The first man that John Dory did meet; was good King John of France-a John Dory could well of his courtesie, but fell down in a trance-a; But fell down in a trance-a at good King John of France. “A pardon, a pardon, my liege and my King, for my merie men and me-a, And all the churles in merie England, I’ll bring them bound to thee-a, I’ll bring them bound to thee-a, my merie men and me.” And Nicholl was then a Cornish man, a little beside Bohyde-a; And he manned forth a good black bark, with fifty good oars on a side-a, With fifty good oars on a side-a, and he dwelt beside Bohyde. The roaring cannons then were plied, and dub-a-dub went the drum-a; The braying trumpets loud they cried, to courage both all and some-a, To courage both all and some-a, and dub-a-dub went the drum. The grappling-hooks were brought at length, the brown bill and the sword-a; John Dory at length, for all his strength, was clapt fast under board-a, Was clapt fast under board-a, by the brown bill and the sword. NOTE.--The “1st Man” should be he of the loudest voice of the three; the others should so restrain themselves that the words of each verse may be clearly heard. HOW TO SING A “THREE MAN’S SONG.” The “Three Man’s Song” was the precursor of the more familiar “Round.” It should be sung in this manner: The first man sings, alone, the opening line of each verse and as he proceeds with the second, the second man starts to sing the first. In like manner the third man joins in the harmony with the first line when the first man has reached the third and the second man the second. In order that all three singers should complete each verse at the same time, it is necessary for the first man to repeat the first and the second lines, and the second man to repeat the first line. [Illustration: _St. Catherine’s Castle, Fowey._] [Illustration: Map of central England and Wales, the area covered by the Great Western Railway. Title reads: G. W. R. The line to legend land. Various places mentioned in the book are identified: Trereen Castle (Page 28), Pengersick (Page 36), Rame Head (Page 40), Mevagissey (Page 32), Camborne (Page 44), Newquay (Page 48), Fowey (Page 52).] [Illustration: Miniature of the front cover Illustration of Volume Four: Herne the Hunter] TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Obsolete, archaic and unusual spellings have been maintained as in the original book. Obvious typos have been fixed silently. In the story of John Dory, the phrase “in revenge of the great ravine and cruelty” appears. The word “rapine” comes from French, and a popular form of this word in old French was “ravine”. Consequently I believe that a rendering of this phrase in modern English would be “in revenge of the great rapine and cruelty.”