tle hither to me_,
_For I'll go down this maid to see_."

_And when they came down to the castle gate_
_The dance it moved at so brave a rate_.

_About and around they danced with glee_,
_There stood the Queen and the whole did see_.

_The Queen she felt so sore aggrieved_
_When the King with Signil she perceived_.

_Sophia the Queen to her maid did sign_:
"_Go fetch me hither a horn of wine_."

_His hand the King stretched forth so free_:
"_Wilt thou Sophia my partner be_?"

"_O I'll not dance with thee_, _I vow_,
_Unless proud Signil pledge me now_."

_The horn she raised to her lips_, _athirst_,
_The innocent heart in her bosom burst_.

_There stood King Valdemar pale as clay_,
_Stone dead at his feet the maiden lay_.

"_A fairer maid since I first drew breath_
_Ne'er came more guiltless to her death_."

_For her wept woman and maid so sore_,
_To the Church her beauteous corse they bore_.

_But better with her it would have sped_,
_Had she but heard what her mother said_.

There is a copy of _The King's Wake and Other Ballads_ in the Library of
the British Museum. The Press-mark is C. 44. d. 38.

[Picture: Title page of The King's Wake]

[Picture: Manuscript of The King's Wake]

(23) [THE DALBY BEAR: 1913]

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

Collation:--Square demy octavo, pp. 20; consisting of: Half-title (with
blank reverse) pp. 1-2; Title-page, as above (with blank reverse) pp.
3-4; and Text of the _Ballads_ pp. 5-20. There are head-lines
throughout, each page being headed with the title of the particular
_Ballad_ occupying it. At the foot of p. 20 is the following imprint:
"_London_ / _Printed for Thomas J. Wise_, _Hampstead_, _N.W._ / _Edition
limited to Thirty Copies_." The signatures are A (a quarter-sheet of two
leaves), with B (a full sheet of 8 leaves) inset within it.

Issued in bright green paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges, and with the
title-page reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure 8.5 x 6.875
inches.

Thirty Copies only were printed.

_Contents_.

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The Dalby Bear. [_There goes a bear on Dalby moors_] 5

Tygge Hermandsen. [_Do