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OF

ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY:

CONSISTING OF

OLD HEROIC BALLADS, SONGS, AND
OTHER PIECES

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.

STADT

BIBLIOTHEK IN ZURICH.

ELIZABETH,

LATE DUCHESS AND COUNTESS

OF NORTHUMBERLAND,
IN HER OWN RIGHT

BARONESS PERCY,

ETC. ETC. ETC.

WHO, BEING NOBLE HEIRESS
ΤΟ ΜΑΝY GREAT FAMILIES
OF OUR ANCIENT NOBILITY,
EMPLOYED THE PRINCELY FORTUNE,
AND SUSTAINED THE ILLUSTRIOUS HONOURS,
WHICH SHE DERIVED FROM THEM,
THROUGH HER WHOLE LIFE
WITH THE GREATEST DIGNITY,
GENEROSITY, AND SPIRIT;

AND WHO FOR HER MANY PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE VIRTUES

WILL EVER RE REMEMBERED

AS ONE OF THE FIRST CHARACTERS

OF HER TIME,

THIS LITTLE WORK

WAS ORIGINALLY DEDICATED:

AND, AS IT SOMETIMES
AFFORDED HER AMUSEMENT,

AND WAS HIGHLY DISTINGUISHED
BY HER INDULGENT APPROBATION,

IT IS NOW,

WITH THE UTMOST REGARD,

RESPECT, AND GRATITUDE,

CONSECRATED

TO HER BELOVED AND HONOURED

MEMORY.

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