* * * * *

"_Now list_, _now list_, _Dame Ingeborg_,
_Thou art_, _I swear_, _a beauteous star_,
_Live thou with me in love and glee_,
_Whilst Marshal Stig is engag'd in war_."

_Then up and spake Dame Ingeborg_,
_For nought was she but a virtuous wife_:
"_Rather_, _I say_, _than Stig betray_,
_Sir King_, _I'd gladly lose my life_."

"_Give ear_, _thou proud Dame Ingeborg_,
_If thou my leman and love will be_,
_Each finger fair of thy hand shall bear_
_A ring of gold so red of blee_."

"_Marsk Stig has given gold rings to me_,
_And pearls around my neck to string_;
_By the Saints above I never will prove_
_Untrue to the Marshal's couch_, _Sir King_."

* * * * *

_It was Erik the Danish King_,
_A damnable deed the King he wrought_;
_He forc'd with might that Lady bright_,
_Whilst her good Lord his battles fought_.

* * * * *

_It was the young Sir Marshal Stig_
_Stepp'd proudly in at the lofty door_;
_And bold knights then_, _and bold knight's men_,
_Stood up the Marshal Stig before_.

_So up to the King of the land he goes_,
_And straight to make his plaint began_;
_Then murmured loud the assembled crowd_,
_And clench'd his fist each honest man_.

"_Ye good men hear a tale of fear_,
_A tale of horror_, _a tale of hell_--

&c., &c.

There is a copy of _Marsk Stig A Ballad_ in the Library of the British
Museum. The Press-mark is C. 44. d. 38.

[Picture: Title page of Marsk Stig, 1913]

[Picture: Manuscript of Marsk Stig--1829]

[Picture: Manuscript of Marsk Stig--1854]

(21) [THE SERPENT KNIGHT: 1913]

The Serpent Knight / and / Other Ballads / By / George Borrow / London: /
Printed for Private Circulation / 1913.

Collation:--Square demy octavo, pp. 35; consisting of: Half-title (with
blank reverse) pp. 1-2; Title-page, as above (with blank reverse) pp.
3-4; Table of _Contents_ (with blank reverse) pp. 5-6; and Text of the
_Ballads_ pp. 7-35. There are head-lines throughout, each page being
headed with the title of the particular _Ballad_ occupying it. Upon the
reverse of p. 35 is the following imprint: "_London_: / _Printed for
Tho