Chapter II: Book THE SECOND: 1. A Ballad of Luther, the Pope, a Cardinal, and a Husbandman 125

2. John Anderson my Jo. A Scottish Song 131

3. Little John Nobody 133

4. Q. Elizabeth's Verses, while Prisoner at Woodstock 137

5. The Heir of Linne 138

Copy from the Folio MS. 147

6. Gascoigne's Praise of the fair Bridges, afterwards Lady
Sandes 150

7. Fair Rosamond. By Thomas Delone 154

8. Queen Eleanor's Confession 164

9. The Sturdy Rock 169

10. The Beggar's Daughter of Bednall-Green 171

Extract from the Folio MS. 181

An Essay on the Word _Fit_, and the ancient Ballad-singing 182

11. Fancy and Desire. By the Earl of Oxford 185

12. Sir Andrew Barton 188

Copy from the folio MS. 201

13. Lady Anne Bothwell's Lament. A Scottish Song 209

14. The Murder of the King of Scots 213

15. A Sonnet by Q. Elizabeth 218

16. King of Scots and Andrew Browne. By W. Elderton 221

17. The Bonny Earl of Murray. A Scottish Song 226

18. Young Waters. A Scottish Song 228

19. Mary Ambree 231

Copy from the Folio MS. 235

20. Brave Lord Willoughbey 238

21. Victorious Men of Earth. By James Shirley 242

22. The Winning of Cales 243

23. The Spanish Lady's Love 247

24. Argentile and Curan. By W. Warner 252

25. Corin's Fate 262

26. Jane Shore 263

27. Corydon's doleful Knell 274