Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1), by Thomas Percy, D.D

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Editor

Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917

Title

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume 1 (of 3) Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets Together With Some Few of Later Date

Credits

Produced by Richard Tonsing, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

Category

Text

eBook-No.

45939

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45939

Release Date

June 11, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.RELIQUES OF ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY CONSISTING OF OLD HEROIC BALLADS, SONGS AND OTHER PIECES OF OUR EARLIER POETS TOGETHER WITH SOME FEW OF LATER DATE
2. 2.CONTENTS OF VOLUME THE FIRST — ERRATA. — EDITOR'S PREFACE
3. 3.GENERAL INTRODUCTION — The Minstrels. — Ballads and Ballad Writers. — Imitators and Forgers. — Authenticity of Certain Ballads — Preservers of the Ballads. — Life of Percy. — The Folio MS. and the "Reliques." — Ballad Literature since Percy. — FOOTNOTES:
4. 4.TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ELIZABETH , COUNTESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND; IN HER OWN RIGHT, BARONESS PERCY, LUCY, POYNINGS, FITZ-PAYNE, BRYAN, AND LATIMER. — FOOTNOTES:
5. 5.ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FOURTH EDITION. [58] — FOOTNOTES:
6. 6.THE PREFACE — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.BOOK I. — I. THE ANCIENT BALLAD OF CHEVY CHASE. — THE FIRST FIT. [86] — THE SECOND FIT. — FOOTNOTES: — II. THE BATTLE OF OTTERBOURNE. — THE ANCIENT BALLAD OF CHEVY CHASE. — IN THE BATTLE OF OTTERBOURNE. — FOOTNOTES: — III. THE JEW'S DAUGHTER, — FOOTNOTES: — IV. SIR CAULINE. — THE FIRST PART. — PART THE SECOND. — FOOTNOTES: — V. EDWARD, EDWARD. — FOOTNOTES: — VI. KING ESTMERE. — FOOTNOTES: — VII. SIR PATRICK SPENCE, — FOOTNOTES: — VIII. ROBIN HOOD AND GUY OF GISBORNE. — FOOTNOTES: — IX. AN ELEGY ON HENRY FOURTH EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND. — SKELTON LAUREAT UPON THE DOLORUS DETHE AND MUCH LAMENTABLE CHAUNCE OF THE MOOST HONORABLE ERLE OF NORTHUMBERLANDE. — FOOTNOTES: — X. THE TOWER OF DOCTRINE. — FOOTNOTES: — XI. THE CHILD OF ELLE, — FOOTNOTES: — XII. EDOM O' GORDON, — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.BOOK II. BALLADS THAT ILLUSTRATE SHAKESPEARE. — I. ADAM BELL, CLYM OF THE CLOUGH, AND WILLIAM OF CLOUDESLEY, — PART THE FIRST. — PART THE SECOND. — PART THE THIRD. — FOOTNOTES: — II. THE AGED LOVER RENOUNCETH LOVE. — FOOTNOTES: — III. JEPHTHAH JUDGE OF ISRAEL. — IV. A ROBYN JOLLY ROBYN. — FOOTNOTES: — V. A SONG TO THE LUTE IN MUSICKE. — FOOTNOTES: — VI. KING COPHETUA AND THE BEGGAR-MAID — FOOTNOTES: — VII. TAKE THY OLD CLOAK ABOUT THEE, — FOOTNOTES: — VIII. WILLOW, WILLOW, WILLOW. — Part the Second. — FOOTNOTES: — IX. SIR LANCELOT DU LAKE. — FOOTNOTES: — X. CORYDON'S FAREWELL TO PHILLIS, — XI. GERNUTUS THE JEW OF VENICE. — The First Part. — The Second Part. — FOOTNOTES: — XII. THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE. — The Nymph's Reply. — FOOTNOTES: — XIII. TITUS ANDRONICUS'S COMPLAINT. — FOOTNOTES: — XIV. TAKE THOSE LIPS AWAY. — FOOTNOTES: — XV. KING LEIR AND HIS THREE DAUGHTERS. — FOOTNOTES: — XVI. YOUTH AND AGE, — FOOTNOTES: — XVII. THE FROLICKSOME DUKE, OR THE TINKER'S GOOD FORTUNE. — FOOTNOTES: — XVIII. THE FRIAR OF ORDERS GRAY. — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.BOOK III. — I. THE MORE MODERN BALLAD OF CHEVY CHACE. — FOOTNOTES: — II. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. — FOOTNOTES: — III. THE RISING IN THE NORTH. — FOOTNOTES: — IV. NORTHUMBERLAND BETRAYED BY DOUGLAS. — FOOTNOTES: — V. MY MIND TO ME A KINGDOM IS. — FOOTNOTES: — VI. THE PATIENT COUNTESS. — FOOTNOTES: — VII DOWSABELL. — FOOTNOTES: — VIII. THE FAREWELL TO LOVE. — IX. ULYSSES AND THE SYREN, — FOOTNOTES: — X. CUPID'S PASTIME. — FOOTNOTES: — XI. THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE. — XII. GILDEROY — FOOTNOTES: — XIII. WINIFREDA. — XIV. THE WITCH OF WOKEY — XV. BRYAN AND PEREENE, — FOOTNOTES: — XVI. GENTLE RIVER, GENTLE RIVER, — FOOTNOTES: — XVII. ALCANZOR AND ZAYDA, — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.APPENDIX I. AN ESSAY ON THE ANCIENT MINSTRELS IN ENGLAND. — AN ESSAY ON THE ANCIENT MINSTRELS IN ENGLAND. — FOOTNOTES: — NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS REFERRED TO IN THE FOREGOING ESSAY. — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.APPENDIX II. — ON THE ORIGIN OF THE ENGLISH STAGE, &c. — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.INDEX OF BALLADS AND POEMS IN THE FIRST VOLUME.

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