3. Then spoke the little Ship-boy, _In the Netherlands_; Then spoke the little Ship-boy, _In the Netherlands_; ‘Master, master, what will you give me, And I will take this false gallaly, And release the Sweet Trinity? _Sailing in the Lowlands_. 4. ‘I’ll give thee gold, and I’ll give thee fee, _In the Netherlands_; I’ll give thee gold, and I’ll give thee fee, _In the Netherlands_; And my eldest daughter, thy wife shall be. _Sailing in the Lowlands_.’ 5. He set his breast, and away he did swim, Until he came to the false gallaly. 6. He had an augur fit for the nonce, The which will bore fifteen good holes at once. 7. Some were at cards, and some at dice, Until the salt water flashed in their eyes. 8. Some cut their hats, and some cut their caps, For to stop the salt water gaps. 9. He set his breast, and away did swim, Until he came to his own ship again. 10. ‘I have done the work I promised to do, I have sunk the false gallaly, And released the Sweet Trinity. 11. ‘You promised me gold, and you promised me fee, Your eldest daughter my wife she must be.’ 12. ‘You shall have gold, and you shall have fee, But my eldest daughter your wife shall never be.’ 13. ‘Then fare you well, you cozening Lord, Seeing you are not so good as your word.’ 14. And thus I shall conclude my song, _Of the sailing in the Lowlands_, Wishing all happiness to all seamen both old and young, _In their sailing in the Lowlands_. [Annotations: 5.1: ‘set his breast’: perhaps this simply means he breasted the water; but see _Glossary of Ballad Commonplaces_, First Series, xlvi.] INDEX OF TITLES Page Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough and William of Cloudesly 147 Captain Ward and the Rainbow 219 Gest of Robyn Hode, A 1 Henry Martyn 213 John Dory 216 Johnny o’ Cockley’s Well 177 Outlaw Murray, The 183 Robin and Gandeleyn 92 Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne 128 Robin Hood and the Monk 96 Robin Hood and the Potter 113 Robin Hood’s Death 140 Sir Andrew Barton 196 Sweet Trinity, The 224 INDEX OF FIRST LINES Page As it befell in midsummer-time 197 As it fell on a holy-day 216 Ettrick Forest is a fair forest 183