Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume 1 (of 3) / Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets Together With Some Few of Later Date

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME THE FIRST

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ELIZABETH , COUNTESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND;

ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FOURTH EDITION. [58]

THE PREFACE

BOOK I.

BOOK II. BALLADS THAT ILLUSTRATE SHAKESPEARE.

BOOK III.

APPENDIX I. AN ESSAY ON THE ANCIENT MINSTRELS IN ENGLAND.

APPENDIX II. ON THE ORIGIN OF THE ENGLISH STAGE, and c.

INDEX OF BALLADS AND POEMS IN THE FIRST VOLUME.

PERCY'S RELIQUES.

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RELIQUES OF
ANCIENT ENGLISH
POETRY
CONSISTING OF OLD HEROIC BALLADS, SONGS AND OTHER PIECES OF OUR EARLIER POETS TOGETHER WITH SOME FEW OF LATER DATE

BY
THOMAS PERCY, D.D.
BISHOP OF DROMORE

EDITED, WITH A GENERAL INTRODUCTION, ADDITIONAL PREFACES, NOTES, GLOSSARY, ETC.
BY
HENRY B. WHEATLEY, F.S.A.

IN THREE VOLUMES
VOL. I

LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD.
RUSKIN HOUSE 40 MUSEUM STREET, W.C.1


First Published by Swan Sonnenschein April 1885
Reprinted August 1891
" August 1899
" December 1909
" January 1927

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