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But cold they not have holden me, m
When I was in all that wrath 1
" Ffor I have slaine one of the eourteousest knights
That ever bestrode a steede; Soe have I done one of the fairest ladyes
That ever ware womans weede." ia> |
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CLERK SAUNDERS. See p. 45. From Jamieson's Popular Ballads and Songs, i. 83.
" The following copy was transmitted by Mrs. Ar-rott of Aberbrothick. The stanzas, where the seven brothers are introduced, have been enlarged from two fragments, which, although very defective in themselves, furnished lines which, when incorporated with the text, seemed to improve it. Stanzas 21 and 22, were written by the editor; the idea of the rose being suggested by the gentleman who recited, but who could not recollect the language in which it was expressed."
This copy of Clerk Saundersi bears traces of having been made up from several sources. A portion of the |
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