Ed de Moel

Child Ballads - End-Notes

The Lord of Lorn and the False Steward

A.  24. on 3.
54. agee.
92. to mee.
104. to learne the speeches of all strange lands.
132. 100li.
163. ? mams in Manuscript. Furnivall.
193. brimn.
194. thime.
223. euen alacke.
243. a long s in the Manuscript between me and off. F.
252. thats.
254. golden swaine. B. seam.
353. tenting.
363. falst.
373. 500li: pay [there]. Cf. 432, 1052.
434. 500l.
463. rum.
471,2, 481,2, make a stanza in the Manuscript, and 523,4, 53, are written together. 47-53 have been arranged upon the supposition that two verses (about the boy's mourning) have dropped out after 471,2.
481,2. A tag after d in maids, hands may not mean s. F.
534. One stroke too many for oune in Manuscript. F.
541. One stroke too many for bony, or too few for bonny, in the Manuscript. F.
604. I-wis.
611. thou was.
631,2, 64, are written together in the Manuscript.
641. he spake.
654. 100: 3.
672. 12.
694. the knee. Cf. 684, 754.
704. his child. Cf. 764.
744. euer. Either ieuer in Manuscript or the letter before e crossed out. F.
751,2 are written with 74, 753,4 with 761,2, in the Manuscript.
751. to thy.
763. Cf. 706.
771. to thee.
773. beene aboue: 12.
792. soe may be true: half the line is pared away. F.
804, 814, 822. 3.
902. 500.
923. knees.
924. Perhaps did see.
932. chime.
934. wiine.
953. daubt.
983. they. The y is in a modern hand. F.
1002. hiye.
1064. 500.
1074. mine. One stroke too few in the Manuscript. F.
1091. They: for sent.
1093. 2. And for & always.
B.  The tune is Green Sleeves.
a.  Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, and W. Gilbertson.
b.  Printed by and for A. M[ilbourne], and sold by the booksellers of London.
c.  Printed for J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger.
a, b, c.  13. b, c. sent his son.
21. b, c. learning wanting.
23. b, c. And thus.
24. c. To him.
32. b, c. with my.
43. a. Lord of Lord.
52. b. he thought to asswage.
54. b. so tender of.
62. a. of his (?) gold. b, c. of the best gold.
72. c. on his.
74. b. give to.
81. b, c. my son.
82. c. I the give.
92. b. if that well liked.
93,4. b, c. wanting.
101. b, c. all the.
113. b. to France.
122. b, c. have none.
123. b. said he.
133. b, c. as wanting.
134. b, c. while he.
141. b. false to.
142. b. may God justly punish me indeed. c. the like.
152. b, c. to an.
161. b, c. run. b. river.
162. b. the water.
174. b. eer else.
192. b, c. as white.
194. b. princess's.
201. b, c. him on.
202. a. thee.
204. a. love lodely: b. keep them on a love lovely: c. love lovely.
211. b, c. child said.
213. a, b, c. poor dost thou wear. A. disaware.
223. b, c. sir wanting.
224, 244, 252, 304. a, b, c. love lovely. A. lonelye lee. Perhaps, lone, lone, lee.
232. b, c. in the.
241. a. wise, b, c. bespoke. 242. c. thee sheep, b. to field.
244. a, c. And get. b. keep.
251. b, c. talking.
253. c. we will.
262. b. a lord, b, c. have seemd.
273. c. himself.
274. b, c. he should.
282. b, c. were.
283. b. you will.
284. b, c. pounds.
293. b, c. an.
302. a, c. Feansell. b. feanser.
303. b, c. aware.
311. b. And often: made great moan.
314. c. what is.
322. b, c. unto her maid anon.
331,4. a, b, c. Two lines wanting.
341. b. wast born. c. wast thou born.
351. b. to wanting.
352. c. the wanting.
354. b, c. he is.
361. a. foorsooth. c. forsooth saith the.
373. c. the wanting.
382. b, c. bewailed, c. villaniously.
383. b, c. vagabond.
391. a, b, c. Ha down. b, c. gay wanting.
401. a. stewardly.
411. c. than.
423. b. the Lord. c. young D.
424. b, c. think no good. b. of me nor thee.
431. b. had wanting.
432. b. in the.
434. b, c. stable.
444. a, c. become, b. became.
452. a. may. b, c. might.
453. b, c. great wanting. b. his heel.
461. a. thou horse, b. thee. c. the.
462. b, c, ever.
471. a, c. D. daughter.
491. a. Mell: lonny.
494. b, c. wept most.
503,4, 511,2. b, c. wanting.
521. b, c. she wanting: letter then.
524. a. dwells, b, c. dwelt.
544. b. unto.
553. b. aware.
564. c. maketh.
571. b, c. quoth the.
592. b. they wanting.
602. a. more, b, c. mo.
613. b, c. than.
622. b, c. delicate, dilicate.
63. a. Before 63: Such a banquet there was wrought, the like was seen I say.
641. a. fet. b, c. set.
651. b, c. how troubles.
653. b, c. amongst.

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