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diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6833f05 --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +* text=auto +*.txt text +*.md text diff --git a/27409-0.txt b/27409-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1c21394 --- /dev/null +++ b/27409-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,861 @@ +The Project Gutenberg eBook of The King's Wake, Edited by Thomas J. Wise, +Translated by George Borrow + + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + + + +Title: The King's Wake + and Other Ballads + + +Editor: Thomas J. Wise + +Release Date: December 4, 2008 [eBook #27409] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: UTF-8 + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE KING'S WAKE*** + + +Transcribed from the 1913 Thomas J. Wise pamphlet by David Price, email +ccx074@pglaf.org. Many thanks to Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library, +UK, for kindly supplying the images from which this transcription was +made. + + + + + + THE KING’S WAKE + AND OTHER BALLADS + + + BY + GEORGE BORROW + + LONDON: + PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION + 1913 + + + + +THE KING’S WAKE + + +To-night is the night that the wake they hold, +To the wake repair both young and old. + +Proud Signelil she her mother address’d: +“May I go watch along with the rest?” + +“O what at the wake wouldst do my dear? +Thou’st neither sister nor brother there. + +“Nor brother-in-law to protect thy youth, +To the wake thou must not go forsooth. + +“There be the King and his warriors gay, +If me thou list thou at home wilt stay.” + +“But the Queen will be there and her maiden crew, +Pray let me go, mother, the dance to view.” + +So long, so long begged the maiden young, +That at length from her mother consent she wrung. + +“Then go, my child, if thou needs must go, +But thy mother ne’er went to the wake I trow.” + +Then through the thick forest the maiden went, +To reach the wake her mind was bent. + +When o’er the green meadows she had won, +The Queen and her maidens to bed were gone. + +And when she came to the castle gate +They were plying the dance at a furious rate. + +There danced full many a mail-clad man, +And the youthful King he led the van. + +He stretched forth his hand with an air so free, +“Wilt dance, thou pretty maid, with me?” + +“O, sir, I’ve come across the wold +That I with the Queen discourse might hold.” + +“Come dance,” said the King with a courteous smile, +“The Queen will be here in a little while.” + +Then forward she stepped like a blushing rose, +She takes his hand and to dance she goes. + +“Hear Signelil what I say to thee, +A ditty of love sing thou to me.” + +“A ditty of love I will not, Sir King, +But as well as I can another I’ll sing.” + +Proud Signil began, a ditty she sang, +To the ears of the Queen in her bed it rang. + +Says the Queen in her chamber as she lay: +“O which of my maidens doth sing so gay? + +“O which of my maidens doth sing so late, +To bed why followed they me not straight?” + +Then answered the Queen the little foot page, +“’Tis none of thy maidens I’ll engage. + +“’Tis none I’ll engage of the maiden band, +’Tis Signil proud from the islet’s strand.” + +“O bring my red mantle hither to me, +For I’ll go down this maid to see.” + +And when they came down to the castle gate +The dance it moved at so brave a rate. + +About and around they danced with glee, +There stood the Queen and the whole did see. + +The Queen she felt so sore aggrieved +When the King with Signil she perceived. + +Sophia the Queen to her maid did sign: +“Go fetch me hither a horn of wine.” + +His hand the King stretched forth so free: +“Wilt thou Sophia my partner be?” + +“O I’ll not dance with thee, I vow, +Unless proud Signil pledge me now.” + +The horn she raised to her lips, athirst, +The innocent heart in her bosom burst. + +There stood King Valdemar pale as clay, +Stone dead at his feet the maiden lay. + +“A fairer maid since I first drew breath +Ne’er came more guiltless to her death.” + +For her wept woman and maid so sore, +To the Church her beauteous corse they bore. + +But better with her it would have sped, +Had