.

ae, _one_.

a-fit, _afoot_.

ahin, ahint, _behind_, _besides_.

airn, _iron_.

anceane, _ancient_, _aged_.

ane, 148?

aneath, _beneath_.

angel, _a coin worth from 6s. 8d. to 10s._

aninder, _under_.

anis, _once_.

aquoy, _coy_, _averse._

a-rowe, _in a row_.

assy-pan, 140, _ash-pan_.

astonyd, _confounded_.

athir, _either_.

atweel, _well_, _very well_.

atween, _between_.

avow, _vow_.

aw, _all_.

ayont, _beyond_, _on the other side of_.

ban'd, _execrated_.

bandoun, 150, _captivity_.

barker, _tanner_, from the bark used in his business.

barrow-hogge, 47, _a gelded hog_.

battes, _cudgels_, or _blows_.

bauld, 117, _bold_, _self-complacent_.

bayarde, _bay-horse_, _horse in general_: "blind Bayard" was a proverb.

be, _by_.

bede, 105, _put forward_, _offer_.

behuvit, _behoved_, _must_.

beik, 117, _warm_.

ben, bend, _in_.

bent, _coarse grass_, _field_.

berry, 285, corrupt?

besene, wel, _appearing well_, _well dressed_, _&c._

bet, _beat_.

bet, _better_.

beth, _both_.

betrasit, _betrayed_.

beur, _bore_.

big, 279, _cultivate_.

bigly, _spacious_, _commodious_.

bill, _bull_.

bill, _halbert_.

birk, _birch_.

birled, _poured out drink_, _drank_.

blanne, _stopped_.

bledoch, _buttermilk_.

blink, _smile_;
blinkit, 95, _looked kindly_.

bolles, _bowls_.

borrow, borrowit, _ransom_, _ransomed_.

bot and, _but also_.

boud, 264, _behoved_, _must needs_.

bouks, _bodies_.

bour, bower, _chamber_, _dwelling_.

bowne, _ready_.

brast, _burst_.

brat, _cloth_.

bra', braw, _brave_, _handsome_;
braw wallie, _fair fortune_, exclamation of pleasure or admiration.

brayn-pannes, _skulls_.

bred, _breed_.

bree, _soup_, _broth_.

brenning, _burning_;
brenyng drake, _fire-drake_, _fiery dragon_.

brest, _burst_.

bricht, the, 149, _the fair one_.

brode-hen, 105, _brood-hen_, _sitting-hen_?

brodit, _pierced_.

brok, bruik, bruke, _have possession of_, _enjoy_, _keep_.

bruchty, _spotted_, or _streaked_ with dirt;
brucket yowe, 140, _speckled ewe_.

brunt, _burnt_.

bur, _bore_.

burne, _brook_.

buskit, _dressed_.

but and ben, _out and in_.

ca'd, _called_;
16, _driven_.

cadgily, _merrily_.

can, could, used as auxiliaries to form the perfect and pluperfect
tenses.

cannilie, _softly_.

cantels, _pieces_.

canty, _merry_.

capull, _horse_.

carle, _fellow_.

carpe, _to talk_, _discourse_, _tell stories_.

casey, _causeway_.

caud, _called_.

cauk, _chalk_.

chappit, _tapped_, _knocked_.

cheape, _bargain_.

chefe, cheveron, _upper part of the escutcheon_.

chiel, _young man_, _servant_.

childer-gamme, _children's game_.

choice, _choose_.

Christendye, _Christendom_.

claise, _clothes_.

clead, _clad_.

cleikit, _caught_.

cleir, _bright_.

clenkyng, _clinking_.

coffer, _head-dress_, _cap_.

coft, _bought_, _redeemed_.

cokeney, 115, "seems to be a diminutive for cook," says Percy. The
word more probably denotes some kind of _lean or common meat_. See
Wright's note.

cold, _could_.

comyn, _come_.

con, see can.

confound, _destroy_.

coost, 110, _region_, _direction_.

could of courtesie, _knew what was good manners_.

cors, _body_.

couple, _rafter_.

courtnalls, a disrespectful (?) name for _courtiers_.

cow, _twig_.

cowth ring, 148, _had reigned_;
see can.

crap, _crop_, _yield_.

crech, _creek_, _crutch_.

creppid, _crept_.

crook (my knee), _make lame_. They say in the North, "the horse
crooks," _i. e._ goes lame. Percy.

crouse, _brisk_, _merry_.

cummerit, _vexed_, _bothered_.

cund hir thank, _gave her thanks_.

cunnand, _covenant_, _engagement_.

curtass, _courteous_.

daigh, _dough_.

dang, _knocked_.

dawing, _dawning_.

de, dee, _die_;
deed, _died_.

denay, _refuse_.

dent, _blow_.

deport, 274, _array_.

deray, _ruin_, _confusion_.

descryed, _described_, _related_.

develling, 142, _sauntering_.

dicht, 150, _circumstanced_:
dicht to deid, 151, _done_ or _put to death_.

disjune, _breakfast_.

dizt, (dight), _dressed_.

do, dow, you down, _take yourself down_.

dole, dool, _grief_.

donned, 105, _dun_.

douse, _blow_.

doute, _fear_.

dow, _dove_.

down-browit, _scowling_.

doz troz, _dough trough_.

drake, _dragon_.

drowryis, _love-gifts_.

dryt, _dirt_.

ducadoons, _ducats_. (?)

dulfully, _dolefully_, _sadly_.

dun feather and gray, by, 88, _by a carrier pigeon_.

dungin down, _beat down_, _overcame_.

duzty, _doughty_;
duztynesse, _doughtiness_.

dyke, _ditch_ or _wall_.

earn, 100, _curdle_.

ee, ene, _eye_, _eyes_.

eftir syne, _afterwards_.

eneuch, _enough_.

ey, _egg_.

fa', _fall_, _befall_.

fain, _glad_, _pleased_, _enamored_.

fairheid, _beauty_.

fald, 148, _fold_, _embrace_.

falle, _fell_.

fancy, _love_.

fand, _found_.

fang, _grasp_ (_and carry off_).

fannes, 111, _winnowing fans_.

fare, _go_.

fauld, _fold_.

fay, _faith_.

fecht, _fight_.

feckless, 282, _poor_, _miserable_.

fee, _property_.

feind fall, _the devil take_.

fel, 102, 111, _many_. (?)

fell, _hide_.

fere, _mate_.

ferly, _wonder_, _miracle_;
_wonderfully_.

fet, _fetched_.

ffor, 105, _from_, _against_.

firm, 199, _first_? Qy. corrupt?

firstae, _first one_, _first_.

fitted, 195, _disposed_?

flatred, _flattened_, _broken_?

fleechin, _wheedling_.

fleet, _flute_.

flirry, _blossom_.

fold, 148, _ground_, _world_.

fole, _full_.

fond, _foolish_.

forbye, _over and above_.

forfend, _forbid_.

forfozt, _worn out with fighting_.

forrow, _before_.

fow, _full_.

fowkyn, _crepitus ventris_. Percy.

fre, _free_, _noble_.

freke, _man_, _fellow_.

fullily, _foully_.

fusome, _fulsome_.

ga, _go_.

ga', _gall_.

gaberlunzie, _a wallet_;
gaberlunzie-man, _a man that carries a wallet_, _beggar_.

gabs, _mouths_.

gadlyngs, _idle lads_.

gait, _path_, _way_.

gane, _gone_.

gappe, 106, _entrance of the lists_.

gar, _cause_, _make_.

gaun, _going_.

gear, geere, _property_.

gedurt, _gathered_.

gife, gin, _if_.

gip, 153, like gup, _get up_, _be off_, _&c._

gled, _kite_.

gloamin', _twilight_.

gloom, _frown_.

goud, _gold_.

gowt, 108, v. 109, MS. Harl., should perhaps be, "_yf I_ have," &c.

grate, _scratch_.

gravat, _cravat_.

graythid, _made ready_.

gre, 105, _prize_.

greave, _manager of a farm_.

grit, _great_.

gudefather, _father-in-law_.

gurde, _struck_.

gyand, gyane, _giant_.

had, _hold_.

hairt, _heart_.

hard, _heard_.

harnis, _brains_.

harnys, 110, _horns_.

harwos, _harrows_.

haud, _hold_, _keep_.

