Excerpt from Ballads and Romances, Vol. 2
John de Reeue is (among other pieces) here printed for the first time, and if it can be taken in any degree as a picture of the bondman"s condition at the time it represents, or even the time it was written, it is of considerable historical value. At any rate, it shows us a merry scene of early English life. Conscience"s tale is of a darker tint, but is valuable for its sketch of the corruptions of its times. The other historical ballads treat of fights and plots abroad and at home - of Agincourt, Buckingham"s Fall, the Siege of Cadiz, Durham Field, Northumberland besieged by Douglas, &c. &c., - but none of them are of more than average merit.
Mr. Hales has written all the Introductions, except those to Cales Voyage (for which the Editors are indebted to Mr. John Bruce, the Director of the Camden Society), to Earle Bodwell (which is reprinted from the first edition of Bishop Percy"s Reliques), to Boy and Mantle (which is reprinted from Professor Child"s Ballads), and the following by Mr. Furuivall: Come, Come; Conscience; Agincourte Battell; and Libius Disconius. Mr. Hales has also written the Introductory Essay on The Revival of Ballad Poetry in the Eighteenth Century.
For the text Mr. Furuivall is, as before, mainly responsible, and has to thank Mr. W. A. Dalziel for his help in reading the copy and proof with the Ms. The contractions of the Ms. are printed in italics in the text.
To the Revs. Alexander Dyce, W. W. Skeat, J. Roberts, and Archdeacon Hale; to Messrs. Chappell, Bruce, T. Wright, Planche, and Jones, the Editors tender their thanks for help in divers ways.
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