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CONTENTS OF VOLUME THE THIRD.

BOOK THE FIRST.

ESSAY on the ancient Metrical Romances

I. The Boy and the Mantle

2. The Marriage of Sir Gawaine.

3. King Ryence's challenge

4. King Arthur's death. A Fragment

5. The Legend of King Arthur

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8. Old Sir Robin of Portingale

9. Child Waters

10. Phillida and Corydon. By Nic. Breton

11. Little Mufgrave and Lady Barnard

12. The Ew-bughts Marion. A Scottish Song

13. The Knight and Shepherd's Daughter

14. The Shepherd's Addrefs to his Mufe. By N. Breton 77

15. Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor

16. Cupid and Campafpe. By John Lilye

17. The Lady turned Servingman

18. Gil Morrice. A Scottish Ballad

BOOK THE SECOND.

1. Legend of Sir Guy

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2. Guy and Amarant. By Sam. Rowlands

3. The auld good Man. A Scottish Song

4. Fair Margaret and Sweet William

5. Barbara Allen's Cruelty

6. Sweet William's Ghoft. A Scottish Ballad

7. Sir John Grehme and Barbara Allen. Ditto

8. The Bailiff's Daughter of Iflington

9. The Willow Tree. A Paftoral Dialogue

10. The Lady's Fall

11. Waly, waly, Love be bonny. A Scottish Song 144

15. A Hue and cry after Cupid. By Ben. Jonfon

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2. St. George and the Dragon

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3. Love will find out the Way

4. Lord Thomas and Fair Annet. A Scottifb Ballad 241

5. Unfading Beauty. By Tho. Carew

6. George Barnwell

7. The Stedfaft Shepherd. By Geo. Wither

8. The Spanish Virgin, or Effects of Jealousy

9. Jealousy Tyrant of the Mind

10. Conftant Penelope

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11. To Lucafta on going to the Wars. By Col. Lovelace 279

18. The Boy and the Mantle revifed, &c.

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An ordinary SONG or BALLAD, that is the delight of the common people, cannot fail to please all fuch readers, as are not unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation or their ignorance; and the reason is plain, because the same paintings of nature which recommend it to the moft ordinary Reader, will appear beautiful to the moft refined.

ADDISON, in SPECTATOR, No. 70.

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