she but heard what her mother said. + + + + +SWAYNE FELDING + + +Swayne Felding sits at Helsingborg, + He tells his deeds with pride; +Full blythe at heart I ween he was, + His faulchion at his side. + +He vows that he on pilgrimage + To regal Rome will go; +And many a Danish warrior bold + Doth make the self same vow. + +So out they rode from Danish land, + And only two were they; +They stopped to rest them in a town, + Its name was Hovdingsey. + +They stopped to rest in a lofty town, + Its name was Hovdingsey; +They guested with a Damsel proud, + A wondrous lovely may. + +She placed Swayne highest at the board + Amidst a knightly band; +And then wherefrom they two were come + The Damsel did demand. + +“Thou art no needy pilgrim, Sir, + Who honorest us this eve; +And that can I by thy small shirt + Hooked with red gold perceive. + +“O I can plain by thy small shirt + With red gold hooked discern, +Thou art the King of Denmark come + To do us a noble turn.” + +“I am not Denmark’s King, fair maid, + Nor any thing so high; +I’m but a needy pilgrim, born + Within the Dane country. + +“Now list to me thou Damsel fair, + List kindly I beseech, +There’s many a child in Denmark born, + And with his own luck each.” + +And there sat she the damsel fair, + And the silken seam she sewed; +For every stitch she sew’d a tear + From her eyes of beauty flowed. + +“Now do thou hear, my damsel dear, + Why dost so sorely grieve? +If thou declare thy bosom’s care + Perchance I can relieve.” + +“Within our land a Giant lives + Who waste our land will lay; +Upon no other food than maids + And ladies will he prey. + +“Within our country lives a trold + From us our land will tear, +Unless we can procure a man + To fight with him will dare. + +“But I have heard in all my days + That Danemen know no fear; +No doubt it is to help us now + That God has sent one here.” + +“And had I horse and harness now + Well suited to my back, +Then would I break with him a spear, + Proud damsel, for thy sake.” + +They led three hundred horses forth, + Milk white was every one; +But the first sank down like a messan dog + That Swayne laid the saddle on. + +They led the Spanish horses forth, + Their eyes were very bright; +Swayne drew the bridle o’er their heads, + And straightway they took fright. + +It was the brave Swayne Felding then + Was sorely sad in mood: +“O had I but a Danish horse + Who had eat of Denmark’s food. + +“Full fifteen golden rings so good + From Denmark I did bring, +But for a horse of Jutland breed + They every one should spring.” + +Then up came striding a millerman + So gaily o’er the wold: +“O I have got a Danish horse, + In Denmark he was foal’d. + +“A mottled Danish horse I’ve got, + In Sadbylund was born; +He bears each time that he goes to mill + Full sixty bolls of corn.” + +“Now hear thou honest millerman, + Let me this same horse see, +For if we both be Daners born + We’ll beat Italians three.” + +Then forth was led the miller’s horse, + He look’d a very Dane; +High hip, broad chest, the saddle gilt + Upon his back laid Swayne. + +Away he cast his gloves so small, + His hands were white to see; +And he himself girded the noble horse, + The groom ne’er trusted he. + +He girded the horse with a saddle girth, + He girded him with three; +The horse he gave a single shake + And all broke instantly. + +He girded the steed where he was most thick + With such tremendous force, +That the girth did fly into pieces ten, + And fell on his knee the horse. + +“With fifteen golden rings so good + From Denmark out I sped, +But I with every one would part + Got I a good girth instead. + +“Send ye a message o’er the mead + Unto the beauteous lady, +And beg her for her champion’s steed + To get a new girth ready.” + +Full fifteen were the Damsels proud + Who wove the ruddy gold, +And formed with care a saddle girth + Swayne Felding’s horse to hold. + +The maids of Hammer, the maids of Pommer, + And many more maids with heed, +Wove silk and gold to form a girth + For the mottled Danish steed. + +The saddle girth was ready and made + By the early morning tide; +’Twas seven ells long, and a quarter thick, + And more than five span wide. + +But when the horse he girded was + So