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

AND BALLADS. xxiii
in ftanzas of 6 lines, the firft of which may be feeil in
vol. 2. p. 163. beginning thus,
When meate and drinke is great plentye.
In the Edinburgh MS. (mentioned above) are two an-
cient poems on the fubjeft of Guy of Warwick : viz.
Num. XVIII. containing 26. leaves, and XX. 59 leaves.
Both thefe have unfortunately the beginnings want-
ing, otherwife they would perhaps be found to be dif-
ferent Copies of one or both the preceding articles.
5. From the fame MS. I can add another article
to this lilt, viz. The Romance of Rembrun fon of
Sir Guy ; being Num. XXI. in 9 leaves : this is properly
a Continuation of the Hiftory of Guy : and in
Art. 3. theHift. of Rembrun follows that of Guy as a
neceffary Part of it. This Edinburgh Romance of
Rembrun begins thus
Jefu that erft of mighte rnoft
Fader and fone and Holy Goft«
Before I quit the fubjec~t of SirGur, Imufl obferve,
that if we may believe Dugdale in his Baronage, [vol.
1. p. 243. col. 2.] the fame of our Engliih Champion
had in the time of Henry IV. travelled as far as the
Eaft, and was no lefs popular among the Sarazens,
than here in the Weft among the Nations o^ Chriitendom.
In that reign a Lord Beauchamp travelling to
Jerufalem, was kindly received by a noble perfon,
the Soldan's Lieutenant, who hearing he was defcended
from the famous Guy of Warwick, " whofe flory
" they had in books of their own language," invited
him to his palace ; and royally feafting him, preferred
him with three precious Hones of great value ; be-
sides divers deaths of filk and gold given to his fer-
vants.
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