he, _high_, _noble_.

heck, _hatch_, _small-door_.

heid, _head_.

hellis-cruk, 148, _a crook by which vessels are hung over the fire_.

hend, 152, _gentle_;
Aytoun reads, "hain'd," _spared_, _saved_.

hent, _took_.

het, _heated_.

hicher, _higher_.

hight, _promised_.

hilt, _taken_.

hindir, 148, _hundred_.

hiphalt, _lame in the hip_.

hireman chiel, _man-servant_.

hit, _it_.

holt, _grove_;
sometimes, _hill_.

horse-brat, _horse-cloth_.

husband, _husbandman_.

hussy, _housewife_;
husyskep, _housekeeping_.

hynt, _took_.

hyzt, _promised_.

ifere, _together_.

ilka, _each_.

ill-fardly, _ill-favoredly_, _uglily_.

ill-willy, _ill-natured_.

in-fere, _together_.

ingle, _fire_.

intil, _in_.

i-wiss, _surely_, _for a certainty_;
sometimes seems to be ignorantly employed for I wot, _I know_.

jetted, 41, _went proudly_.

jimp, _slender_.

jumlit, 119, _stirred rapidly_, used of the motion of churning.

kaily, _cabbage-like_.

kall, _drive_.

kavis, _calves_.

keel, _red ochre_.

keming-stock, _back of a chimney grate_.

kest, _cast_.

kexis, _dried stalks of hemlock_.

kid, _displayed_.

kill, _kiln_.

kind, _nature_.

kirn, _churn_.

kists, _chests_.

kned, _kneed_.

know, _knoll_.

ky, _cows_.

kynde, _nature_, _habit_;
comyn of kynde, 107, _come of a good strain_?

kyrne, _churn_;
kyrnd, _churned_.

laigher, _lower_.

laith, _loath_;
laithliest, _loathsomest_.

laitis, lusty, _pleasant manners_.

lambs-wool, _a beverage made of ale and roasted apples_.

lane, her, _alone by herself_.

lauchty, 141, _pale_, _white_?

lawing, _scot_, _tavern-reckoning_.

leal, _honest_.

lear'd, _learned_.

led, 151, (of laws) _carried out_. (?)

lenth, _length_.

lese, _lose_.

let, _desist_, _omit_.

leuch, _laughed_.

lever, _rather_.

leys, _leas_.

lightlye, _without good reason_.

likame, _body_.

lintseed bow, _the globule which contains the seed of flax_.

lizt, _light_.

lone, in the, 119, "_an opening between fields of corn, for driving
the cattle homeward, or milking cows_."

losel, _worthless fellow_.

lout, _let_.

louz, lowe, _laughed_.

low, _flame_.

lowte, _bow_;
lowtit, _bent_.

lugs, _ears_.

lyarde, _gray horse_, _horse in general_.

lyt, _little_, _a little while_.

mane, _moan_.

maries, _maid-servants_.

maun, _must_.

mavis, _song-thrush_.

may, _maid_.

meen, _moan_.

meisseine, 195, _mizzen-sail_.

mekle, _much_.

menzie, _many_, _retinue_.

merk, _dark_, _sad_.

micht, _might_.

micull, _great_.

minny, _mother_.

moe, _more_.

mone, _man_.

mot, mought, _may_.

mou, mow, _mouth_.

muckle, _much_.

muir, _moor_.

myskaryd, 104, _miscarried_, _disadvantageously disposed of_.

nappy (of ale), _strong_.

native, 162, _true-born_.

neb, _nose_, _beak_.

nedis hase spedde, _succeeded in what he wanted_.

neis, _nose_.

neist, _next_.

nolles, _heads_.

nones, _nonce_.

nourice, _nurse_.

nozt, _nought_.

ohon, _alas_.

on loft, 112, _aloft_, i. e. _standing up_, or _on horseback_.

onys, _once_.

other, 110, _or_?

our, ower, _over_, _too_;
our all quhair, 148, _everywhere_.

ourtuk, _overtook_.

pairt, _part_.

palmer, _pilgrim_, _vagabond_.

panis, _pains_.

pannell, panele, 41, 108, _a rustic saddle_, _a pad_, _without frame
or bow_.

paramour, 148, _passionately_.

partake, 212, _impart_, _assign_.

pass, _care_.

pat-fit, _pot-foot_.

pawky, _sly_.

pechmyn, _parchment_.

peit, 269, _whip_.

pele, _long-handled baker's shovel_.

pendles, _ear-rings_.

Pirie's chair, 282?

ploo-mell, plow-mell, _"a small wooden hammer occasionally fixed to
the plough_." Percy.

ploom, _plum_.

pluch, _plough_.

pollis, _polls_.

porcupig, _porcupine_.

poudurt, _powdered_.

prayse-folk, 114?

prees, _press_, _crowd_.

prest, _ready_, _eager_.

priefe, _prove_.

priving, _proof_.

progeny, 158, _descent_.

quert, 150, _high spirits_, _hilarity_.

quha, _&c. who_, _&c._

quhill, _till_.

ra, _roe_.

ramped, rampit, _rushed violently_, _pranced about in bad humor_.

rant, _make merry_, _riot_.

rarely, 229, _dear_.

raton, _rat_.

rauzt, _reft_, _took away_.

reade, _advice_.

record, 247, _avowal_;
draw to record, _take to witness_.

red, 119, to part (them).

reet, 141, _root_.

refe, _steward_, _bailiff_.

remorse, 164, _tenderness of feeling_.

renning, _running_.

reve, _take from_.

richt, _right_.

ridand, _riding_.

ring, 148, _reign_.

rok, _distaff_.

roose, 87, _boast of_, _commend_.

root, 268, rout, i. e. _stretch_, or _tramp_?

rost, thu carpis of cold, 110, (proverb), _thou speakest to no purpose_?

round claith and small, 118?

rout, _blow_.

rowte, _crowd_.

rowe, a-, upon a row, _in a row_.

ruell bones, see Gloss. to vol. i.

ruggut, _pulled violently_.

rung, _cudgel_, _staff_.

ryschys, _rushes_.

ryzt, _right_.

sa, _so_.

sair, _suit_, _satisfy_.

sark, _shirt_.

say, _essay_.

scart, _scratch_.

scho, _she_.

schondir, in, _asunder_.

se'en, _seven_.

sen, _since_.

sen, _send_, _grant_.

senvye, _mustard-seed_.

serk, _shirt_.

set, _suit_.

sevensum, _seven_.

sheave, _slice_.

shent, 66, _shamed_.

shott-window, _projecting window_.

shouthers, _shoulders_.

shriefe, _sheriff_.

shurtyng, 103, _sport_, _pastime_.

sic, siccan, _such_.

sicht, _sight_.

side, _long_.

sith, sithence, _since_.

six-mennys song, _song for six voices_.

skomfet, _discomfit_.

skumd, _skimmed_.

slatred, _broken_, _cracked_.

slee, _sly_.

smeek, _smoke_.

sonde, _sending_.

sooth, _truth_, _troth_.

sorrow, _devil a bit_.

sort, _style_;
_company_, _swarm_ (of bees).

sot, 247, _fool_.

sould, _should_.

sowkit, _sucked_.

spait, _flood_, _freshet_.

spare, 141, _opening in a gown or petticoat_.

speal, 280, _chip_ or _shaving_. The sense?

speer, _ask for_.

speere, 67, "an aperture in the wall, shot-window." Aytoun. (?)

spence, _expense_.

spright, sprite, _spirit_.

spyre, _a post or pillar, supporting a shelf on which victuals are
put_. See _Gloss._ to Jamieson's _Pop. Ball._

stark, _stiff_, _strong_.

sted, stede, _place_.

steer, _stir_.

stert, _started_.

stock, _the forepart of a bed further from the wall_.

stollin, _stolen_.

stondis, _stands_.

stottis, _oxen_.

stound, _time_.

stoure, 119, _hurry_.

stown, _stolen_.

strae, _straw_.

strene, this, 120, _yesternight_.

stripe, 199, _measure_.

swa, _so_.

swear, _oath_.

swete, 103, qy. sweté, _sweaty?_

swippyng, _striking fast_, as in threshing.

swipylles, 112; "a swepyl is _that staff of the flail with which the
corn is beaten out_, vulgarly a supple," Percy: _swingle_.