fierce he ramped and reared, +That there was none of Austria’s men + But to look upon him feared. + +“Now do thou hear thou gallant horse, + I think thou’st human wit, +Before I mount thy back upon + I thee will ease a bit. + +“Now do thy best, my gallant horse, + Who like a buck dost play; +Here may ye see, ye German knights, + Of Danish men the way. + +“Now take away the crowned sword, + To bear it would break my vow; +And fetch ye hither a vessel’s mast, + I’ll wield it well I trow.” + +The first course they together rode + The Trold show’d mighty force, +Their splintered spears a furlong flew, + And down fell either horse. + +“I would but prove my horse’s strength, + I call not this a fight; +But meet me here tomorrow’s morn + And harder thee I’ll smite.” + +Swayne Felding took the sacrament, + And round the churchyard paced; +Within his acton next his breast + The holy host he placed. + +“And do thou hear, my Damsel fair, + Be never down at heart; +Either shall he the saddle quit + Or his tough neck shall start.” + +Out of the city followed him + Alike both man and dame: +“O may God grant,” the people said, + “The Knight his foe may tame!” + +“Now hand me not the puny lance + Which ye are wont to bear; +But do ye bring, for me to wield, + My native country’s spear.” + +And now the second course they ride + Their cheeks with fury red; +The Devil’s neck asunder went, + Flew o’er the mead his head. + +His head flew into pieces nine, + His back asunder burst; +Swayne hied him to the Damsel’s house, + There first he quenched his thirst. + +Nine stately warriors out there came, + Took Swayne from off his steed: +“Broad lands on thee we will bestow + If thou wilt wed the maid.” + +“O I’m betrothed to one as fair + In Ostland realms already; +For seven tons of ruddy gold + I would not prove unsteady. + +“But build before your Hovdingsey + A house upon the mead, +And there to Danish pilgrims give + Good wine and best of bread.” + +So Danish pilgrims there they give + Good wine and best of bread; +They pray for brave Swayne Felding’s soul, + He now has long been dead. + + + + +INNOCENCE DEFAMED + + +Misfortune comes to every door, + And who can hope to ’scape its might? +And that can little Kirstine say, + And none alas with greater right. + +It was the good Sir Peter, he + At fall of eve came home from Ting; +And it was little Kirstine fair, + That fell the knight to welcoming. + +“Now welcome, welcome home from Ting, + Most welcome thou my father dear; +Whilst thou at Ting this day didst stand + Didst any news or tiding hear?” + +“Enough of tidings I have heard, + To break my heart however sound; +Thy plighted youth has thee forsworn + Because thy name was bandied round. + +“Thy plighted youth has thee forsworn, + And none can blame the youth I ween; +For eight long years it seems thou hast + A murdress and a harlot been.” + +“Now do thou hear, my father dear, + Such wicked rumours thou shouldst scorn; +For thus is many a virtuous maid + Of fame and honor daily shorn.” + +“And do thou hear, my daughter dear, + Thou shalt confess it to thy sorrow; +This evening thou shalt gather wood, + And burn upon that wood tomorrow.” + +And so they took the fair Kirstine, + And her arrayed in scarlet weed; +And mournfully they lifted her + Upon the grey and lofty steed. + +It was little Kirstine fair, + She reached at last the verdant wold; +“Now bless’d be God on high that dwells, + My bride-bed yonder I behold. + +“So red, red are my bridal sheets, + My bridal bolsters are so blue, +The knights who thus their daughters wed + I hope and trust are very few.” + +And so they took the little Kirstine, + And bade her sit a stump upon: +Then forward stepped her plighted youth, + And her yellow hair he has undone. + +“Now do thou hear, my plighted maid, + I rede thee be of blythesome cheer, +For thou, I ween, dost here perceive + Thy bride-bed and thy funeral bier.” + +When she had sat a little space + No longer there she cared to wait; +Now stand thou up, Sir Archbishop, + And Kirstine’s bride-bed consecrate. + +The little Kirstine then they took + And midst the roaring blazes threw; +The fire recoiled on every side, + So fair and bright she stood to view. + +“I thank the God who me has helped, + The God who made the earth and sky; +Now to a cloister I will go, + And serve my master till I die.” + +And thither little Kirstine went, + And with her all her maidens fair; +Her father and her plighted youth, + They quickly died of grief and care. + +And now within the cloister wall + The beauteous little Kirstine goes; +So joyous o’er her yellow hair + The veil so long and black she throws. + + * * * * * + + LONDON: + Printed for THOMAS J. 