...ancient ballad, entitled Robin Goodfellow : From hag-bred Merlin's time have I Thus nightly revell'd to and fro, And for my pranks men call me by The name of Robin Goodfellow -, Fiends, ghosts, and sprightes. Who haunt the nightes, The hags and goblins do me know. And beldames old My feates have...

...ancient ballad, entitled Robin Goodfellow : From hag-bred Merlin's time have I Thus nightly revell'd to and fro, And for my pranks men call me by The name of Robin Goodfellow ; Fiends, ghosts, and sprightes, Who. haunt the nightes, The hags and goblins do me know, And beldames old My feates have...

...Merlin's time have I Thus nightly revell'd to and fro : And for my pranks men call me hy The name of Rohin Good-fellow. Fiends, ghosts, and sprites, Who haunt the nightes, The hags and gohlins do me know ; And heldames old My feates have told ; So Valt, Kote; ho, ho, ho ! 1da I Î, no...

...Merlin's time have I Thus nightly revell'd to and fro ; And for my pranks men call me hy The name of Rohin Good-fellow. Fiends, ghosts, and sprites, Who haunt the nightes, The hags and gohlins do me know ; And heldames old My feates have told, So Vale, Vale, ho, ho, ho !" Shakspeare...

...babes new borne steale as we go, And elfe in bed we leave instead, And wend us laughing, ho, ho, ho ! From hag-bred Merlin's time have I Thus nightly revelled...Good-fellow. Fiends, ghosts, and sprites, Who haunt the nights, The hags and goblins do me know ; And beldames old my feates have told; So Vale, Vale ; ho,...

...fro : And for my pranks men call me by The name of Robin Good-fellow. Fiends, ghosts, and sprites, "5 Who haunt the nightes, The hags and goblins do me know ; And beldames old XXV. THE FAIRY QUEEN. WE have here a short display of the popular belief concerning fairies. It wiH...

...in bed, And wind out laughing, ho, ho, ho ! Since hag-bred Merlins time have I Thus nightly revell'd to and fro ; And for my pranks men call me by The...of Robin Good-fellow : Fiends ghosts and sprites, That haunt the nights, 1 Instead of these four lines, Mr. Collier's MS. reads : — " Thus do we pass,...

...steal as we go ; And elf in bed We leave in stead, And wend us laughing, ho, ho, ho 1 From hng-bred yh ΂ cD#HN 0Jן nights, The hags and goblins do me know; And beldames old My feats have told, So Tale, vale ; ho, ho,...

...babes new bom steal as we go ; And elf in bed We leave in stead, And wend us laughing, ho, ho, ho 1 death hath two ; and the spring and the autumn send...throngs of men and women to charnel-houses ; and all t \Vln> haunt the nights, The hags and goblins do me know; And beldamed old My feats have told, So vale,...

...babes new born steal as we go ; And elf in bed We leave in stead, And wend us laughing, ho, ho, ho I a nights, The hags and goblins do me know; And beldames old My feats have told. So rale, vale ; ho, ho,...