swynkers, _laborers_.

syde, _long_.

syne, _then_.

tald, _told_.

tee, _too_.

teene, _sorrow_, _suffering_.

tent, 58, "_a kind of Alicant, a general name for Spanish wines,
except white_." Halliwell.

tha, _then_.

than, _then_.

thannes, _thence_.

thee, _thrive_.

then, _than_.

think lang, _suffer from ennui_.

thir, _these_.

tho, _then_.

thouz, _though_.

thrang, _close_.

thristing, _thirsting_.

thristlecock, _throstle_, _thrush_.

thrustand, _thrusting_, _pressing_.

tide, _time_.

tint, _lost_.

tittles and tattles, "_clots of dirt such as hang on a cow's tail_."

to-brast, _burst in pieces_.

to-claterde, 111, _beaten in_ (with noise)?

to-flaterde, 111, _broken to pieces?_

tokynyng, 107, _token_, _sign_.

tolbooth, _prison_.

tone, _taken_.

trestly, _truly_, _confidently_.

trippande, _tripping_.

tryst, _an appointment to meet_;
_to make such an appointment_.

tuggut, _tugged_.

twatling, 43, _small_, _piddling_.

twine, _part_ (_from_).

unhappy, 42, _ill-conditioned_.

unlusum, _unlovely_, _revolting_;
was his likame dicht, 150, _unlovely was the condition into which
his body was brought_.

up, _upon_;
upon lofte, _on high_.

verrey, _very_, _true_.

vow, _exclamation of admiration_.

wa', _wall_.

wad, _would_.

wad, _wager_.

waft, _weft_, _woof_.

wale, _choose_.

wallow't, _became pale_.

wame, _belly_, _stomach_.

wan, 91, _come_, _got_.

war, _worse_.

ware, _aware_.

waryd, _cursed_.

wat, _know_.

wearifu', _causing pain or trouble_.

wede, _dress_.

weel-faurd, _well-favored_, _fair_.

weet, _know_.

weir, _war_.

weir, 149, _were_.

weloo, interjection of grief.

we'se, _we shall or will_.

wha's aucht, _who is it owns?_

whang, _slice_.

whereas, _where that_, _where_.

white moneye, _silver_.

whoard, _hoard_, _keep_.

whorles and spindles, 101, "_instruments used in Scotland for spinning
instead of spinning-wheels_." Percy.

wicht, _wight_, _creature_.

wiel, _wield_.

wight, _quick_.

will, _uncertain how to proceed_, _distracted_.

win, _go_.

winna, _will not_.

winsome, _gay_, _comely_, _pleasant_.

withouttin, _without_.

witted, 195, _endowed with wit?_
wo, woo, _sad_.

wobs, _webs_.

woir, _worse_.

wood, _frantic_.

wow, _woe_.

wow, _vow_;
exclamation of admiration.

woweir, _wooer_, _suitor_.

wraik, _wreck_.

wrest and wrang, 113, _writhed and twisted_.

wryth away, _put aside_.

wynne, _joy_.

wynnit, _dwelt_.

wyspys, _wisps_.

wyte, _blame_.

wyte, for wot, _know_.

yates, _gates_.

ycha, _every_.

yeersel, _yourself_.

yeid, _went_.

ye'se, _you shall or will_.

yestreen, _yesterday_.

yetts, _gates_.

ying, _young_.

yirne, _curdle_.

ze, _ye_.

zede, _went_.

zet, _yet_.

zong, _young_.

INDEX.

The titles by which ballads are designated in this collection are here printed in Roman letters; other titles, whether of ballads included in this collection, or not, and in general, all other references, in Italic.

In looking for a title, the articles, both the definite and the indefinite, are to be dropped. "O. B." denotes the often-referred-to Collection of 1723: "P. S." Percy Society Publications: = signifies that two pieces are equivalent.

* * * * *

_Aage og Else_, Danish bal. 2, 145.

Adam Bel, Clym of the Cloughe, and Wyllyam of Cloudeslé. 5, 124, 1.

_Adam Gordon_ (the freebooter). 6, 149: 5, xix.

_Adventures of Faravla_, &c., Irish Fairy tale. 8, 284.

_Agnete og Havmanden_, Danish ballad. 1, 179.

Alison Gross. 1, 168.

Allerlei-Rauh, German tale. 8, 172.

_Alphonso and Ganselo_ (or, _Faithful Friendship_), Garl. G. Will,
p. 60, P. S. xxx: O. B. 2, 145: Evans, 1, 354.

Als y yod on ay Mounday. 1, 273, 126.

_Amadis._ 1, 5, 6.

Andrew Lammie. 2, 190.

Annan Water. 2, 186.

_Apuleius, Metam._ 1, 162.

_Arabian Nights._ 1, 5; 8, 54.

Archie of Ca'field. 6, 88, 81.

_Arden of Feversham._ Evans, 3, 217.

_Armenian Lady's Love_, Wordsworth's. 4, 202.

Armstrong's Good-Night. 6, 40.

Armstrong and Musgrave. 8, 243.

_Artèmire_, Voltaire's. 3, 242.

As I came from Walsingham. 4, 191.

_As I was walking under a grove_. 1, 128.

_As You Like It_. 5, xxv: 8, 144.

_Aschenputtel_, German tale. 8, 172.

_Audam and Doorkhaunee_, Afghan tale. 2, 120.

Auld Maitland. 6, 217.

_Ausgleichung_, German ballad. 1, 5.

_Babe Nourice_. 2, 40.

Babylon, or, The Bonnie Banks o' Fordie. 2, 277.

_Baffled Knight_. Percy, 2, 362: = _Too Courteous Knight_, Ritson,
Anc. Songs, 2, 54: Durfey, 3, 37: = _The Shepherd's Son_, Herd, 2,
267: = _Jock Sheep_, Kinloch, Ballad Book, p. 17: = _Blow the
Winds, Heigh Ho_, Anc. Poems, &c., p. 123, P. S. xvii. Bell, _id._
p. 82.

Bailiff's Daughter of Islington. 4, 158.

_Ballad of Matrymonie_. 8, 182.

_Bandello_. 3, 242, 370; 6, 209.

Barbara Allen's Cruelty. 2, 158.

Barbara Livingston. 4, 270.

_Baron (or Laird) o' Leys_. Buchan, 2, 144; Kinloch, B. B. 74.

Baron of Brackley. 6, 188, 192.

_Baron turned Ploughman_. 8, 233.

_Bateman's Tragedy_. O. B. 1, 261. Ritson, Anc. Songs, 2, 95.

Battle of Alford. 7, 238.

Battle of Balrinnes. 7, 214.

Battle of Bothwell Bridge. 7, 148, 149.

Battle of Corichie. 7, 210.

Battle of Glenlivet. 7, 214.

Battle of Harlaw. 7, 181, 317.

Battle of Killiecrankie. 7, 152.

Battle of Loudon Hill. 7, 144.

Battle of Otterbourne. 7, 3, 19, 29, 177.

Battle of Pentland Hills. 7, 240.

Battle of Philiphaugh. 7, 131.

Battle of _Sherramoor_ (Burns). 6, 157.

Battle of Sheriff-Muir. 7, 156, 260.

Battle of _Strath-aven_. 7, 214, 217.

Battle of Tranent-Muir, or Preston-Pans. 7, 167.

_Beautiful Lady of Kent_. Bal. of Peasantry, P. S. xvii. 130; Bell,
_id._ 84.

_Bent Sae Brown_. 2, 57.

_Bergkonungen_, Swedish bal. 1, 179.

_Berkshire Lady's Garland_. Bal. of Peasantry, P. S. xvii. 138; Moore,
456.

Bessie Bell and Mary Gray. 3, 126.

_Betrayed Lady_. 4, 180.

_Bettelman_, German bal. 8, 98.

Billie Archie. 6, 94.

_Binnorie_. 2, 231.

Birth of Robin Hood. 5, 170, 392.

[_de la_] _Blanca Niña_, Spanish ballad. ii. 319.

Blancheflour and Jellyflorice. 4, 295.

Blind Beggar's Daughter of Bednall Green. 4, 161.

Blood-Stained Son (_Der blutige Sohn_, translated). 2, 350.

_Blow the Winds, Heigh Ho = Baffled Knight_.

Bludy Serk. 8, 147.

_Blue Beard_, 2, 272.

