Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 3 (of 3)

Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 3 (of 3)

Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 3 (of 3) - Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected...
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Author: Scott, Walter,1771-1832
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Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 3 (of 3)

Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 3 (of 3)

$17.96 $8.98

Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 3 (of 3)

$17.96 $8.98
Author: Scott, Walter,1771-1832
Format: eBook
Language: English

Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 3 (of 3) - Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition

King Easter and King Wester were probably the petty princes of Northumberland and Westmoreland. In the Complaynt of Scotland, an ancient romance is mentioned, under the title, "How the king of Estmureland married the king's daughter of Westmureland," which may possibly be the original of the beautiful legend of King Estmere, in the Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Vol. I. p. 62 4th edit. From this it may be conjectured, with some degree of plausibility, that the independent kingdoms of the east and west coast were, at an early period, thus denominated, according to the Saxon mode of naming districts, from their relative positions; as Essex, Wessex, Sussex. But the geography of the metrical romances sets all system at defiance; and in some of these, as Clariodus and Meliades, Estmureland undoubtedly signifies the land of the Easterlings, or the Flemish provinces at which vessels arrived[Pg 13] in three days from England, and to which they are represented as exporting wool.Vide Notes on the Tale of Kempion. On this subject I have, since publication of the first edition, been favoured with the following remarks by Mr Ritson, in opposition to the opinion above expressed: ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 45778
Author: Scott, Walter
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Format: eBook
Language: English

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