The rise of the ballad in the eighteenth century . so civil, h He swears the liuses not him at the Devil, Paul Mallets Introduction to the History of Denmark (1755) ; Llacphersons Ossian (176y; RichardHurds Letters on Chivalry and Romance (1762); EvansSpecimens of the Poetry of the Antient 7/elsh Bards fl764) ;and Tyrwhitts edition of Chaucer (1775-1778); were some ofthe sources of inspiration. The decade from 1760 to 1770is an important one, and the most important title is Relicjuesof xlncient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads,Songs, and other Pieces of our Uarlier Poets, publi
The rise of the ballad in the eighteenth century . so civil, h He swears the liuses not him at the Devil, Paul Mallets Introduction to the History of Denmark (1755) ; Llacphersons Ossian (176y; RichardHurds Letters on Chivalry and Romance (1762); EvansSpecimens of the Poetry of the Antient 7/elsh Bards fl764) ;and Tyrwhitts edition of Chaucer (1775-1778); were some ofthe sources of inspiration. The decade from 1760 to 1770is an important one, and the most important title is Relicjuesof xlncient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads,Songs, and other Pieces of our Uarlier Poets, publishedin three volumes in 1765. Thomas Percy v;as horn in 1729 at Bridgenorthin Shropshire. His father and grandfather were grocers,spelling their name Piercy. Percy received his B. A. andM. degrees at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1750 and 1753,respectively; and shortly after, was presented hy his Pope: Imitations of Horace. Book II. Epistle and Courthope edition. London, 1881,volume III, p. 351, 352. a. A Scotch ). .i. tavern. 0000—. cjolleijG with the living of Easton Hundit, in the oo-joityof Northampton, In this poor oirre ho remained for tv/enty-five years. In 1756, his income was increased hy thegift of the rectory of Wilby, an adjacent parish, and in1759 he married Anne G-utteridge, who was his beloved com-panion for forty-seven years. In 1761, Percy commenced his literary careerby the publication of a Chinese novel in four volumes, whichhe translated from the Portutjese. In 1762, he publishedliiscellaneous Pieces Relating to the Chinese. In 1763,were published Pive Pieces of Runic Poetry - Translatedfrom the Icelandic Language, and in the follov/ing year ap-peared A Ilew Translation of tlio oong of oolomon. paid a long promised visit to the vicarage in thesujimier of 1764. At this time Percy must have been full ofanxiety about his reliCiues which were shortly to be was the first to suggest the subject of this had seen
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