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Title: The pictorial book of ancient ballad poetry of Great Britain, historical, traditional, and romantic: to which are added, a selection of modern imitations, and some translations
Year: 1853 (1850s)
Authors: Moore, Joseph S., ed. (from old catalog)
Subjects: English ballads and songs
Publisher: London, H. Washbourne & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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inion of Mr. Collier, to make the reader suppose that it was written by Martin Parker,the celebrated and popular ballad-maker; though he regards the story as much older than1640. It was known of old, by the name of * Too Good to be True, as Mr. Collier showsby reference to Henslowes Diary, (since edited by him for the Shakespeare Society, videpp. 204, 6, 7,) and the second of two stanzas at the commencement of the Bagford broadsidementioned above, in which the book from which the author professes to have taken thehistory, is called * The Second Lesson, too good to be true. Those stanzas are as follows:— 4 To drive away the weary day, A book I chancd to take in hand,And therein I read assuredlyA story, as you shall understand. Perusing many a history over, Amongst the leaves I chancd to viewThe books name, and the title is this, The Second Lesson, too good to be true.* •Lessons, as Mr. Collier remarks, was the title of the several divisions of collections oi(.epular histories.^ 387
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(This ballad is taken from The Crown Garland of GoldenRoses, Part II., as reprinted, by the Percy Society, from therare edition of 1659 ; the author of which was Richard John-son, mentioned, p. 490, as the author of The Seven Cham-pions of Christendom. The full title of it is as follows :— The story of 111 May-Day in the time of King Henrythe Eighth, and why it was so called: and how QueenKatherine begged the lives of Two Thousand LondonPrentices. To the tune of Essexs Good Night. Itwas inserted in the * Collection of Old Ballads, London,1723; in Evanss Old Ballads, and in « Songs of theLondon Prentices, which has also been reprinted by thePercy Society. It is stated in Evans to be founded on afact which happened on the May-eve of the year 1517,the 8th of Henry the Eighths reign, of which he gives adetailed account, a summary of which will be foundin the note, p. 392. The reader of The Fortunes ofNigel will not fail to recognise in Jin Vin and his fellowsthe worthy successors of th

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