The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 3 (of 5)
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The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 3 (of 5)
Ballads, English -- England -- Texts; Ballads, Scots -- Scotland -- Texts
118^1. be your nams: then, _and_ 119^1.
122^2. you graunt.
123^3. hundreth.
124^3. then sayd.
126^1. you _wanting_.
127^2. These: ye.
127^4. all thre.
128^1. town.
137^1. hauy graunted.
153^1. apele.
_Variations from_ #a#.
162^2. myght se.
162^4. sholdest _wanting_.
164^1. .xvii.
164^3. when.
165^1. the a.
166^3. estate.
167^2. her sore.
167^4. To gouerne.
168^1. thanketh.
168^2. To some bysshop wyl we wend.
169^1. begone: there good.
170^4. they _wanting_.
a bout, a gayne, a monge, a none, a byde, a lyue, ther at, _etc._,
_are joined_.
#d#, #e#, #f#. _The readings of all three are the same unless divergence
is noted._
1^1. #f.# in the.
1^3. whereas men hunt east.
2^1. raise.
2^2. #d.# sights haue oft. #e.# sights haue not oft. #f.# has oft.
2^3. three yeomen.
2^4. as _wanting_.
3^2. Another.
4^2. thre _wanting_. #d#, #e#. euery chone. #f.# eueryeche one.
4^3. brethren on a.
4^4. English wood.
5^2. And _wanting_: mirth.
5^3. #e.# were _wanting_.
6^3. brethren, _and generally_. #e.# on a.
7^1. There to: Alice.
7^2. #f.# with _wanting_.
8^1. #e#, #f#. we go. #d.# Carlell, _and generally_. #e#, #f#.
Carlile, _and generally_.
8^3. If that: doe you.
8^4. life is.
9^3. Trust you then that. #d#, #f#. tane. #e.# taken.
11^1. Alice he said.
11^2. My wife and children three.
11^3. owne husband. #f.# thy.
12^2. #e#, #f#. very sore.
12^4. #d#, #f#. halfe a. #e.# Full halfe a.
13^1. #e.# I am.
13^2. #d#, #f#. in I. #e.# in we.
14^1. #d.# fet.
14^2. #d.# true and.
14^3. #e.# what she.
15^1. #d.# in the.
15^2. little before.
16^1. rose and forth she goes.
16^2. #e.# might.
16^3. not _wanting_.
16^4. #e.# yeeres. #f.# not 7 yeere.
17^1. into.
17^3. night she said is come to towne.
18^1. #e.# Thereat.
18^2. #e.# was _wanting_. #f.# And _wanting_.
18^3. #e.# dame _wanting_.
18^4. ere.
19^2. #d#, #e#. as _wanting_. #d#, #e#, #f#. saine.
20^1. raised.
20^2. that _wanting_.
20^3. #e.# And thronging fast vnto the house.
20^4. As fast as. #e.# gan.
21^1. the good yeoman.
21^2. Round _wanting_.
21^3. #d.# of the folke. #e.# of folke. #f.# of the folkes.
21^4. thetherward: fast _for_ they.
22^1. back _for_ shot.
22^3. #e.# bothe _wanting_. #e#, #f#. _second_ the _wanting_.
22^4. #e#, #f#. And with them. #e.# a great rout. #f.# a full
great.
23^1. then cryed.
23^3. #e#, #f#. _second_ my _wanting_. #f.# sweet husband.
24^2. #e.# _second_ hys _wanting_.
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