The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 2 (of 5)
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The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 2 (of 5)
Ballads, English -- England -- Texts; Ballads, Scots -- Scotland -- Texts
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Ffirst he p_re_sented to the k_ing_s daughter
The hand, and then the sword,
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29
'But a serre buffett you haue him giuen,
The k_ing_ and the crowne,' shee sayd:
'I, but four and _th_irty stripes
Comen beside the rood.'
30
And a gyant that was both stiffe [and] strong,
He lope now them amonge,
And vpon his squier fiue heads he bare,
Vnmackley made was hee.
31
And he dranke then on the k_ing_s wine,
And hee put the cup in his sleeue,
And all thé trembled and were wan,
Ffor feare he shold them greeffe.
32
'Ile tell thee mine arrand, k_ing_,' he sayes,
'Mine errand what I doe heere;
Ffor I will bren thy temples hye,
Or Ile haue thy daughter deere;
I, or else vpon yond more soe brood
Thou shalt ffind mee a ppeare.'
33
The k_ing_ he turned him round about,
Lo_rd_, in his heart he was woe!
Says, Is there noe k_nigh_t of the Round Table
This matter will vndergoe?
34
'I, and hee shall haue my broad lands,
And keepe them well his liue;
I, and soe hee shall my daughter deere,
To be his weded wiffe.'
35
And then stood vp S_i_r Cawline,
His owne errand ffor to say:
'Ifaith, I wold to God, S_i_r,' sayd S_i_r Cawline,
'_Tha_t soldan I will assay.
36
'Goe ffeitch me downe my eldrige sword,
Ffor I woone itt att ffray:'
'But away, away!' sayd the hend soldan,
'Thou tarryest mee here all day!'
37
But the hend soldan and S_i_r Cawline
Thé ffought a sum_m_ers day;
Now has hee slaine _tha_t hend soldan,
And brought his fiue heads away.
38
And the k_ing_ has betaken him his broade lands,
And all his venison;
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39
'But take you doo and yo_u_r lands [soe] broad,
And brooke them well yo_u_r liffe;
Ffor you p_ro_mised mee yo_u_r daughter deere,
To be my weded wiffe.'
40
'Now by my ffaith,' then sayes our k_ing_,
'Ffor _tha_t wee will not striffe,
Ffor thou shalt haue my daughter dere,
To be thy weded wiffe.'
41
The other morninge S_i_r Cawline rose
By the dawning of the day,
And vntill a garden did he goe
His mattins ffor to say;
And _tha_t bespyed a ffalse steward,
A shames death _tha_t he might dye!
42
And he lett a lyon out of a bande,
S_i_r Cawline ffor to teare;
And he had noe wepon him vpon,
Nor noe wepon did weare.
43
But hee tooke then his mantle of greene,
Into the lyons mouth itt thrust;
He held the lyon soe sore to the wall
Till the lyons hart did burst.
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