_Blue Bird_, fairy tale. 1, 171.

_Bold Burnett's Daughter = Bonny Hynd_.

Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood. 5, 248.

_Bold Rankin_. 3, 95.

Bondsey and Maisry. 2, 379, 298.

Bonnie Annie. 3, 47.

Bonnie Banks o' Fordie. 2, 277.

Bonnie George Campbell. 3, 92.

Bonnie House o' Airly. 6, 183, 186.

_Bonnie Lass of Anglesey_. Herd, 2, 190: Buchan, 2, 63.

_Bonnie Susie Cleland_. 2, 78.

Bonny Baby Livingston. 4, 38.

Bonny Barbara Allan. 2, 155.

Bonny Bee-Ho'm. 3, 57: 2, 215.

_Bonny Birdy_. 2, 22.

Bonny Bows o' London. 2, 360.

Bonny Earl of Murray. 7, 119, 121: 3, 88.

_Bonny Hind Squire_. 8, 11, 83.

_Bonny Hynd_. Scott's _Minstrelsy_, 3, 307: = _Lizie Wan_, Herd, ed.
1776, 1, 91: = The _Broom blooms bonnie_, &c. Motherwell, lxxxiv.
189: = _Castle Ha's Daughter_, Buchan, 1, 241. Also called _Lady
Jean_, Motherwell, Appendix, p. xxi., and _Bold Burnett's
Daughter_, Buchan, 1, 315.

Bonny John Seton. 7, 230.

_Bonny May_. 4, 45.

Bothwell. 1, 158, 152.

_Bothwell Lines_. 7, 149.

Boy and the Mantle. 1, 3.

Boyne Water. 7, 253.

Braes o' Yarrow. 3, 69: Logan's, 2, 182.

Brave Earl Brand and the King of England's Daughter. 2, 388, 114.

Brave Lord Willoughby. 7, 114.

Bride's Testament = Cruel Brother.

_Broom blooms bonnie_, &c. = _Bonny Hynd_.

Broom of Cowdenknows. 4, 45.

Broomfield Hill. 1, 131.

Brown Adam. 4, 60.

_Brown Robin._ 2, 9. Buchan, 2, 299.

_Brume_, _brume on hil_. 1, 131.

Burd Ellen. 3, 213, 205, 269.

Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane. 1, 271.

_Burd Helen._ 3, 192.

Burning of Auchindown, see Willie Mackintosh.

By Landsdale hey ho. 5, 431.

_Camille, ou la Manière de filer le parfait Amour._ 1, 5.

Captain Car. 6, 147.

Captain Wedderburn's Courtship. 8, 11, 5.

_Carl of Kellyburn Braes._ 8, 257.

_Carle of Carlile._ 8, 140.

_Carnal and the Crane._ 1, 315.

_Castle Ha's Daughter_ = _Bonny Hynd_.

Catherine Johnstone. 4, 34.

Catskin's Garland, (or, The Wandering Young Gentlewoman.) 8, 172.

_Ce qui plaît aux Dames_, Voltaire's. 1, 29.

_Cendrillon_, _Cennerentola_. 8, 172.

_[du] Chevalier qui fist sa Fame confesse, fabliau_. 6, 209.

Chevy-Chace. 7, 43, 25.

Chil Ether. 4, 299.

_Child Brenton._ 1, 152.

Child Noryce. 2, 40.

Child of Elle. 3, 224, 220;
2, 114.

Child Rowland and Burd Ellen. 1, 245.

Child Waters. 3, 205, 269.

Childe Maurice, _Chield Morice_. 2, 313, 30.

Childe Vyet. 2, 72.

Children in the Wood. 3, 128.

Child's Last Will. 2, 366.

_Cinthio's Heccatomithi._ 8, 60.

Clerk Colvill. 1, 192;
2, 271.

_Clerk of Oxenford's Tale_, Chaucer's. 4, 207.

Clerk Saunders. 2, 45, 318, 53, 57, 82.

Clerk's Twa Sons o' Owsenford. 2, 63;
1, 214.

Clerk Tamas. 3, 349.

_Cokwolds Daunce._ 1, 17.

_Conde de Barcelona y la Emperatriz de Alemania._ 3, 242.

Constance of Cleveland. 4, 225.

_Constancy of Susanna._ 8, 198.

_Constant Penelope._ 8, 207.

Constantine and Areté. 1, 304, 307, 217.

_Contes à rire._ 8, 3.

_Corn, lai du._ 1, 3.

Cospatrick. 1, 152.

_Countess of Errol_, see _Errol_.

_Coupe Enchantée._ 1, 4.

_Court Mantel._ 1, 4.

_Courteous King Jamie._ 1, 147.

Courteous Knight. 8, 272, 11.

_Covering Blue_ = _Keach in the Creel_.

_Crafty Lover, or, The Lawyer outwitted._ Bell, Ball. of Peasantry, 110.

_Crafty Ploughboy, or, The Highwayman outwitted_. 8, 265.

Croodlin Doo. 2, 363.

Cruel Black. 3, 370.

Cruel Brother, or, The Bride's Testament. 2, 251, 257, 265.

_Cruel Brother_, Swedish bal. 2, 46.

_Cruel Jew's Garland._ 8, 46.

_Cruel Knight._ 2, 291.

Cruel Mother. 2, 267, 269, 372, 257.

Cruel Sister. 2, 231.

_Cunning Clerk_ = _Keach in the Creel_.

_Cymbeline._ 8, 277.

Dæmon Lover. 1, 201, 302.

_David and Bathsheba._ 8, 198.

_Dead Man's Song of Heaven and Hell._ Evans, 1, 297;
Ritson, Anc. Songs, old ed., p. 286;
Brit. Bibliog. 2, 136, &c.

_Death of John Seton._ 7, 230.

_Death of Keeldar._ 6, 140.

Death of Parcy Reed. 6, 179.

Death of Queen Jane. 7, 77.

_Decameron._ 2, 382;
4, 207;
6, 209.

_Demaundes Joyous._ 8, 3.

_Devil and the Scold._ 8, 257.

Dialogue between Will Lick-Ladle and Tom Clean-Cogue. 7, 260, 157.

Dick o' the Cow. 6, 67.

_Dolopathos._ 8, 45.

_Donald of the Isles._ 4, 68, 76.

_Doralice._ 8, 172.

_Douglas_, Home's. 2, 28.

Douglas Tragedy. 2, 114;
3, 220, 223;
5, 334.

_Dowie Den._ 3, 65.

Dowie Dens of Yarrow. 3, 63.

Dragon of Wantley. 8, 128.

_Dronken Hansje._ 8, 55.

Drowned Lovers. 2, 175.

_Drunkard's Legacy._ 8, 60.

Duchess of Suffolk's Calamity. 7, 298, 115.

Duel of Wharton and Stuart. 8, 259.

_Duke Hamilton._ Smith's Scot. Mins., 2, 58.

_Duke of Argyle's Courtship._ Buchan, 2, 148.

Duke of Athol. 4, 94.

Duke of Athol's Nurse. 8, 228, 231.

Duke of Gordon's Daughter. 4, 102.

Duke of Perth's Three Daughters. 2, 281.

_Dumb Wife of Aberdour._ Aytoun, 2, 185.

_Durham Garland._ Ritson, Bish. Gar. p. 1.

_Dysmal._ 2, 382.

_Earl Crawford._ Buchan, 1, 61.

_Earl Lithgow._ 3, 260.

_Earl Marshal._ 6, 209.

_Earl of Errol_, see _Errol_.

Earl of Mar's Daughter. 1, 171.

Earl Richard (A). 3, 3, 10, 293.

Earl Richard (B). 3, 266, 395.

Earl Robert. 3, 26.

_Edda._ 1, 213;
8, 139.

Edom o' Gordon. 6, 147, 154;
7, 216.

Edward. 2, 225, 219, 251.

_Edwin and Emma_, Goldsmith's. 4, 189.

_Eitle Dinge_, German ballads. 1, 128.

_Elfer Hill._ 1, 298.

Elfin Knight. 1, 128, 277.

_Elfrida and Sir James of Perth._ 3, 73.

_Elf-Woman and Sir Olof_, Swedish bal. 1, 298.

_Ellen Irwin_, Wordsworth's. 2, 208.

_Elveskud_, Danish bal. 1, 298.