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Wise, +Translated by George Borrow + + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + + + +Title: The King's Wake + and Other Ballads + + +Editor: Thomas J. Wise + +Release Date: December 4, 2008 [eBook #27409] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE KING'S WAKE*** +</pre> +<p>Transcribed from the 1913 Thomas J. Wise pamphlet by David +Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org. Many thanks to Norfolk and +Norwich Millennium Library, UK, for kindly supplying the images +from which this transcription was made.</p> +<h1>THE KING’S WAKE<br /> +<span class="smcap">and other ballads</span></h1> +<p style="text-align: center"><span class="smcap">by</span><br /> +GEORGE BORROW</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><span +class="smcap">London</span>:<br /> +<span class="smcap">printed for private circulation</span><br /> +1913</p> +<h2><!-- page 5--><a name="page5"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +5</span>THE KING’S WAKE</h2> +<p>To-night is the night that the wake they hold,<br /> +To the wake repair both young and old.</p> +<p>Proud Signelil she her mother address’d:<br /> +“May I go watch along with the rest?”</p> +<p>“O what at the wake wouldst do my dear?<br /> +Thou’st neither sister nor brother there.</p> +<p>“Nor brother-in-law to protect thy youth,<br /> +To the wake thou must not go forsooth.</p> +<p>“There be the King and his warriors gay,<br /> +If me thou list thou at home wilt stay.”</p> +<p>“But the Queen will be there and her maiden crew,<br /> +Pray let me go, mother, the dance to view.”</p> +<p><!-- page 6--><a name="page6"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +6</span>So long, so long begged the maiden young,<br /> +That at length from her mother consent she wrung.</p> +<p>“Then go, my child, if thou needs must go,<br /> +But thy mother ne’er went to the wake I trow.”</p> +<p>Then through the thick forest the maiden went,<br /> +To reach the wake her mind was bent.</p> +<p>When o’er the green meadows she had won,<br /> +The Queen and her maidens to bed were gone.</p> +<p>And when she came to the castle gate<br /> +They were plying the dance at a furious rate.</p> +<p>There danced full many a mail-clad man,<br /> +And the youthful King he led the van.</p> +<p>He stretched forth his hand with an air so free,<br /> +“Wilt dance, thou pretty maid, with me?”</p> +<p>“O, sir, I’ve come across the wold<br /> +That I with the Queen discourse might hold.”</p> +<p><!-- page 7--><a name="page7"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +7</span>“Come dance,” said the King with a courteous +smile,<br /> +“The Queen will be here in a little while.”</p> +<p>Then forward she stepped like a blushing rose,<br /> +She takes his hand and to dance she goes.</p> +<p>“Hear Signelil what I say to thee,<br /> +A ditty of love sing thou to me.”</p> +<p>“A ditty of love I will not, Sir King,<br /> +But as well as I can another I’ll sing.”</p> +<p>Proud Signil began, a ditty she sang,<br /> +To the ears of the Queen in her bed it rang.</p> +<p>Says the Queen in her chamber as she lay:<br /> +“O which of my maidens doth sing so gay?</p> +<p>“O which of my maidens doth sing so late,<br /> +To bed why followed they me not straight?”</p> +<p>Then answered the Queen the little foot page,<br /> +“’Tis none of thy maidens I’ll engage.</p> +<p>“’Tis none I’ll engage of the maiden +band,<br /> +’Tis Signil proud from the islet’s strand.”</p> +<p><!-- page 8--><a name="page8"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +8</span>“O bring my red mantle hither to me,<br /> +For I’ll go down this maid to see.”