Ballads, English -- England -- Texts; Ballads, Scots -- Scotland -- Texts
y-be, _been_.
y-brend, _burnt_.
y-caht, _caught_.
y-core, _chosen_.
y-cud, _known_.
y-demed, _judged_.
y-dyht, 278, _arranged_.
yeate, _gate_.
yef, _if_.
yeme, _govern_.
yere, to, 276, _this year_.
yestreen, _yesterday_.
yett, _gate_.
y-herde, _heard_.
y-knawe, _recognize_.
y-laht, _caught_, _taken_.
y-nemned, _named_.
yongeth, _goeth_.
y-suore, _sworn_.
y-tuht, _drawn_.
yynge, _young_.
zour, &c., _your_, &c.
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Transcriber's Notes
Page 87 and note on page 88: changed "169" to "129" (129. The
land-sergeant (mentioned also in _Hobbie Noble_) ...)
Page 93 (note to line 70): changed "ross" to "across" ( ... chains drawn
across the chest of a war-horse ...)
Page 129 (note to line 66): changed "East-gath" to "East-gate" (The
family of Emerson of East-gate, a fief, ...)
Page 139 (note to line 24): added missing closing quotation mark (All
bravely fought that day."--S.)
Page 148: changed "opprobious" to "opprobrious" ( ... gave Car some very
opprobrious language ...)
Page 189: added missing closing quotation mark ( ... the accused party
was soon restored to society.")
Page 214 (line 34): added missing closing quotation mark ("And ye shall
pardoned be:")
Page 253 (line 54): changed "Jonne[a] rounde" to "Jonne [a]rounde" (And
so besett poore Jonne [a]rounde,)
Page 260 (first line of chorus): changed "Re" to "Be" (_Be content, be
content,_)
Page 260 suspected typo "fortunately" should perhaps be read
"unfortunately" ( ... the circumstances which have given rise to it were
fortunately too common ...)
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