Enchanted Ring. 3, 53.

Eppie Morie. 6, 260, 203.

_Erle of Tolous._ 3, 242.

Erlinton. 3, 220;
2, 114.

_Errol_, _Earl of Errol, &c._ Sharpe, B. B., p. 89: = Kinloch, B. B.,
p. 31: = _Countess of Errol_, Buchan, 2, 176, and Gleanings,
p. 158: = _Errol's Place_, Maidment's N. C. G., p. 31.

_Eulenspiegel._ 8, 3, 4.

Execution of Sir Simeon Fraser. 6, 274.

_Facezie_ of Arlotto. 8, 167.

_Factor's Garland._ O. B. 3, 221: = Sheldon, p. 274.

_F[oe]stemanden i Graven_, Danish ballad. 2, 145.

Fair Annie. 3, 191, 198.

Fair Annie of Lochroyan. 2, 98.

Fair Flower of Northumberland. 4, 180.

Fair Helen of Kirconnell. 2, 207.

Fair Janet. 2, 86, 80, 120.

_Fair Mabel of Wallington_ (= _The Mild Mary_): Ritson,
Northumb. Garl. p. 38.

Fair Margaret and Sweet William. 2, 140, 162.

Fair Margaret of Craignargat. 8, 249.

_Fair Midel and Kirsten Lyle_, Danish bal. 2, 342.

Fair Rosamond. 7, 283.

_Fairy Queen._ 1, 5.

_Faithful Friendship_, see _Alphonso and Ganselo_.

False Sir John. 2, 271.

[_den_] _Falske Riddaren_, Swedish bal. 2, 272.

Famous Flower of Serving-Men. 4, 174;
3, 86.

Farmer's Old Wife. 8, 257.

Fause Foodrage. 3, 40, 159.

Fause Knight upon the Road. 8, 269.

Fause Lover. 4, 89.

_Felon Sowe of Rokeby._ Ev. 3, 270;
Moore, 187;
Scott, Notes to Rokeby;
Robson, Metr. Romances, p. 105, Camden Soc., No. 18, etc.

_Fine Flowers i' the Valley._ 2, 257.

Fine Flowers in the Valley. 2, 265.

_Finette Cendron._ 8, 172.

Fire of Frendraught. 6, 173.

_Fischer_, Goethe's. 1, 298.

_Fitchers Vogel_, German tale., 2, 272.

Flemish Insurrection. 6, 269.

Flodden Field. 7, 71.

_Florent and the King of Sicily's Daughter_, Gower's tale., 1, 29.

_Florice and Blancheflour._ 4, 295.

_Flourence de Romme, Le Dit de._ 3, 159.

Fray of Suport. 6, 115.

_Frennet Hall._ 6, 177.

_Frère de Lait_, Breton bal. 1, 217.

Friar in the Well. 8, 122.

_Frolicksome Courtier and Jovial Tinker._ 8, 55.

Frolicksome Duke, or, The Tinker's Good Fortune. 8, 54.

From Bogie Side, or, The Marquis's Raide. 7, 267, 156.

_Fryer and the Maid._ 8, 122.

Gaberlunzie Man. 8, 98.

_Galien Rethoré._ 1, 231.

Gallant Grahams. 7, 137.

_Gamelyn, Cook's Tale of._ 5, xxv. 38.

Gardener. 4, 92.

Gay Goss-Hawk. 3, 277;
2, 10.

Gentle Herdsman, tell to me. 4, 187.

Gentleman in Thracia. 8, 158.

Geordie, _Geordie Luklie._ 8, 92, 96, 93.

George Barnwell. 8, 213.

_Georgics._ 1, 125.

Gernutus the Jew of Venice. 8, 45.

_Gesta Romanorum._ 1, 5, 7, 276;
8, 3, 45, 147, 158.

Get up and bar the door. 8, 125.

Gifts from over Sea. 8, 271, 11.

Gight's Lady. 8, 285, 93.

Gilderoy. 6, 196.

Gil Morrice. 2, 28.

_Girl clad in Mouse-skin_, Swedish tale. 8, 173.

Glasgerion. 2, 3.

Glasgow Peggy. 4, 76.

Glenkindie. 2, 3.

Glenlogie. 4, 80.

_Godiva. How Coventry was made free by Godina_ (sic), _Countess of
Chester._ Evans, 2, 29.

_Golden Glove, or, The Squire of Tamworth._ Ball. of Peas. P. S. xvii.
106;
Bell, _id._ 70.

_Golden Legend._ 1, 70.

_Gowans sae gay._ 1, 195.

Graeme and Bewick. 3, 77.

_Graf Hans von Holstein und seine Schwester Annchristine_, German bal.
2, 78.

_Grandmother Adder-Cook_, German bal. 2, 364.

[_der_] _Grausame Bruder_, German bal. 2, 79.

_Green Broom-Field._ 1, 136.

Greensleeves. 4, 240.

_Greve Genselin_, Danish ballad., 8, 139.

_Grey Cock._ Herd, 2, 278.

[_der_] _Grobe Bruder_, German bal. 2, 79.

[_den_] _Grymma Brodern_, Swedish bal. 2, 319.

Gude Wallace. 6, 232.

_Guy of Warwick._ 1, 62.

Gypsie Laddie. 4, 114.

_Hakon Borkenbart_, Swedish saga. 4, 207.

_Hardyknute._ 3, 40, 148.

_Harpans Kraft_, Swedish and Danish bal. 2, 8.

_Haughs o' Yarrow._ 3, 65.

Haws of Cromdale. 7, 234.

Hawthorn Tree. 1, 311.

[_der_] _Heilige Georg_, German legend. 1, 70.

Heir of Linne. 8, 60, 70.

_Helgakvitha Hundingsbana_, II., 1, 213.

_Henry and Emma_, Prior's. 4, 143.

_Hero and Leander._ 8, 207.

_Herodotus._ 1, 6.

_Herr Aester ok Fröken Sissa_, Swedish bal. 1, 152.

_Herr Halewyn_, Dutch bal. 2, 272.

_Herr Malmstens Dröm_, Swedish bal. 2, 141.

_Herr Medelvold_, Danish bal., 2, 342.

_Herr Peder och Liten Kerstin_, Swedish bal. 2, 125.

_Herr Peders Sjöresa_, Swedish bal. 3, 47.

_Herr Redevall_, Swedish bal., 2, 342.

_Herr Sallemand_, Danish bal., 2, 120.

_Herr Truels's Döttre_, Danish bal. 2, 277.

_Hertig Fröjdenborg och Fröken Adelin_, Swedish bal. 2, 120.

_Hertig Nils_, Swedish bal. 2, 120.

_Hierarchie of the Blessed Angels._ 1, 163.

_Highwayman Outwitted_, see _Crafty Ploughboy._

_Hildebrand og Hilde_, Danish bal. 2, 115, 388.

_Hilla Lilla_, Swedish bal. 2, 120.

Hireman Chiel. 8, 233.

Hirlanda. 3, 243.

_Histoire de la Comtesse de Savoie._ 3, 242.

_Histoire de Palanus, Comte de Lyon._ 3, 242.

_Historia de Cataluña._ 3, 242.

Hobie Noble. 6, 97, 67.

_Holofernes._ 8, 198.

_Honeymoon._ 8, 182.

_Honour of a London Prentice._ O. B. 1, 199:
Ritson, Ancient Songs, 2, 199.

_Horn and Rimnild, Horn et Rimenhild._ 1, 6;
4, 17.

Horn of King Arthur. 1, 17, 4.

_House Carpenter._ 1, 209.

Hugh of Lincoln. 3, 136.

Hughie Graham (Hughie the Graeme). 6, 51, 55, 247.

Hunting of the Cheviot. 7, 25, 43.

[_det_] _Hurtige Svar_, Danish bal. 2, 319.

_Hustru og Mands Moder_, Danish bal. 1, 162.

Hynd Horn. 4, 17, 25.

Hynde Etin. 1, 294, 179;
2, 271.

_I'll wager, I'll wager._ 1, 131.

_Ill May-Day, Story of._ Garl. Good Will, p. 39, P. S. xv: O. B. 3,
54: Evans, 3, 76.

In Sherwood livde stout Robin Hood. 5, 433.

_Ingefred og Gudrune_, Danish bal. 1, 152.

