Chapter III: Book THE THIRD

1. The more modern Ballad of Chevy-chace 249
Illustration of the Northern Names 263

2. Death's final Conquest, by James Shirley 264

3. The Rising in the North 266
Copy from the Folio MS 274

4. Northumberland betrayed by Douglas 279
Copy from the Folio MS 289

5. My Mind to me a Kingdom is, by Sir Edward Dyer 294

6. The Patient Countess, by W. Warner 298

7. Dowsabell, by M. Drayton 304

8. The Farewell to Love, from Beaumont and Fletcher 310

9. Ulysses and the Syren, by S. Daniel 311

10. Cupid's Pastime, by Davison 314

11. The character of a happy life, by Sir H. Wotton. 317

12. Gilderoy. A Scottish Ballad 318

13. Winifreda 323

14. The Witch of Wokey 325

15. Bryan and Pereene. A West Indian Ballad, by Dr. Grainger 328

16. Gentle River, Gentle River. Translated from the Spanish 331

17. Alcanzor and Zayda, a Moorish Tale 338

APPENDIX I.

An Essay on the Ancient Minstrels in England 343

Notes and Illustrations 382