</p> +<p>And when they came down to the castle gate<br /> +The dance it moved at so brave a rate.</p> +<p>About and around they danced with glee,<br /> +There stood the Queen and the whole did see.</p> +<p>The Queen she felt so sore aggrieved<br /> +When the King with Signil she perceived.</p> +<p>Sophia the Queen to her maid did sign:<br /> +“Go fetch me hither a horn of wine.”</p> +<p>His hand the King stretched forth so free:<br /> +“Wilt thou Sophia my partner be?”</p> +<p>“O I’ll not dance with thee, I vow,<br /> +Unless proud Signil pledge me now.”</p> +<p>The horn she raised to her lips, athirst,<br /> +The innocent heart in her bosom burst.</p> +<p>There stood King Valdemar pale as clay,<br /> +Stone dead at his feet the maiden lay.</p> +<p><!-- page 9--><a name="page9"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +9</span>“A fairer maid since I first drew breath<br /> +Ne’er came more guiltless to her death.”</p> +<p>For her wept woman and maid so sore,<br /> +To the Church her beauteous corse they bore.</p> +<p>But better with her it would have sped,<br /> +Had she but heard what her mother said.</p> +<h2><!-- page 10--><a name="page10"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +10</span>SWAYNE FELDING</h2> +<p>Swayne Felding sits at Helsingborg,<br /> + He tells his deeds with pride;<br /> +Full blythe at heart I ween he was,<br /> + His faulchion at his side.</p> +<p>He vows that he on pilgrimage<br /> + To regal Rome will go;<br /> +And many a Danish warrior bold<br /> + Doth make the self same vow.</p> +<p>So out they rode from Danish land,<br /> + And only two were they;<br /> +They stopped to rest them in a town,<br /> + Its name was Hovdingsey.</p> +<p><!-- page 11--><a name="page11"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +11</span>They stopped to rest in a lofty town,<br /> + Its name was Hovdingsey;<br /> +They guested with a Damsel proud,<br /> + A wondrous lovely may.</p> +<p>She placed Swayne highest at the board<br /> + Amidst a knightly band;<br /> +And then wherefrom they two were come<br /> + The Damsel did demand.</p> +<p>“Thou art no needy pilgrim, Sir,<br /> + Who honorest us this eve;<br /> +And that can I by thy small shirt<br /> + Hooked with red gold perceive.</p> +<p>“O I can plain by thy small shirt<br /> + With red gold hooked discern,<br /> +Thou art the King of Denmark come<br /> + To do us a noble turn.”</p> +<p>“I am not Denmark’s King, fair maid,<br /> + Nor any thing so high;<br /> +I’m but a needy pilgrim, born<br /> + Within the Dane country.</p> +<p><!-- page 12--><a name="page12"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +12</span>“Now list to me thou Damsel fair,<br /> + List kindly I beseech,<br /> +There’s many a child in Denmark born,<br /> + And with his own luck each.”</p> +<p>And there sat she the damsel fair,<br /> + And the silken seam she sewed;<br /> +For every stitch she sew’d a tear<br /> + From her eyes of beauty flowed.</p> +<p>“Now do thou hear, my damsel dear,<br /> + Why dost so sorely grieve?<br /> +If thou declare thy bosom’s care<br /> + Perchance I can relieve.”</p> +<p>“Within our land a Giant lives<br /> + Who waste our land will lay;<br /> +Upon no other food than maids<br /> + And ladies will he prey.</p> +<p>“Within our country lives a trold<br /> + From us our land will tear,<br /> +Unless we can procure a man<br /> + To fight with him will dare.</p> +<p><!-- page 13--><a name="page13"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +13</span>“But I have heard in all my days<br /> + That Danemen know no fear;<br /> +No doubt it is to help us now<br /> + That God has sent one here.”</p> +<p>“And had I horse and harness now<br /> + Well suited to my back,<br /> +Then would I break with him a spear,<br /> + Proud damsel, for thy sake.”</p> +<p>They led three hundred horses forth,<br /> + Milk white was every one;<br /> +But the first sank down like a messan dog<br /> + That Swayne laid the saddle on.</p> +<p>They led the Spanish horses forth,<br /> + Their eyes were very bright;<br /> +Swayne drew the bridle o’er their heads,<br /> + And straightway they took fright.</p> +<p>It was the brave Swayne Felding then<br /> + Was sorely sad in mood:<br /> +“O had I but a Danish horse<br /> + Who had eat of Denmark’s food.