THE BOOK
OF
BRAVE OLD BALLADS.
Illustrated with Sixteen Coloured Engravings,
FROM DRAWINGS BY JOHN GILBERT.
"I never heard the old song of Percie and Douglas, that I found notmy heart moved more than with a trumpet."—Sir Philip Sidney.
LONDON:
WARD, LOCK, AND TYLER,
WARWICK HOUSE, PATERNOSTER ROW.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY J. OGDEN AND CO.,
172, ST. JOHN STREET, E.C.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne1
The Childe of Elle17
Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudesly—
Part the First30
Part the Second43
Part the Third55
Sir Lancelot du Lake74
The Frolicksome Duke; or, The Tinker's Good Fortune82
The more Modern Ballad of Chevy Chase89
King Edward IV. and the Tanner of Tamworth106
The Heir of Linne—
Part the First118
Part the Second124
Sir Andrew Barton—
Part the First133
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