_Jack Horner, Tale of._ Halliwell's Nursery Rhymes, p. 165, P. S. iv.
James Herries. 1, 205.

Jamie Douglas. 4, 287.

Jamie Telfer of the Fair Dodhead., 6, 105.

Jane Shore. 7, 194.

_Jean o' Bethelnie's Love for Sir G. Gordon._ 4, 80.

_Jelitza and her Brothers_, Servian bal. 1, 217.

Jellon Grame. 2, 285.

Jephthah, Judge of Israel. 8, 198.

_Jesus Barnet, Stefan, og Herodes_, Danish bal. 1, 315.

Jew's Daughter. 3, 144, 331.

_Jock o' Hazeldean, Jock o' Hazelgreen._ 4, 83.

Jock o' the Side. 6, 80, 67, 88.

_Jock Sheep_ = _Baffled Knight._ _Jock the Leg and the Merry Merchant._
8, 265.

John Dory. 8, 194.

_John Grumlie._ 8, 116.

John o' Hazelgreen. 4, 83.

_John the Reeve._ 8, 21.

John Thomson and the Turk., 3, 352.

Johnie Armstrang. 6, 37, 45, 251.

_Johnie Blunt._ 8, 125.

Johnie _of Braidisbank_, or of Breadislee. 6, 12, 11.

Johnie of Cocklesmuir, or _of Cockielaw_. 6, 16, 11.

Johnie Cope. 7, 274, 168.

Johnie Faa and the Countess o' Cassilis. 4, 283.

Johnie Scot. 4, 50.

Johny Cock, or _Johny Cox_.

6, 243, 245, 11, 12.

_Jolly Beggar._ 8, 98.

Jolly Goshawk. 3, 285.

_Jolly Harper._ 6, 3.

Jolly Pinder of Wakefield, with Robin Hood, Scarlet, and John. 5, 204.

_Jomfruen i Linden_, Danish bal. 1, 311.

_Jomfruen i Ormeham_, Danish ballad. 1, 138, 168.

_Jomfruen og Dværgekongen_ (_Maid and the Dwarfking_), Danish ballad.
1, 179.

_Jon Rimaardsöns Skriftemaal_, Danish ballad. 3, 47.

Jovial Hunter of Bromsgrove. 8, 144.

_Jugement de Salemon, fabliau._ 8, 158.

_Jürg Drachentödter_, German ballad. 1, 70.

Katharine Janfarie. 4, 29.

_Keach in the Creel._ Anc. Poems, &c. p. 112, P. S. xvii: = _Covering
Blue_, Kinloch, B. B., p. 61: = _Cunning Clerk_, Buchan, 1, 278.

Kempion, Kemp Owyne. 1, 137, 143, 281.

Kempy Kaye. 8, 139, 141.

_Kertonha'._ 1, 114.

_Killiecrankie._ 7, 153.

_Kinder-u.-Haus-Märchen._ 1, 201;
2, 231, 272;
8, 3, 5, 173.

_Kindesmörderin_, German ballads. 2, 262.

_King and a Poore Northerne Man._ P. S. vol. i: Moore, p. 376.

_King and the Barker._ 8, 22.

_King Alfred and the Neatherd_, 8, 21;
_K. A. and the Shepherd_, 5, 238;
8, 23.

_King and the Hermit._ 8, 21, 22.

_King and the Miller_, Danish tale. 8, 3.

King and the Miller of Mansfield. 8, 32.

King Arthur, and the King of Cornwall, 1, 231, 183;
Legend of, 1, 50;
K. A.'s Death, 1, 40.

King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid. 4, 195.

_King Edward and Jane Shore._ 7, 194.

_King Edward and the Hermit_, 5, xxiii: _K. E. and the Shepherd_, 5,
xxiii;
8, 21.

King Edward the Fourth and the Tanner of Tamworth. 8, 21;
5, xxiv.

_King Edward the Third and the Fair Countess of Salisbury._ O. B. 2, 68.

King Estmere. 3, 159;
1, 183.

King Henrie the Fifth's Conquest. 7, 190.

King Henry. 1, 147, 29: 8, 140.

_King Henry and a Bishop_, 8, 5: _K. H. and the Soldier_, 8, 22.

_King Henry the Eighth and the Cobbler._ 8, 22.

_King Henry the Second and the Cistercian Abbot._ 8, 21.

_King Horn._ 4, 17.

_King James the First and the Tinker._ 8, 22, 23.

King John and the Abbot of Canterbury, 8, 3: _K. J. and the Bishop of
Canterbury_, 8, 5.

_King Lear._ 1, 245.

King Leir and his Three Daughters. 7, 276.

King Malcolm and Sir Colvin. 3, 378, 173.

King of France's Daughter. 4, 216.

King of Scots and Andrew Browne. 7, 103.

_King Olfrey and the Abbot._ 8, 5.

King's Disguise and Friendship with Robin Hood. 5, 376.

_King Waldemar and his Sister_, Danish bal. 2, 78, 86.

_King William and the Forester._ 8, 22.

Kinmont Willie. 6, 58, 81.

Knight and Shepherd's Daughter. 3, 260.

_Knight of the Swan._ 3, 159.

Knight's Ghost. 1, 210.

_Kong Diderik og hans K[oe]mper_, Danish ballad. 3, 159.

_Kong Valdemar og hans Söster_, Danish bal. 2, 78, 251.

_Krist' Lilla och Herr Tideman_, Swedish bal. 2, 342.

_Krone der Königin von Afion_. 1, 16: _K. of Heinrich vom Türlein_,
1, 4.

_Ladies of Finsbury, Life and Death of the._ Crown Garland G. Roses,
p. 44, P. S. xv;
Evans, 3, 318.

Lads of Wamphray. 6, 168.

_Lady Alice._ 2, 162.

Lady Anne. 2, 262.

Lady Anne Bothwell's Lament. 4, 123, 129.

_Lady Daisy._ 2, 382.

Lady Diamond. 2, 382.

Lady Elspat. 4, 308.

Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight. 1, 195;
2, 271.

Lady Isabella's Tragedy. 3, 366.

_Lady Jane._ 3, 192.

_Lady Jean_ = _Bonny Hynd._

Lady Maisry. 2, 78, 319.

Lady Margaret. 3, 390, 205.

Lady Marjorie. 2, 338.

_Lady's Fall, Lamentable Ballad of._ O. B. 1, 244;
Percy, 3, 182;
Ritson, Anc. Songs, 2, 110.

_Lai du Corn._ 1, 3.

_Lai le Frein._ 3, 191.

Laidley Worm of Spindleston-Heugh. 1, 281, 137.

_Laird o' Leys_ = _Baron o' Leys_.

Laird o' Logie. 4, 109.

Laird of Blackwood. 4, 290, 135.

Laird of Drum. 4, 118.

_Laird of Laminton._ 4, 29.

_Laird of Lochnie._ 4, 45.

_Laird of Ochiltree._ 4, 45.

_Laird of Roslin's Daughter._ 8, 11.

Laird of Waristoun. 3, 107, 110, 316.

Lambert Linkin. 3, 100, 94.

_Lambton Worm of Durham._ 1, 281.

Lament of the Border Widow. 3, 86; 4, 174.

_Lamentable Fall of the Duchess of Gloucester_. Garl. of Goodwill,
p. 271, P. S. xv; O. B. 2, 90.

_Lamentation of Shore's Wife_. 7, 194.

Lamkin, Lammikin. 3, 94, 307.

_Lancelot_. 1, 6.

Lang Johnny Moir. 4, 272.

Lass of Lochroyan. 2, 106.

_Last Guid Night_. 6, 40.

_Lawyer Outwitted_, see _Crafty Lover_.

Lay the Bent to the Bonny Broom. 8, 18.

_Leander on the Bay_. 2, 177.

Leesome Brand. 2, 342.

Lenore, Bürger's. 1, 217.

_Liebesprobe_, Ger. bal. 4, 144.

Life and Death of Sir Hugh of the Grime. 6, 247.

Life and Death of Thomas Stukely. 7, 305.

_Lilla Rosa_, Swedish bal. 2, 120.

[_den_] _Lillas Testamente_, Swedish bal. 2, 366, 251.

_Lind im Thale_, German bal. 4, 144.

_Linden_, Swedish bal. 1, 311.