</p> +<p><!-- page 14--><a name="page14"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +14</span>“Full fifteen golden rings so good<br /> + From Denmark I did bring,<br /> +But for a horse of Jutland breed<br /> + They every one should spring.”</p> +<p>Then up came striding a millerman<br /> + So gaily o’er the wold:<br /> +“O I have got a Danish horse,<br /> + In Denmark he was foal’d.</p> +<p>“A mottled Danish horse I’ve got,<br /> + In Sadbylund was born;<br /> +He bears each time that he goes to mill<br /> + Full sixty bolls of corn.”</p> +<p>“Now hear thou honest millerman,<br /> + Let me this same horse see,<br /> +For if we both be Daners born<br /> + We’ll beat Italians three.”</p> +<p>Then forth was led the miller’s horse,<br /> + He look’d a very Dane;<br /> +High hip, broad chest, the saddle gilt<br /> + Upon his back laid Swayne.</p> +<p><!-- page 15--><a name="page15"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +15</span>Away he cast his gloves so small,<br /> + His hands were white to see;<br /> +And he himself girded the noble horse,<br /> + The groom ne’er trusted he.</p> +<p>He girded the horse with a saddle girth,<br /> + He girded him with three;<br /> +The horse he gave a single shake<br /> + And all broke instantly.</p> +<p>He girded the steed where he was most thick<br /> + With such tremendous force,<br /> +That the girth did fly into pieces ten,<br /> + And fell on his knee the horse.</p> +<p>“With fifteen golden rings so good<br /> + From Denmark out I sped,<br /> +But I with every one would part<br /> + Got I a good girth instead.</p> +<p>“Send ye a message o’er the mead<br /> + Unto the beauteous lady,<br /> +And beg her for her champion’s steed<br /> + To get a new girth ready.”</p> +<p><!-- page 16--><a name="page16"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +16</span>Full fifteen were the Damsels proud<br /> + Who wove the ruddy gold,<br /> +And formed with care a saddle girth<br /> + Swayne Felding’s horse to hold.</p> +<p>The maids of Hammer, the maids of Pommer,<br /> + And many more maids with heed,<br /> +Wove silk and gold to form a girth<br /> + For the mottled Danish steed.</p> +<p>The saddle girth was ready and made<br /> + By the early morning tide;<br /> +’Twas seven ells long, and a quarter thick,<br /> + And more than five span wide.</p> +<p>But when the horse he girded was<br /> + So fierce he ramped and reared,<br /> +That there was none of Austria’s men<br /> + But to look upon him feared.</p> +<p>“Now do thou hear thou gallant horse,<br /> + I think thou’st human wit,<br /> +Before I mount thy back upon<br /> + I thee will ease a bit.</p> +<p><!-- page 17--><a name="page17"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +17</span>“Now do thy best, my gallant horse,<br /> + Who like a buck dost play;<br /> +Here may ye see, ye German knights,<br /> + Of Danish men the way.</p> +<p>“Now take away the crowned sword,<br /> + To bear it would break my vow;<br /> +And fetch ye hither a vessel’s mast,<br /> + I’ll wield it well I trow.”</p> +<p>The first course they together rode<br /> + The Trold show’d mighty force,<br /> +Their splintered spears a furlong flew,<br /> + And down fell either horse.</p> +<p>“I would but prove my horse’s strength,<br /> + I call not this a fight;<br /> +But meet me here tomorrow’s morn<br /> + And harder thee I’ll smite.”</p> +<p>Swayne Felding took the sacrament,<br /> + And round the churchyard paced;<br /> +Within his acton next his breast<br /> + The holy host he placed.</p> +<p><!-- page 18--><a name="page18"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +18</span>“And do thou hear, my Damsel fair,<br /> + Be never down at heart;<br /> +Either shall he the saddle quit<br /> + Or his tough neck shall start.”</p> +<p>Out of the city followed him<br /> + Alike both man and dame:<br /> +“O may God grant,” the people said,<br /> + “The Knight his foe may tame!”</p> +<p>“Now hand me not the puny lance<br /> + Which ye are wont to bear;<br /> +But do ye bring, for me to wield,<br /> + My native country’s spear.”</p> +<p>And now the second course they ride<br /> + Their cheeks with fury red;<br /> +The Devil’s neck asunder went,<br /> + Flew o’er the mead his head.