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

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ANCIENT SONGS
" With treafon, villainy, and wrong 125
" My goodnefs he repay 'd :
e < With jealous doubts he fill'd my lord^
" And me to woe betray'd.
U He hid a flave within my bed,
" Then rais'd a bitter cry : 13®
li My lord, pofTeft with rage, condemn'd
" Me, all unheard, to dye.
'" But 'caufe I then was great with child,
" At length my life he fpaVd :
tf But bade me inftant quit the realme, 135
" One trufty knight my guard.
" Forth on my journey I depart,
" Oppreft with grief and woe ;
" And tow'rds my brother's diftant court,
" With breaking heart, T goe. 14^
" Long time thro' fundry foreign lands
" We ilowly pace along :
" At length within a foreft wild
" I fell in labour ftrong
" And while the knight for fuccour fought, 145
" And left me there forlorn,
" My childbed pains fo fail increaft
" Two lovely boys were born.
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