P. 480 a, 4th paragraph. 'The Politick Maid' was entered to Thomas Lambert, 16th May, 1637: Arber, Stationers' Registers, IV, 385.
481 b, III, 518 a, IV, 495 a. Tears. 'Chasseur, mon beau chasseur,' Fineau, Le Folk-Lore du Poitou, p. 251.
Varieties. 'La jolie Couturiere,' Pineau, p. 285.
483 b. 'La jolie Bateliere,' Romania, XIII, 410; La Tradition, VII, 110.
II, 479 a. The Complete Collection of Old and New English and Scotch Songs, 1735, a rare book, is in the library of the British Museum, and Mr. Round, who has kindly examined it for me, informs me that all the ballads in it are repetitions from earlier publications; in the present case of B, from Pills to purge Melancholy.
481 b, IV, 495 a. Add 'Il fallait plumer la perdrix,' Beauquier, Chansons p. recueillies en Franche-Comté, p. 303.
481 b, III, 518 a, IV, 495 a, V, 239 b. Tears: add 'L'Amant timide,' Beauquier, Chansons p. recueillies en Franche-Comté, p. 180; La Tradition, 1895, p. 69.
483 b, V, 240 a. La Batelière rusée in Beauquier, Chansons populaires recueillies en Franche-Comté, p. 40.
Slavic ballads of similar tenor (Servian), Rajković, 'Mudra devojka,' p. 16, No 23, 'Lukava čobanka,' p. 129, No 173.
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