_Lindormen_, Danish ballad. 1, 138, 168.

_Liten Kerstins Förtrollning_. 1, 162.

_Liten Kerstin och Fru Sofia_, Swedish bal. 2, 78.

_Liten Kerstin Stalldräng_, Swedish bal. 4, 174.

Little Gest of Robin Hood. 5, 42, 18, 376, 383; 8, 22.

_Little Gold Shoe_, Swedish tale. 8, 173.

Little John and the Four Beggars. 5, 325.

Little Musgrave and the Lady Barnard. 2, 15.

Lizae Baillie. 4, 73, 280.

Lizie Lindsay. 4, 63, 68, 73.

_Lizie Wan = Bonny Hynd_.

_Lochinvar_. 4, 29.

Lochmaben Harper. 6, 3, 7.

Long Lonkin. 3, 313, 94.

_Lord Aboyne_. 4, 97.

Lord Barnaby. 2, 307.

_Lord Bateman_. 4, 1, 2.

Lord Beichan and Susie Pye. 4, 253.

Lord Delaware. 7, 313.

Lord Derwentwater. 7, 164: _L. D.'s Goodnight_, 7, 165.

Lord Dingwall. 1, 288, 152.

Lord Donald. 2, 244, 251.

Lord Jamie Douglas. 4, 135, 287.

Lord John. 1, 42, 134.

_Lord John's Murder_. 2, 292.

Lord Livingston. 3, 343; 8, 243.

Lord Lovel. 2, 162, 141.

_Lord Lundy_. 4, 261.

Lord Maxwell's Goodnight. 6, 162.

_Lord Nann and the Korrigan_, Breton bal. 1, 298;
2, 120.

Lord Randal (A), 2, 22: (B), 2, 248, 244.

_Lord Ronald._ 2, 248.

Lord Salton and Auchanachie. 2, 165, 167.

Lord Thomas and Fair Annet. 2, 125, 120, 131.

Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor. 2, 121.

Lord Thomas of Winesberry and the King's Daughter. 4, 305.

Lord Thomas Stuart. 3, 357.

Lord Wa'yates and Auld Ingram. 2, 326.

Lord William. 3, 18, 3. _Lord William._ 4, 261.

Loudoun Castle. 6, 254.

_Love Gregory._ 2, 98,

_Lover's Complaint being forsaken of his Love._ 4, 234.

Lovers Quarrel. 4, 311.

Lowlands of Holland. 2, 213.

Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode. 5, 42, 18, 376, 383;
8, 22.

_Mackintosh was a soldier brave._ 7, 165.

Macpherson's Rant (or _Lament_), 6, 263: his _Farewell_, by Burns, 6,
266.

_Mädchen und der Sagebaum, Mädchen und die Hasel_, German bal. 1, 311.

_Maid and the Dwarf-King_, Danish ballad. 1, 179.

_Maledizione Materna_, Italian ballad. 2, 171.

_Mantel_, _Mantel Mautaillé_, _Court Mantel_, &c. 1, 3, 4.

_Marchioness of Douglass._ 4, 135.

_Margaret's Ghost._ 2, 141.

_Mari Confesseur_, La Fontaine's. 6, 209.

Marquis of Huntley's Retreat, (or _The Marquis's Raide_). 7, 267, 156.

Marriage of Sir Gawaine. 1, 28, 147.

_Martial._ 2, 177.

Mary Ambree. 7, 108, 257.

Mary Hamilton. 3, 120, 324, 329.

_Maudlin, the Merchant's Daughter._ 4, 328.

_May-a-Row._ 2, 286.

May Colvin. 2, 271;
1, 195, 198.

_Memorables of the Montgomeries._ Evans, 2, 41;
Bal. and Songs of Ayrshire, 1, 60.

_Merchant of Venice._ 8, 45, 46, 277.

Merchant's Daughter of Bristow. 4, 328.

_Merchant's Garland_, see _Factor's Garland_.

Mermaid (or Clerk Colvill). 1, 192.

_Merman and Marstig's Daughter_, Danish bal. 1, 298.

_Mery Ballet of the Hathorn Tre._ 1, 311.

_Mild Mary_, see _Fair Mabel of Wallington_.

Miller and the King's Daughter. 2, 357, 231.

Minister's Dochter o' Newark (or _of New York_). 2, 376.

_Möen paa Baalet_, Danish ballad. 2, 251.

_Moral Tale of Love and Honour_, Shenstone's. 4, 202.

_Morte Arthure._ 1, 4, 40, 50, 55.

_Mothers Malison._ 2, 171.

_Moyen de Parvenir._ 5, 187.

Murder of the King of Scots. 7, 78.

_Murning Maidin._ Sibbald, 1, 201.

_Nattergalen_, Danish ballad. 1, 125.

_New Notborune Mayd._ 4, 144.

_No Song, no Supper._ 8, 125.

Noble Fisherman, or, Robin Hood's Preferment. 5, 329.

_Nobleman's Generous Kindness._ Bal. of Peas. p. 148, P. S. xvii:
Bell, id. 98.

Nökkens Svig, Danish ballad. 1, 195, 198.

Northern Lass, Brome's. 4, 123.

Northern Lord and Cruel Jew. 8, 277.

Northumberland betrayed by Douglas. 7, 92: 6, 124.

_Numbers._ 1, 6.

Nutbrowne Maide. 4, 143.

_O heard ye e'er of a silly blind Harper._ 6, 3.

_Odyssey_, i. 125.

_Of a Knight and a Faire Virgin._ 1, 29.

_Of Wakefylde and a Grene._ 5, 204.

_Old Abbot and King Alfred._ O. B. 2, 55.

_Old Man and his Three Sons._ 8, 144.

Old Robin of Portingale. 3, 34.

[_den_] _Onde Svigermoder_, Danish bal. 2, 251.

_Orlando Furioso_, 1, 4: _O. Inamorato_, 1, 137.

_Ormekampen_, Danish ballad. 1, 281;
8, 128.

_Our gudeman came home at e'en._ 2, 319.

_Outlandish Knight._ 2, 272.

_Owen of Carron_, Langhorne's. 2, 28.

_Owlglass._ 8, 3.

_Palace of Pleasure_, Painter's. 1, 5.

_Palmerin of England._ 1, 5.

_Patient Countess_, 4, 208;
Patient Grissel, 4, 207.

_Patrañuelo_ of Timoneda. 8, 3.

_Pausanias_, a dragon story in. 8, 136.

_Peau d'Ane._ 8, 172.

_Pecorone._ 8, 45.

_Peele's Chronicle Hist. of Ed. I._ 6, 209.

_Pennyworth of Wit._ O. B. 2, 215.

_Perceforest._ 1, 5.

_Perceval._ 1, 4.

_Pfalzgraf am Rhein_, German bal. 2, 79.

_Phaffe Amis._ 8, 3.

_Picture_, Massinger's. 1, 5.

_Pilgrim to Compostella_, Southey's. 1, 315.

_Prince Edward and Adam Gordon._ 5, 149.

Prince Robert. 3, 22;
2, 120.

Pr[oe]lium Gillicrankianum. 7, 251.

Proud Lady Margaret. 8, 83, 11;
2, 319.

_Proud Margaret_, Swedish bal. 1, 179.

Provost's Dochter. 4, 292, 180.

_Pyramus and Thisbe._ 8, 207.

Queen Dido. 8, 207.

Queen Eleanor's Confession. 6, 209, 213;
7, 292.

Queen Eleanor's Fall. 7, 291;
6, 209.

Queen Jeanie. 7, 74, 77.

Queen's Marie. 3, 113.

_Räthsellieder_, German. 8, 12.

Raid of the Reidswire. 6, 129.

Rantin Laddie. 4, 97.

Rare Willy drown'd in Yarrow. 2, 181.

_Rauf Coilzear._ 8, 21.

_Ravengaard og Memering_, Danish bal. 3, 234, 241.

Reading Skirmish. 7, 243.

_Red Etin_, tale of. 1, 245.

Reedisdale and Wise William. 8, 87.

_Ribolt og Guldborg_, Danish bal. 2, 114.

Richie Storie. 8, 255.

_Riddar Olle_, (or _Olof_,) Swedish bal. 1, 152.

_Ridderen i Fugleham_, Danish bal. 1, 171.

Rising in the North. 7, 82;
6, 124.

