Transcribed from the 1911 Longmans, Green and Co. edition byDavid Price,

BALLADES & RHYMES

From Ballades in BlueChina
and Rhymes à la Mode

BY
A. LANG

“Hom,c’est une ballade!”—Vadius.

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1911

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      p.iv“Rondeaux, Ballades,
Chansons dizains, propos menus,
Compte moy qu’ilz sont devenuz:
Se faict il plus rien de nouveau?”

Clement Marot, Dialogue de deuxAmoureux.

“I love a ballad but even too well; if it bedoleful matter, merrily set down, or a very pleasant thingindeed, and sung lamentably.”

A Winter’s Tale, Activ. sc. 3.

p.vCONTENTS.