In Marie de France’s Lai d’Yonec, a lover comes in at his mistress’s window in the form of a hawk; in ‘Der Jungherr und der treue Heinrich,’ von der Hagen, Gesammtabenteuer, No 64, III, 197, MS. of 1444, as a bird (by virtue of a stone of which he has possessed himself).[41] In Hahn, No 102, II, 130 (Albanian), a dove flies in at a princess’s window, and is changed to man’s shape by dipping in a dish of milk; Hahn, No 7, I, 97==Pio, No 5, dove (through a hole in the ceiling, dips in a basin of water); Δελτίον τῆς ἱστορικῆς καὶ ἐθνολογικῆς ἑταιρίας τῆς Ἑλλάδος, I, 337, golden eagle (through a window, in rose water); Schneller, No 21, p. 49, dove (dips in a basin of water); Coelho, Contos pop. portuguezes, No 27, p. 65, bird (dips in a basin of water); Braga, Contos tradicionães, No 31, I, 68, bird (dips in a basin of water); Pitrè, Fiabe, etc., No 18, I, 163, green bird (pan of milk, then pan of water); Bernoni, Fiabe, No 17, p. 87 (milk and water, milk, rose-water); Visentini, No 17, p. 95, dove; Gonzenbach, No 27, I, 167, green bird (through a hole in the wall); Nicolovius, p. 34, Asbjørnsen, Norske Folkeeventyr, Ny Samling, 1871, No 10, p. 35==Juletræet, 1851, p. 52, falcon; Grundtvig, Danske Folkeæventyr, No 14, p. 167, Madsen, Folkeminder, p. 19 (‘The Green Knight’), bird; Berntsen, Folke-Æventyr, No 13, II, 86, bird; Comtesse d’Aulnoy, L’Oiseau bleu,’ Cabinet des Fées, II, 67, king turned into bird for seven years.[42] * * * * * Translated by Gerhard, p. 44; Knortz, Lieder u. Romanzen Alt-Englands, p. 207, No 62. * * * * * 1 It was intill a pleasant time, Upon a simmer’s day, The noble Earl of Mar’s daughter Went forth to sport and play. 2 As thus she did amuse hersell, Below a green aik tree, There she saw a sprightly doo Set on a tower sae hie. 3 ‘O Cow-me-doo, my love sae true, If ye’ll come down to me, Ye’se hae a cage o guid red gowd Instead o simple tree: 4 ‘I’ll put gowd hingers roun your cage, And siller roun your wa; I’ll gar ye shine as fair a bird As ony o them a’.’ 5 But she hadnae these words well spoke, Nor yet these words well said, Till Cow-me-doo flew frae the tower And lighted on her head. 6 Then she has brought this pretty bird Hame to her bowers and ha, And made him shine as fair a bird As ony o them a’. 7 When day was gane, and night was come, About the evening tide, This lady spied a sprightly youth Stand straight up by her side. 8 ‘From whence came ye, young man?’ she said; ‘That does surprise me sair; My door was bolted right secure, What way hae ye come here?’ 9 ‘O had your tongue, ye lady fair, Lat a’ your folly be; Mind ye not on your turtle-doo Last day ye brought wi thee?’