</p> +<p>His head flew into pieces nine,<br /> + His back asunder burst;<br /> +Swayne hied him to the Damsel’s house,<br /> + There first he quenched his thirst.</p> +<p><!-- page 19--><a name="page19"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +19</span>Nine stately warriors out there came,<br /> + Took Swayne from off his steed:<br /> +“Broad lands on thee we will bestow<br /> + If thou wilt wed the maid.”</p> +<p>“O I’m betrothed to one as fair<br /> + In Ostland realms already;<br /> +For seven tons of ruddy gold<br /> + I would not prove unsteady.</p> +<p>“But build before your Hovdingsey<br /> + A house upon the mead,<br /> +And there to Danish pilgrims give<br /> + Good wine and best of bread.”</p> +<p>So Danish pilgrims there they give<br /> + Good wine and best of bread;<br /> +They pray for brave Swayne Felding’s soul,<br /> + He now has long been dead.</p> +<h2><!-- page 20--><a name="page20"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +20</span>INNOCENCE DEFAMED</h2> +<p>Misfortune comes to every door,<br /> + And who can hope to ’scape its might?<br /> +And that can little Kirstine say,<br /> + And none alas with greater right.</p> +<p>It was the good Sir Peter, he<br /> + At fall of eve came home from Ting;<br /> +And it was little Kirstine fair,<br /> + That fell the knight to welcoming.</p> +<p>“Now welcome, welcome home from Ting,<br /> + Most welcome thou my father dear;<br /> +Whilst thou at Ting this day didst stand<br /> + Didst any news or tiding hear?”</p> +<p><!-- page 21--><a name="page21"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +21</span>“Enough of tidings I have heard,<br /> + To break my heart however sound;<br /> +Thy plighted youth has thee forsworn<br /> + Because thy name was bandied round.</p> +<p>“Thy plighted youth has thee forsworn,<br /> + And none can blame the youth I ween;<br /> +For eight long years it seems thou hast<br /> + A murdress and a harlot been.”</p> +<p>“Now do thou hear, my father dear,<br /> + Such wicked rumours thou shouldst scorn;<br /> +For thus is many a virtuous maid<br /> + Of fame and honor daily shorn.”</p> +<p>“And do thou hear, my daughter dear,<br /> + Thou shalt confess it to thy sorrow;<br /> +This evening thou shalt gather wood,<br /> + And burn upon that wood tomorrow.”</p> +<p>And so they took the fair Kirstine,<br /> + And her arrayed in scarlet weed;<br /> +And mournfully they lifted her<br /> + Upon the grey and lofty steed.</p> +<p><!-- page 22--><a name="page22"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +22</span>It was little Kirstine fair,<br /> + She reached at last the verdant wold;<br /> +“Now bless’d be God on high that dwells,<br /> + My bride-bed yonder I behold.</p> +<p>“So red, red are my bridal sheets,<br /> + My bridal bolsters are so blue,<br /> +The knights who thus their daughters wed<br /> + I hope and trust are very few.”</p> +<p>And so they took the little Kirstine,<br /> + And bade her sit a stump upon:<br /> +Then forward stepped her plighted youth,<br /> + And her yellow hair he has undone.</p> +<p>“Now do thou hear, my plighted maid,<br /> + I rede thee be of blythesome cheer,<br /> +For thou, I ween, dost here perceive<br /> + Thy bride-bed and thy funeral bier.”</p> +<p>When she had sat a little space<br /> + No longer there she cared to wait;<br /> +Now stand thou up, Sir Archbishop,<br /> + And Kirstine’s bride-bed consecrate.</p> +<p><!-- page 23--><a name="page23"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +23</span>The little Kirstine then they took<br /> + And midst the roaring blazes threw;<br /> +The fire recoiled on every side,<br /> + So fair and bright she stood to view.</p> +<p>“I thank the God who me has helped,<br /> + The God who made the earth and sky;<br /> +Now to a cloister I will go,<br /> + And serve my master till I die.”</p> +<p>And thither little Kirstine went,<br /> + And with her all her maidens fair;<br /> +Her father and her plighted youth,<br /> + They quickly died of grief and care.</p> +<p>And now within the cloister wall<br /> + The beauteous little Kirstine goes;<br /> +So joyous o’er her yellow hair<br /> + The veil so long and black she throws.