Reliques of ancient English poetry: consisting of old heroic ballads ...

in ANCIENT SO N G S
I'll do more for thee, Margaret,
Than any of thy kin;
For I will kifs thy pale wan lips,
Though a fmile I cannot win.
With that befpake the feven brethren,
Making moft piteous mone :
You may go kifs your jolly brown bride,
And let our filler alone.
If I do kifs my jolly brown bride,
I do but what is right
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I neer made a vow to yonder poor corpfe
By day, nor yet by night. 6&
Deal on, deal on, my merry men all,
Deal on your cake and your wine
For whatever is dealt at her funeral to-day,
Shall be dealt to-morrow at mine.
Fair Margaret dyed to-day, to-day, 6c
Sweet William dyed the morrow :
Fair Margaret dyed for pure true love,
Sweet William dyed for forrow.
Margaret was buryed in the lower chancel,
And William in the higher : 70
Out of her breft there fprang a rofe,
And out of his a briar.
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