FOREWORDS.

Cause of this edition, CAPTAIN COX

(p. ix).

Sketch of Robert LANEHAM (p. x).

Captain COX and his list of books

(p. xii).

Two other Elizabethan lists of books

(p. xiv).

Contrast of Captain Cox's list of books

with that in the Complaynt of Scot-

land, ab. 1548 A.D. (p. xiv).

Captain Cox's books described:-

1. STORY-Books.

I. King Arthurz book (p.

xv).

II. Huon of Burdeaus (p.

xvii).

III. The foour sons of Aymon

(p. xix).

IV. Beuys of Hampton (p.

xxii).

V. The squyre of lo degrée

(p. xxiii).

VI. The knight of courtesy,

and the Lady Faguell

(p. xxiv).

VII. Frederik of Gene (p.

XXV).

VIII. Syr Eglamoour

xxviii).

(p.

IX. Sir Tryamoour (p. xxix).

X. Sir Lamwell (p. xxx).

XI. Syr Isenbras (p. xxxiii).

XII. Syr Gawyn (p. xxxiv).

XIII. Olyuer of the Castl (p.

xxxvii, clxxvii).

XIV. Lucres and Eurialus (p.

xxxviii).

XV. Virgils life (p. xli).

XVI. The castle of Ladiez (p.

xliii. Perhaps Christine

de Pise's Cyte of Ladyes,

p. clxxvii).

XVII. The wido Edyth (p. xliii).

XVIII. The King & the Tanner

(p. xlvi).

XIX. Frier Rous (p. xlvii).

XX. Howleglas (p. xlviii).

XXI. Gargantua (not known, p.

1).

XXII. Robinhood (p. li).

XXIII. Adambel, Clim of the

clough, & William of

cloudesley (p. liv).

XXIV. The Churl & the Burd

(p. lvi).

XXV. The seauen wise Masters

(p. lvii).

XXVI. The wife lapt in a Mo-

rels skin (p. lxiv).

XXVII. The sak full of nuez (p.

lxvi).

XXVIII. The sergeaunt that be-

came a Fryar (p. lxvi).

XXIX. Skogan (p. Ixvii).

XXX. Collyn cloout (p. lxix).

XXXI. The Fryar & the boy (p.

lxxiii).

XXXII. Elynor Rumming (p.

lxxv).

XXXIV. Sheperdz kalender (p.

lxxviii).

XXXV. The Ship of Foolz (p.

lxxxv, clxxx ?).

XXXVI. Danielz dreamz (no copy

accessible, p. xcv).

XXXVII. The booke of Fortune

(not known, p. xcv).

XXXVIII. 'Stans puer ad mensam'

(p. xcix).

XXXIX. The hy wey to the Spitl-

house (p. ci).

XL. Iulian of Brainfords tes-
tament (p. ciii.- Re-
printed, and sent to the
Members of the Ballad
Society in 1871.)

XLI. The castle of Loue (p.

cvi).

XLII. The booget of Demaunds

(p. cvii).

XLIII. The hundred Mery talez

(p. cviii).

XLIV. The book of Riddels (p.

cx).

XLV. The Seauen sororz of we-

men (Not known, p. cxiv).

XLVI. The prooud wiues Pater

noster (p. cxiv).

XLVII. The Chapman of a peni-

woorth of Wit (p. cxvi).

3. ANCIENT PLAYS.

XLVIII. Yooth & charitee (p.

cxviii).

XLIX. Hikskorner (p. cxix).

L. Nugize (p. cxxii).

LI. Impacient pouerty (Not

known now, p. cxxiv).

4. MEDICINE.

LII. Doctor Boords breuiary

of health (p. cxxv).

5. BALLADS, p. cxxvi.

LIII. Broom broom on hil (p.

cxxviii).

LIV. So wo (= well) iz me

begon, troly lo p. cxxix).

LV. Ouer a whinny Meg (Not

known, p. cxxxi).

LVI. Hey ding a ding (p.

cxxxi).

LVII. Bony lass vpon a gréen.

LVIII. My bony on gaue me a

bek (Neither known, p.

cxxxi).

LIX. By a bank az I lay (p.

cxxxi).

6. ALMANACKS, by

LX. Iasper Laet of Antwarp

(p. cxxxii).

LXI. Nostradam of Frauns (p.

CXXXV).

LXII. John Securiz of Salsbury

(p. cxxxvi).

Reason for the sketch of Captain

Cox's books (p. cxxxvii).

The Complaynt of Scotland, ab. 1548-9

A.D. (p. cxxxvii)

Its List of 48 Books and short Tales

(p. cxxxviii; a sketch of 'Robert

the Deuyll,' p. cxxxviii).

Its List of 38 sweet Songs (p. cxlix.)

with prints of 5 of them :-

Pastyme with good companye (by

Henry VIII) p. cxlix.

Still under the levis grene, p. cl.

Colle to me the Rysshys grene

(English) p. clii.

O lusty May, with Flora quene, p.

cliv.

Grevus ys my sorowe (English), p.

clvi (and an extra English one,

'This day day dawes,' p. clix).

Its List of 30 Dances and Dance-tunes

(p. clx).

