Early Scottish Metrical Tales
EARLY SCOTTISH METRICAL TALES EDITED, WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY DAVID LAING, LL.D., Editor of "The Ancient Popular Poetry of Scotland" etc., etc. NEW EDITION LONDON: HAMILTON, ADAMS & 00 GLASGOW: THOMAS D. MOEISON 1889 PUBLISHERS' NOTE. IN issuing a new edition of this interesting work, the publishers have only to remark that it is printed verbatim from the edition issued by the distinguished editor. In every instance the original spelling is adhered to. Careful attention and effect has also been given to the considerable list of errata detailed at the end of the original edition. CONTENTS. PAGE THE PREFACE, . \ . 9 THE HISTORY OF SIR EGLIN, SIR GRAHAME, AND SIR GRAY STEEL, 53 THE THRIE TA1LES OF THE THRIE PRIESTS OF PEBL1S THE PREFACE, ..... 137 THE FIRST TAILE, . , . 139 THE SECOND TAILE, . 150 THE THRID TAILE, . ... 167 ANE GODLIE DREAME, COMPYL1T IN SCOTISH METER. BE M. M., . 179 viii. CONTENTS. THE HISTORY OF A LORD AND HIS THREE SONS, IN METER, . 199 THE RING OF THE ROY ROBERT, KING '. 229 OF SCOTLAND, .. KING ESTMERE, . , . 239 THE BATTLE OF HARLAW, < . 251 LICHTOWN'S DREME, . 263 THE MURNING MAIDIN, . 269 THE EPISTILL OF THE HERMEIT OF ALLAREIT TO THE GRAY FREIRS, 277 THE HISTORY OF ROSWALL AND . 283 LILLIAN, . J POEM BY GLASSINBERRY, . 311 . 317 SIR JOHN BARLEYCORN, . THE PEEFACE. THE Metrical Tales and Romance Poems peculiar to this Country, are very inconsiderable in number, when com- pared with those which belong to the Sister-Kingdom. But from various allusions to be found to the number and popularity of such compositions in Scotland, at an early period, it is evident that this portion of our Ancient Literature, in its transmission to modern times, must have suffered in a more than common degree.
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