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Title: The Book of Brave Old Ballads

Author: Unknown

Illustrator: John Gilbert

Release Date: May 15, 2008 [EBook #25480]

Language: English

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THE BOOK

OF

BRAVE OLD BALLADS.

Illustrated with Sixteen Coloured Engravings,

FROM DRAWINGS BY JOHN GILBERT.

"_I never heard the old song of Percie and Douglas, that I found not
my heart moved more than with a trumpet._"--SIR PHILIP SIDNEY.

LONDON: WARD, LOCK, AND TYLER, WARWICK HOUSE, PATERNOSTER ROW.

LONDON: PRINTED BY J. OGDEN AND CO., 172, ST. JOHN STREET, E.C.

[Illustration: THE FROLICSOME DUKE, OR THE TINKER'S GOOD FORTUNE.]

CONTENTS.

PAGE

ROBIN HOOD AND GUY OF GISBORNE 1

THE CHILDE OF ELLE 17

ADAM BELL, CLYM OF THE CLOUGH, AND WILLIAM OF CLOUDESLY--

Part the First 30
Part the Second 43
Part the Third 55

SIR LANCELOT DU LAKE 74

THE FROLICKSOME DUKE; OR, THE TINKER'S GOOD FORTUNE 82

THE MORE MODERN BALLAD OF CHEVY CHASE 89

KING EDWARD IV. AND THE TANNER OF TAMWORTH 106

THE HEIR OF LINNE--

Part the First 118
Part the Second 124

SIR ANDREW BARTON--

Part the First 133
Part the Second 142

BRA