OF ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY: CONSISTING OF OLD HEROIC BALLADS, SONGS, AND OF OUR EARLIER POETS; TOGETHER WITH SOME FEW OF LATER DATE. THE SIXTH EDITION. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: SAMUEL RICHARDS AND CO. GROCERS' HALL COURT, POULTRY. ELIZABETH, LATE DUCHESS AND COUNTESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND, BARONESS PERCY, ETC. ETC. ETC. WHO, BEING NOBLE HEIRESS AND WHO FOR HER MANY PUBLIC WILL EVER RE REMEMBERED AS ONE OF THE FIRST CHARACTERS OF HER TIME, THIS LITTLE WORK WAS ORIGINALLY DEDICATED: AND, AS IT SOMETIMES AND WAS HIGHLY DISTINGUISHED IT IS NOW, WITH THE UTMOST REGARD, RESPECT, AND GRATITUDE, CONSECRATED TO HER BELOVED AND HONOURED MEMORY. |