Reliques of Ancient English Poetry/Volume 3

Reliques
of
Ancient English Poetry:
Consisting of
Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and other Pieces of our earlier Poets,
(Chiefly of the Lyric kind)
Together with some few of later Date.
The Second Edition.
Volume the Third.

London:
Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall.
M DCC LXVII.

Contents of Volume the Third.

Book the First.
Essay on the ancient Metrical Romances		pag. v
1.	The Boy and the Mantle	1
2.	The Marriage of Sir Gawaine	11
3.	King Ryence’s challenge	25
4.	King Arthur’s death. A Fragment	28
5.	The Legend of King Arthur	37
6.	A Dyttie to Hey Downe	42
7.	Glasgerion.	43
8.	Old Sir Robin of Portingale	48
9.	[1] Child Waters	54
10.	Phillida and Corydon. By Nic. Breton	62
11.	Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard	63
12.	The Ew-bughts Marion. A Scottish Song	69
13.	The Knight and Shepherd’s Daughter	71
14.	The Shepherd’s Address to his Muse	76
15.	Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor	78
16.	Cupid and Campaspe. By John Lilye	82
17.	The Lady turned Servingman	83
18.	Gil Morrice. A Scottish Ballad	89
Book the Second.
1.	Legend of Sir Guy	99
2.	Guy and Amarant	107
3.	The auld good Man. A Scottish Song	116
4.	Fair Margaret and Sweet William	119
5.	Barbara Allen’s Cruelty	123
6.	Sweet William’s Ghost. A Scottish Ballad	126
7.	Sir John Grehme and Barbara Allen. ditto	129
8.	The Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington	131
9.	The Willow Tree. A Pastoral Dialogue	154
10.	The Lady’s fall	136
11.	Waly, waly, Love be bonny. A Scottish Song	143
12.	The wanton Wife of Bath	145
13.	Dulcina	151
14.	Lady Isabella’s tragedy	154
15.	A Hue and cry after Cupid. By Ben Jonson	159
16.	The King of France’s Daughter	161
17.	The sweet neglect. By Ben. Jonson	170
18.	The Children in the Wood	171
19.	A Lover of late was I	178
20.	The King and the Miller of Mansfield	179
21.	The Shepherd’s Resolution. By Geo. Wither	190
22.	The Wandering Prince of Troy	193
23.	The Witches Song. By Ben. Jonson	199
24.	Robin Good-fellow	202
25.	The Fairy Queen	207
26.	The Fairies Farewell. By Dr. Corbet	210
Book the Third.
1.	The Birth of St. George	215
2.	St. George and the Dragon.	227
3.	Love will find out the Way	238
4.	[2] Lord Thomas and Fair Annet. A Scottish Ballad	240
5.	Unfading Beauty. By Tho. Carew	246
6.	George Barnwell	247
7.	The Steadfast Shepherd, intitled in the first Edition “The aspiring Shepherd.”	263
8.	The Spanish Virgin, or Effects of Jealousy	266
9.	Jealousy Tyrant of the Mind	272
10.	Constant Penelope	273
11.	To Lucasta on going to the Wars. By Lovelace	278
12.	Valentine and Ursine	279
13.	The Dragon of Wantley	296
14.	St. George for England. The first Part	306
15.	St. George for England. The second Part	306
16.	Lucy and Colin. By Tickel	328
17.	Margaret’s Ghost. By David Mallet	331
18.	The Boy and the Mantle revised, &c.	335
19.	L’ Amour et Glycere. Traduit de l’ Anglois	345
	The Glossary	347
	Additional Notes (not listed in original)	357
	Advertisements (not listed in original)	359

 

1. The Guberlunzie Man, see in Vol. 2. pag. 59.
2. The Baffled Knight, or Lady’s Policy, and the Song “Why so pale.” See in Vol. 2. p. 339. 347.

An ordinary Song or Ballad, that is the delight of the common people, cannot fail to please all such readers, as are not unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation or their ignorance; and the reason is plain, because the same paintings of nature which recommend it to the most ordinary Reader, will appear beautiful to the most refined.

Addison, in Spectator, No: 70,