The wanderings of a pen and pencil . fe, And in some cloyster bide ;Or else be banisht, if you please, To range the world soe wide; And for the fault that I have done,Though I was forcd theretoe, Preserve my life, and punish meeAs you thinke good to doe. And with these words, her lillie handes She wrunge full often there;And downe along her comelye face Did trickle many a teare. But nothing could this furious queene Therewith appeased bee;The cup of deadyle poyson stronge, As she knelt on her knee, Shee gave the comelye dame to drinke; Who tooke it in her hand,And from her bended knee arose, A
The wanderings of a pen and pencil . fe, And in some cloyster bide ;Or else be banisht, if you please, To range the world soe wide; And for the fault that I have done,Though I was forcd theretoe, Preserve my life, and punish meeAs you thinke good to doe. And with these words, her lillie handes She wrunge full often there;And downe along her comelye face Did trickle many a teare. But nothing could this furious queene Therewith appeased bee;The cup of deadyle poyson stronge, As she knelt on her knee, Shee gave the comelye dame to drinke; Who tooke it in her hand,And from her bended knee arose, And on her feet did stand: And casting up her eyes to heaven, Shee did for mercye calle;And drinking up the poison stronge, Her life she lost withalle. And when that death through everye limbeHad showde his greatest spite, Her chiefest foes did there confesseShee was a glorious wight. 222 WANDERTNGS OF A TEN AND PENCIL. Her body then they did entomb,When life was fled away, At Godstowe, neere to Oxford towne,As may be seene this This ballad, according to Bishop Percy,was first published in a work entitled Strange Histories, or Songs and Sonnets,of Kinges, Princes, Dukes, Lords, Ladies,Knights, and Gentlemen, &c. By ThomasDelony. London: 1612. 4to. Percy printed it, with conjecturalemendations, from four ancient copiesin black letter, two of them in the PepysLibrary at Magdalen College, Cambridge. The version of the ballad given aboveis from Hows Book of British Ballads,the editor of which publication collatedPercys version with the Pepys copies, andrestored several lines that had been alteredby the Bishop. Deloneys work has been lately reprintedby the Percy Society. The engravings with which the pages areUlustrated are from The Book of BritishBallads. The description of her beauty takes you completely beyond your judgment,and you award the pair, king and mistress, without demur, all the appro-bation you could afford to a nice snug married couple, exemplary in theirreciproc
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