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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
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ken for the dead. x SIR HUGH LE BLOND. She saw the flames ascending high,The tears blinded her ee: * Where is the worthy knight, she said, * Who is to fight for me? Then up and spake the king himser, My- dearest have no doubt,For yonder comes the man himsel, As bold as eer set out. They then advanced to fight the duelWith swords ot temperd steel, Till down the blood of RodinghamCame running to his heel. Sir Hugh took out a lusty sword, Twas of the metal clear;And he has pierced Rodingham Tills heart-blood did appear. * Confess your treachery, now, he said, 1 This day before you die!41 do confess my treachery,I shall no longer lye: 41 like to wicked Haman am, This day I shall be slain.The queen was brought to her chamber, A good woman again. The queen then said unto the king, Arbattles near the sea,Give it unto the northern knight. That this day fought for me. Then said the king, Come here, sir knight, And drink a glass of wine;And, if Arbattles not enough, To it well Fordoun join. 306
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^ ( This old fabulous legend, as it is styled by Dr.Percy, is taken from his Reliques, where it was firstprinted from the Editors Folio MS., with conjecturalemendations, and the insertion of some additional stanzasto supply and complete the story. And, with this singleitem of information, Dr. Percy left it to the reader toform his own conjectures concerning as well his con-jectural emendations and additional stanzas as theballad itself generally. The only other remark he makesis, that it had been suggested to him * that the authorof the poem seems to have had in his eye the story ofGunhilda, who is sometimes called Eleanor, and wasmarried to the Emperor (here called King) Henry.Some light may be thought to have been thrown uponthe matter, by the publication, in the Minstrelsy of theScottish Border, of a ballad, entitled * Sir Hugh le Blond,which, says Sir Walter Scott, * seems to have been theoriginal of the legend of Sir Aldingar. The incidentsare nearly the same in both ballads, exc

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