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" So much for the date of this old ballad : with regard to its subject, although it has no countenance from history, there is room to think it had originally some foundation in fact. It was one of the Laws of the Marches frequently renewed between the two... "
Letters Between James Ellis, Esq. & Walter Scott, Esq. [mainly on the Battle ... - Page 28
by James Ellis (of Otterburn castle.) - 1850 - 31 pages
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic ..., Volume 1

Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1794 - 508 pages
...one of the Lavas of the Marches frequently renewed between the fwo nations, that neither party Jhould hunt in the other's borders, 'without leave from the proprietors or their deputies § . 7 here had long been a rival/hi f between the twn martial families of Percy and Douglas, 'which,...
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Ancient Ballads: Selected from Percy's Collection; with Explanatory Notes ...

Lady - 1807 - 1807 - 232 pages
...of the laws of the marches (1), frequently renewed between the two nations (England and Scotland), that neither party should hunt in the other's borders,...leave from the proprietors, or their deputies. There (1) Limits, borders, confine*. B bad long been a rivalship between the two martial families of Percy...
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic ..., Volume 1

Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1812 - 518 pages
...happened to mention. So much for the date of this old ballad : with regard to its subject, although it has no countenance from history, there is room...two martial families of Percy and Douglas, which, heightened by the national quarrel, must have produced frequent challenges and struggles for superiority,...
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic ..., Volume 1

Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1823 - 524 pages
...history, there is room to think it had originally some foundation in fact. It was one of the Laws of tht- Marches frequently renewed between the two nations,...two martial families of Percy and Douglas, which, heightened by the national quarrel, must have produced freijuent challenges and struggles for superiority,...
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Biographical notice of Froissart. The court of Gaston de Foix. Historical ...

Jean Froissart - Burgundy - 1832 - 412 pages
...With regard to its subject, although it has no countenance in history, there is room to think that it had originally some foundation in fact. It was...nations, that neither party should hunt in the other's borde.-s without leave from the proprietors or their deputies. There had long been a rivalship between...
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The Ancient and Modern Ballads of Chevy Chase

Sir Henry Cole - Archers - 1844 - 70 pages
...happened to mention. So much for the date of this old ballad : with regard to its subject, although it has no countenance from history, there is room...two martial families of Percy and Douglas, which, heightened by the national quarrel, must have produced frequent challenges and struggles for superiority,...
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic ..., Volume 1

Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1844 - 400 pages
...happened to mention. So much for the date of this old ballad : with regard to its .subject, although it has no countenance from history, there is room...without leave from the proprietors or their deputies. Q * Subscribed, after the usual manner of our old poets, nplicctfi [explicit] Quotti Kpciiart £tiealt....
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic ..., Volume 1

Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1846 - 402 pages
...ballad: with regard to its subject, although it has no countenance from history, there is room to tb ink it had originally some foundation in fact. It was...hunt in the other's borders, without leave from the proprletors or their deputles, }.t t One of the earllest productions of the Scottish press, now to...
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry:: Consisting of Old Heroic ..., Volume 1

Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1847 - 506 pages
...the laws of the Marches, frequently renewed between the two nations, that neither party should bunt in the other's borders, without leave from the proprietors...two martial families of Percy and Douglas, which, heightened by the national quarrel, must have produced frequent challenges and struggles for superiority,...
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs ...

1851 - 362 pages
...one of the Laws of the Marches frequently reneved between the two nations, that neither party sh..uld hunt in the other's borders, without leave from the proprietors or their • See Pt. I. v. 23. t See Pt. I. v. 104, t Pt. Ī. v 36, 140. § «Im died Aug. 3, 140«, in tlie...
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