Robert Coplande's description of

'Base Dances,' notes to p. clx-

clxii.

Ballads supprest in Scotland (p.

clxvii).

The two versions of the Ballad of

Balow from Pinkerton's or Mr.

David Laing's 4to MS. (p. clxx).

Conclusion (p. clxxiii).

Postscript: Mr. Knowles on Eliza-

beth's arrival at Kenilworth (p.

clxxiv).

Notes to Forewords (p. clxxvi).

"The Cyte of Ladyes" (p. clxxvii).

"Come over the burne, Besse," a

moralized ballad (p. clxxxi).

Lancham's Letter, A.D. 1575.

Kenilworth Castle described (p. 1).

Its history, with that of Marchland

or Mercia (p. 3).

The Derivation of its Name (p. 4).

Saturday, July 9.-Queen Elizabeth's

arrival and reception (p. 5);

the Porter and his Speech (p.

5); the Trumpeters (p. 6);

the Lady of the Lake (p. 6);

the fair Bridge (p. 8); the

Seven Pairs of Posts, with Gifts

of Gods and Goddesses (p. 8);

the Inscription over the Castle-

Gate (p. 10), and the Poet to

read it (p. 10); the Guns and

Fireworks (p. 12).

Sunday, July 10.-Service at Church;

Dancing; Fireworks (p. 12).

Monday, July 11.-The Hunting of

the Hart (p. 13); the Savage

Man, and Echo (p. 14); the

Queen's horse frightened (p. 15).

Tuesday, July 12.-Music and Danc-

ing, Music on the water (p. 16).

Wednesday, July 13.-Hunting of the

Hart again (p. 16).

Thursday, July 14.-Bearbaiting (p.

16); Gunshots and Fireworks

(p. 18); Tumbling of an Italian

acrobat (p. 18).

Friday, July 15, and Saturday, July

16.-Rest at home (p. 20).

Sunday, July 17.-Service (p. 20);

a Country Bride-ale, with a pro-

cession (p. 20-1), and the Bride-

groom (p. 22); a Morris-dance

(p. 22-3); three Bridesmaids (p.

23); a Cupbearer (p. 23); the

Bride (p. 24); Running at the

Quintain (p. 24); Hock Tuesday

by the Coventry men: account

of their Play (p. 26); CAPTAIN

COX (p. 28); his Story-books,

Ballads, and Almanacks, Books

of Philosophy and Poetry (p. 29);

his ale-judging and marching

(p. 31); the Play-a fight be-

tween English and Danes, the

latter being led captive by En-

glish women, only part acted (p.
31); the Brideale and dancing
not well attended (p. 32); an
Ambrosial Banquet (p. 32).

Monday, July 18.-The Third Hunt-

ing of the Hart (p. 33); Triton

on a swimming Mermaid, the

freeing of the Lady of the Lake

from Sir Bruse sauns pitée, and

Arion's song (p. 33); five Gen-

tlemen knighted, and nine Peo-

ple cured of the King's Evil (p.

35).

Tuesday, July 19.-The Coventry
Men's Play fully played (p. 36).

Wednesday, July 20. Supper at

Wedgenall, and a Device of God-

desses and Nymphs, counter-

manded; weather bad; and the

Queen stays at the Castle (p.

36).

The Ancient Minstrel, who was to

have sung to the Queen, but

didn't (p. 36); the arms of Isling-

ton on his breast (p. 38); his

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solemn song of King Arthur and

King Ryens's challenge (p. 41).

Wednesday, July 27.-The Queen's

Departure (p. 43).

Queen Elizabeth and the Sevens (p.

43).

The gifts of the Gods and Goddesses

to the Queen (p. 43).

The Fates stop work during her

stay (p. 46).

Queen Elizabeth's character (p. 47).

The Earl of Leicester: his character

(p. 48).

His Castle of Kenilworth (p. 48).

His Garden like Paradise (p. 48-53).

His wondrous Bird-Cage (p. 50).

His very fair Fountain (p. 52).

(Digression on Onehood and Threes,

but chiefly Twos (p. 53).)

His two Dials always pointing to

Two o'clock (p. 54).

His Great Tent (p. 56).

The big Wether, and big Child,

shown to the Queen (p. 56).

The Earl of Leicester, his liberality

and fame (p. 56–7).

His kindness to Robert Laneham

(p. 57).

How Laneham leads his life at Ke-

nilworth (p. 58); up at 7, bread

and ale for breakfast (p. 58);

attends the Council, is down on
priers, talks to foreigners, drives
with Master Pinner; in after-
noons and a-nights is with Sir

George Howard, Lady Sidney,

and the Gentlewomen, whenever

he can, dancing, playing (p. 59),

singing, making eyes and sighs

at Mistress (p. 60).

Why Laneham is so bookish, or

learned (p. 61).

Laneham's messages to his Friends

(p. 61-2).

Appendix. Report of Henry VIII's

Surveyors on Kenilworth (p. 63).

Notes, p. 65.

Sir Philip Leycester's description

of Musical Instruments in Eng-

land in 1656, p. 65-8.

A London Dinner in 1569, p. 69.

Philip Stubbes on the abomination

of ruffes in 1583, p. 72-3.

Index, p. 77.