Excerpt from Percy Society, Early English Poetry, Ballads, Vol. 18: And Popular Literature of the Middle AgesThe present edition is a reprint of that of 1555 of which there is a copy in the British Museum. In two passages the language is so gross in the original, that it has been considered necessary to omit a few lines. These relate chie¿y to the dénouement of a tale which was extremely popu lar in the Middle Ages, and which will be found tol...
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