The book of British ballads . bill ALD1NGAK. Our king hee kept a false stewarde, Sir Aldingar they him call:A falser stewarde then hee was one, Servde not in bower nor hall. Hee wolde have layne by our comelye queene,Her deere worshippe to betraye : Our queene shee was a good woman,And evermore said him naye. Sir Aldingar was wrothe in his mind,With her hee was never content, Till traiterous meanes hee colde devyse,In a fyer to have her brent. J £fc Gilbert, £btr gtlUtngar. There came a lazar to the Kings gate, A lazar both blinde and lame :Hee tooke the lazar upon his backe, Him on the
The book of British ballads . bill ALD1NGAK. Our king hee kept a false stewarde, Sir Aldingar they him call:A falser stewarde then hee was one, Servde not in bower nor hall. Hee wolde have layne by our comelye queene,Her deere worshippe to betraye : Our queene shee was a good woman,And evermore said him naye. Sir Aldingar was wrothe in his mind,With her hee was never content, Till traiterous meanes hee colde devyse,In a fyer to have her brent. J £fc Gilbert, £btr gtlUtngar. There came a lazar to the Kings gate, A lazar both blinde and lame :Hee tooke the lazar upon his backe, Him on the Queenes bedd has layne. Lye still, lazar, wheras thou lyest,Looke thou goe not hence away ; He make thee a whole man and a soundIn two howers of the day. Then went him forthe Sir Aldingar, And hyed him to our king :<— If I might have grace, as I have space, Sad tydings I could bring. Say on, say on, Sir Aldingar, Say on the soothe to mee. Our queene hath chosen a newe, newe love, And shee will have none of thee! If shee had chosen a right good knight,The lesse had becne her shame; But shee hath chose her a lazar man,A lazar both blinde and lame. 4 If this bee true, thou Aldingar, The tyding thou tellest to mee,Then will I make thee a rich rich knight, Rich both of golde and fee. But if it be false, Sir Aldingar, As God nowe grant it bee !Thy body, I sweare by the holye rood, Shall hang on the gallowes tree. Hee brought our king to the Queenes chamber
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