{"product_id":"reliques-of-ancient-english-poetry-consisting-of-old-heroic-ballads-songs-and-other-pieces-of-our-earlier-poets-paperback-9781108077255","title":"Reliques of Ancient English Poetry; Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of our Earlier Poets (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108077255","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReliques of Ancient English Poetry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eConsisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of our Earlier Poets\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis three-volume collection of historical ballads, compiled from multiple sources, achieved great popularity upon its publication in 1765.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas Percy (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108077255, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 January 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e382 pages, 5 b\/w illus.  1 music example\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.4 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhile visiting a friend, the writer and cleric Thomas Percy (1729–1811) noticed a neglected folio whose pages were being used by the maids to light the fire. Upon inspection, this manuscript was found to be a seventeenth-century collection of historical ballads. Following this discovery, Percy collected further ballads and songs from a number of sources, which he published in this three-volume work in 1765, although ultimately only a quarter of the texts he presented came from that original manuscript. Although this work proved to be incredibly popular, Percy's idiosyncratic editorial practices also received much criticism. The collection centres on historical ballads and romances, demonstrating the development of language, customs and traditions, to which Percy added contemporary ballads for his readers' enjoyment. Volume 2 includes a rondel which Percy ascribes to Chaucer, as well as verses purported to be by Queen Elizabeth I and King Charles I.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I: 1. Richard of Almaigne\u003cbr\u003e 2. On the death of K. Edward I\u003cbr\u003e 3. An original ballad by Chaucer\u003cbr\u003e 4. The tournament of Tottenham\u003cbr\u003e 5. For the victory of Agincourt\u003cbr\u003e 6. The not-browne mayd\u003cbr\u003e 7. A balet by the Earl Rivers\u003cbr\u003e 8. Cupid's assault, by Lord Vaux\u003cbr\u003e 9. Sir Aldingar\u003cbr\u003e 10. On Thomas Lord Cromwell\u003cbr\u003e 11. Harpalus, an ancient English pastoral\u003cbr\u003e 12. Robin and Makyne, an ancient Scottish pastoral\u003cbr\u003e 13. Gentle herdsman tell to me\u003cbr\u003e 14. K. Edward IV and the tanner of Tamworth\u003cbr\u003e 15. As ye came from the Holy Land\u003cbr\u003e 16. Hardyknute, a Scottish fragment\u003cbr\u003e Part II: 1. A ballad of Luther, the pope, a cardinal and a husbandman\u003cbr\u003e 2. John Anderson, my Jo, a Scottish song\u003cbr\u003e 3. Little John Nobody\u003cbr\u003e 4. Q. Elizabeth's verses while prisoner at Woodstock\u003cbr\u003e 5. Fair Rosamond\u003cbr\u003e 6. Queen Eleanor's coronation\u003cbr\u003e 7. Gascoigne's praise of the fair Bridges\u003cbr\u003e 8. The beggar's daughter of Bednal Green\u003cbr\u003e 9. The sturdy rock\u003cbr\u003e 10. Young waters, a Scottish ballad\u003cbr\u003e 11. Fancy and desire, by the earl of Oxford\u003cbr\u003e 12. Sir Andrew Barton\u003cbr\u003e 13. Lady Bothwell's lament\u003cbr\u003e 14. The murder of the king of Scotts\u003cbr\u003e 15. A sonnet by Q. Elizabeth\u003cbr\u003e 16. The king of Scots and Andrew Browne\u003cbr\u003e 17. The bonny earl of Murray, a Scottish song\u003cbr\u003e 18. Mary Ambree\u003cbr\u003e 19. Brave Lord Willoughby\u003cbr\u003e 20. Victorious men of earth\u003cbr\u003e 21. The winning of Cales\u003cbr\u003e 22. The Spanish lady's love\u003cbr\u003e 23. Argentile and Curan\u003cbr\u003e 24. Corin's fate\u003cbr\u003e 25. Jane Shore\u003cbr\u003e Part III: 1. The complaint of conscience\u003cbr\u003e 2. Plain truth and blind ignorance\u003cbr\u003e 3. The wandering Jew\u003cbr\u003e 4. The lye, by Sir Walter Raleigh\u003cbr\u003e 5. Lord Thomas and fair Annet, a Scottish ballad\u003cbr\u003e 6. Corydon's doleful knell\u003cbr\u003e 7. K. John and the abbot of Canterbury\u003cbr\u003e 8. Verses by K. James I\u003cbr\u003e 9. The heir of Lynne\u003cbr\u003e 12. The old and young courtier\u003cbr\u003e 13. Sir John Suckling's campaigne\u003cbr\u003e 14. To Althea from prison\u003cbr\u003e 15. The downfall of Charing-Cross\u003cbr\u003e 16. Loyalty confined\u003cbr\u003e 17. Verses by King Charles I\u003cbr\u003e 18. The sale of rebellious household stuff\u003cbr\u003e 19. Old Tom of Bedlam, mad song the first\u003cbr\u003e 20. The distracted Puritan, mad song the second\u003cbr\u003e 21. The lunatic lover, mad song the third\u003cbr\u003e 22. The lady distracted with love, mad song the fourth\u003cbr\u003e 23. The distracted lover, mad song the fifth\u003cbr\u003e 24. The frantic lady, mad song the sixth\u003cbr\u003e 25. Lilli-burlero\u003cbr\u003e 26. The braes of Yarrow\u003cbr\u003e 27. Admiral Hosier's ghost\u003cbr\u003e Glossary.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266195476760,"sku":"9781108077255","price":33.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108077255i.jpg?v=1696751636","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reliques-of-ancient-english-poetry-consisting-of-old-heroic-ballads-songs-and-other-pieces-of-our-earlier-poets-paperback-9781108077255","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}