_Ritter Golmi mit der Herzogin auss Britanien_, Hans Sachs's. 3, 242.

_Ritter St. Georg_, German legend. 1, 70.

_Ritter und das Mägdlein_, German bal. 2, 141.

Rob Roy. 6, 202, 257, 258.

Robene and Makyne. 4, 245.

ROBIN HOOD and Allin-a-Dale. 5, 278.

Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne. 5, 159, 428.
Robin Hood and his Huntesmen, song. 5, 434.
Robin Hood and Little John. 5, 216.
Robin Hood and Maid Marian. 5, 372.
Robin Hood and Queen Katherine. 5, 312.
Robin Hood and the Beggar. 5, 187, 251, 255, 404, 17.
Robin Hood and the Bishop. 5, 298.
Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford. 5, 294.
Robin Hood and the Butcher. 5, 33, 17.
Robin Hood and the Curtall Fryer. 5, 271, 420.
Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow. 5, 383.
Robin Hood and the Monk. 5, 1, 128.
Robin Hood and the Old Man. 5, 257.
Robin Hood and the Peddlers. 5, 243.
Robin Hood and the Potter. 5, 17, 33, 43, 188, 420.
Robin Hood and the Ranger. 5, 207.
Robin Hood and the Scotchman. 5, 418.
Robin Hood and the Shepherd. 5, 238.
Robin Hood and the Stranger. 5, 404, 39, 188, 418.
Robin Hood and the Tanner. 5, 223.
Robin Hood and the Tanner's Daughter. 5, 334.
Robin Hood and the Tinker. 5, 230.
Robin Hood and the Valiant Knight. 5, 338, 308, 382.

Robin Hood, Birth of. 5, 392, 170.
Robin Hood, _Essay on._ 5, vii.
Robin Hood, Lytell Geste of. 5, 42.
Robin Hood, Playe of. 5, 420, 428.
Robin Hood, rescuing the Three Squires. 5, 267.
Robin Hood, rescuing the Widow's Three Sons. 5, 261.

Robin Hood's Birth, Breeding, Valour, and Marriage. 5, 343, 125.
Robin Hood's Chase. 5, 320.
Robin Hood's Death and Burial. 5, 308.
Robin Hood's Delight. 5, 211.
Robin Hood's Golden Prize. 5, 303.
Robin Hood's Preferment. 5, 329.
Robin Hood's Progress to Nottingham. 5, 290.
Robin Hood's Rescuing Will Stutley. 5, 283.

Robin Hood, True Tale of. 5, 353.
Robin Hood, Wedding of, and Little John. 5, 184.
Robin Hood, Will Scadlock, and Little John. 5, 409.

Robyn and Gandelyn. 5, 38.

_Robin's Tesment._ 1, 128.

_Röfvaren Brun, R. Rymer_, Swedish bal. 2, 272.

Rookhope Ryde. 6, 121.

_Roman Charity._ O. B. 2, 137;
Evans, 3, 296.

_Rosamonds Overthrow_, see _Unfortunate Concubine_.

_Rose, Lay of the._ 1, 5.

Rose the Red and White Lilly. 5, 173, 396.

_Rosmer Hafmand_, Danish bal. 1, 253, 245.

_Sacchetti's Novels._ 8, 3.

Saddle to Rags. 8, 265.

_Salomon and Saturn_ (or _Marcolf_). 8, 3.

Samson. 8, 201.

_St. Cunigund_, legend of. 3, 238.

St. George and the Dragon. 1, 69.

St. Stephen and Herod. 1, 315.

Sang of the Outlaw Murray. 6, 20.

_Schloss in Oesterreich_, German bal. 2, 63.

_Schön Ulrich u. Rautendelein, S. U. u. Roth-Aennchen_, German bal.
2, 272.

_Schöne Hannele_, German bal. 1, 179.

_Scottish Squire._ 3, 277.

Seven Champions of Christendom. 1, 83.

_Shepherd's Son_ = _Baffled Knight_.

_Silva Sermonum Jucundissimorum._ 8, 116.

[_der_] _Singende Knochen_, German tale. 2, 231.

Sir Aldingar. 3, 234.

Sir Andrew Barton. 7, 55, 201.

Sir Cauline. 3, 173.

Sir Eglamore. 8, 196.

Sir Guy, Legend of. 1, 61.

Sir Hugh. 3, 142, 331, 335.

Sir Hugh le Blond. 3, 234, 253.

Sir James the Rose. 3, 73.

Sir John Suckling's Campaign. 7, 128.

Sir Lancelot du Lake. 1, 55.

_Sir Niel and Mac Van_ (or _Glengyle_). 8, 260.

_Sir Olof in the Elve-Dance_, Swedish bal. 1, 298.

Sir Oluf and the Elf-King's Daughter, Danish bal. 1, 298, 192.

Sir Patrick Spens. 3, 147, 152, 338.

_Sir Peter of Stauffenbergh and the Mermaid._ 1, 298.

Sir Richard Whittington's Advancement. 8, 165.

Sir Roland. 1, 223.

_Sir Stig and Lady Torelild_, Danish bal. 1, 162.

_Sir Wal and Lisa Lyle_, Swedish bal. 2, 342.

Sir William Wallace. 6, 237.

_Skj[oe]n Anna_, Danish bal. 3, 383, 192.

_Sleeper Awakened_, tale of. 8, 54.

Snake-Cook, German bal. 2, 364.

Son Davie. 2, 228, 219.

_Song of a Beggar and a King._ 4, 195.

_Sorgens Magt_, Swedish bal. 2, 145;
1, 213.

_Sövnerunerne_, Danish bal. 1, 131.

Spanish Lady's Love. 4, 201.

Spanish Virgin. 3, 360.

_Speculum Ecclesiæ._ 8, 21.

_Speculum Historiale._ 1, 70, 315.

_Squire of Tamworth_, see _Golden Glove_.

_Staffans Visa_, Swedish carol. 1, 315.

_Stepmother_, German bal. 2, 364.

_Stolt Ingeborgs Forklædning_, Danish bal. 4, 174.

_Stolts Botelid Stalldräng_, Swedish bal. 4, 174.

_Stout Cripple of Cornwall._ Evans, 1, 97.

Stukely, Life and Death of Thomas. 7, 305.

_Südeli_, German bal. 3, 191.

Suffolk Miracle. 1, 217.

_Sven i Rosengård_, Swedish bal. 2, 347, 219.

_Sven Svanehvit_, Swedish bal. 8, 12.

_Svend Vonved_, Danish bal. 3, 159; 8, 11.

_Sweet Song of an English Merchant._ Evans, 1, 28.

Sweet William. 4, 261, 29.

Sweet William and May Margaret. 2, 152, 45.

Sweet William's Ghost. 2, 145, 45.

Sweet Willie (a), 2, 93, 86;
(b), 4, 174.

Sweet Willie and Fair Annie. 2, 131.

Sweet Willie and Fair Maisry. 2, 332, 86.

Sweet Willie and Lady Margerie. 2, 53.

[_den_] _Talende Strengeleg_, Danish bal. 2, 231.

_Tarikh al Wasaf._ 8, 167.

Tam-a-Line. 1, 258.

Taming of a Shrew. 8, 182, 55.

_Tancred and Ghismonda._ 2, 382.

_Tancrède_, Voltaire's. 3, 242.

_Thom of Lyn._ 1, 114.

Thomas of Ersseldoune. 1, 95, 120, 273.

Thomas the Rhymer. 1, 109, 120.

_Thore och hans Syster_, Swedish bal. 2, 319.

_Thorkil Troneson_, Swedish bal. 1, 152.

_Three Brothers._ 6, 94.

Three Knights. 2, 368.

Three Ravens. 3, 59.

_Three Sisters._ 8, 18.

Tinker's Good Fortune, see Frolicksome Duke.

_Titus and Gisippus._ 4, 225.

Titus Andronicus's Complaint. 8, 188.

_Tobias._ 8, 198.

[_der_] _Todte Freier_, German bal. 2, 145.

_Todtenhemdchen_, German tale. 1, 213.

Tom Linn. 1, 267.

_Tom Thumbe, Life and Death of._ Ritson's Anc. Pop. Poetry, p. 111.

_Too Courteous Knight_ = _Baffled Knight_.

_Tord af Havsgaard_, Danish bal. 8, 139.