Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Chris Logan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was made using scans of public domain works in the International Children's Digital Library.) THE BOOK OF BRAVE OLD BALLADS. Illustrated with Sixteen Coloured Engravings, FROM DRAWINGS BY JOHN GILBERT. "_I never heard the old song of Percie and Douglas, that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet._"--SIR PHILIP SIDNEY. LONDON: WARD, LOCK, AND TYLER, WARWICK HOUSE, PATERNOSTER ROW. LONDON: PRINTED BY J. OGDEN AND CO., 172, ST. JOHN STREET, E.C. [Illustration: THE FROLICSOME DUKE, OR THE TINKER'S GOOD FORTUNE.] CONTENTS. PAGE ROBIN HOOD AND GUY OF GISBORNE 1 THE CHILDE OF ELLE 17 ADAM BELL, CLYM OF THE CLOUGH, AND WILLIAM OF CLOUDESLY-- Part the First 30 Part the Second 43 Part the Third 55 SIR LANCELOT DU LAKE 74 THE FROLICKSOME DUKE; OR, THE TINKER'S GOOD FORTUNE 82 THE MORE MODERN BALLAD OF CHEVY CHASE 89 KING EDWARD IV. AND THE TANNER OF TAMWORTH 106 THE HEIR OF LINNE-- Part the First 118 Part the Second 124 SIR ANDREW BARTON-- Part the First 133 Part the Second 142 BRAVE LORD WILLOUGHBEY 155 KING JOHN AND THE ABBOT OF CANTERBURY 162 ROBIN HOOD AND THE CURTAL FRIAR 170 ROBIN HOOD AND ALLEN-A-DALE 181 VALENTINE AND URSINE-- Part the First 188 Part the Second 198 THE KING AND THE MILLER OF MANSFIELD-- Part the First 214 Part the Second 222 ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE 1. SIR GUY OF GISBORNE. _He took Sir Guy's head by the hair, And stuck it upon his bow's end_ 11 2. THE CHILDE OF ELLE. _Pardon, my lord and father dear, This fair young knight and me_ 28 3. ADAM BELL, CLYM OF THE CLOUGH, &C. _Cloudesly bent a right good bow, That was of a trusty tree_ 36