The book of British ballads . IR ALDINGAR. This ballad we copy from the Reliquesof Dr. Percy: the only information he affords in leferenceto it, is, that the old fabulous legend is given from hisfolio MS.; with conjectural emendations, and the inser-tion of some additional stanzas to supply and completethe story. He adds, indeed, it has been suggested,that the author of the poem seems to have had in his eyethe story of Gunhilda, who is sometimes called Eleanor,and was married to the Emperor (here called King)Henry;—but he leaves us in utter ignorance as to theextent of his additions, and the n
The book of British ballads . IR ALDINGAR. This ballad we copy from the Reliquesof Dr. Percy: the only information he affords in leferenceto it, is, that the old fabulous legend is given from hisfolio MS.; with conjectural emendations, and the inser-tion of some additional stanzas to supply and completethe story. He adds, indeed, it has been suggested,that the author of the poem seems to have had in his eyethe story of Gunhilda, who is sometimes called Eleanor,and was married to the Emperor (here called King)Henry;—but he leaves us in utter ignorance as to theextent of his additions, and the nature of his improve-ments. The only light that has been thrown upon the subject was by Sir WalterScott, who has published a ballad, entitled Sir Hugh le Blond, in which theincidents are nearly similar to those contained in Sir Aldingar; except that in theformer, the calumniated Queen is rescued from the fire by a mortal champion insteadof a tinye boy. The composition, as printed in the Minstrelsy of the ScottishBorder, was
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