LONDON:

GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,

ST. JOHN'S Square.

OF

ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY:

CONSISTING OF

Old Heroic Ballads, Songs,

AND OTHER PIECES OF OUR EARLIER POETS;

TOGETHER

WITH SOME FEW OF LATER DATE.

BY

THOMAS PERCY,

LORD BISHOP OF DROMORE

New Edition.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR HENRY WASHBOURNE AND CO.

IVY LANE, PATERNOSTER ROW.

MDCCCLVII.