</p> +<p style="text-align: center">* * * * *</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><!-- page 24--><a +name="page24"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 24</span><span +class="smcap">London</span>:<br /> +Printed for THOMAS J. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + + + +Title: The King's Wake + and Other Ballads + + +Editor: Thomas J. Wise + +Release Date: December 4, 2008 [eBook #27409] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE KING'S WAKE*** + + +Transcribed from the 1913 Thomas J. Wise pamphlet by David Price, email +ccx074@pglaf.org. Many thanks to Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library, +UK, for kindly supplying the images from which this transcription was +made. + + + + + + THE KING'S WAKE + AND OTHER BALLADS + + + BY + GEORGE BORROW + + LONDON: + PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION + 1913 + + + + +THE KING'S WAKE + + +To-night is the night that the wake they hold, +To the wake repair both young and old. + +Proud Signelil she her mother address'd: +"May I go watch along with the rest?" + +"O what at the wake wouldst do my dear? +Thou'st neither sister nor brother there. + +"Nor brother-in-law to protect thy youth, +To the wake thou must not go forsooth. + +"There be the King and his warriors gay, +If me thou list thou at home wilt stay." + +"But the Queen will be there and her maiden crew, +Pray let me go, mother, the dance to view." + +So long, so long begged the maiden young, +That at length from her mother consent she wrung. + +"Then go, my child, if thou needs must go, +But thy mother ne'er went to the wake I trow." + +Then through the thick forest the maiden went, +To reach the wake her mind was bent. + +When o'er the green meadows she had won, +The Queen and her maidens to bed were gone. + +And when she came to the castle gate +They were plying the dance at a furious rate. + +There danced full many a mail-clad man, +And the youthful King he led the van. + +He stretched forth his hand with an air so free, +"Wilt dance, thou pretty maid, with me?" + +"O, sir, I've come across the wold +That I with the Queen discourse might hold." + +"Come dance," said the King with a courteous smile, +"The Queen will be here in a little while." + +Then forward she stepped like a blushing rose, +She takes his hand and to dance she goes. + +"Hear Signelil what I say to thee, +A ditty of love sing thou to me." + +"A ditty of love I will not, Sir King, +But as well as I can another I'll sing." + +Proud Signil began, a ditty she sang, +To the ears of the Queen in her bed it rang. + +Says the Queen in her chamber as she lay: +"O which of my maidens doth sing so gay? + +"O which of my maidens doth sing so late, +To bed why followed they me not straight?" + +Then answered the Queen the little foot page, +"'Tis none of thy maidens I'll engage. + +"'Tis none I'll engage of the maiden band, +'Tis Signil proud from the islet's strand." + +"O bring my red mantle hither to me, +For I'll go down this maid to see." + +And when they came down to the castle gate +The dance it moved at so brave a rate. + +About and around they danced with glee, +There stood the Queen and the whole did see. + +The Queen she felt so sore aggrieved +When the King with Signil she perceived. + +Sophia the Queen to her maid did sign: +"Go fetch me hither a horn of wine." + +His hand the King stretched forth so free: +"Wilt thou Sophia my partner be?" + +"O I'll not dance with thee, I vow, +Unless proud Signil pledge me now." + +The horn she raised to her lips, athirst, +The innocent heart in her bosom burst. + +There stood King Valdemar pale as clay, +Stone dead at his feet the maiden lay. + +"A fairer maid since I first drew breath +Ne'er came more guiltless to her death." + +For her wept woman and maid so sore, +To the Church her beauteous corse they bore. + +But better with her it would have sped, +Had she but heard what her mother said. + + + + +SWAYNE FELDING + + +Swayne Felding sits at Helsingborg, + He tells his deeds with pride; +Full blythe at heart I ween he was, + His faulchion at his side. + +He vows that he on pilgrimage + To regal Rome will go; +And many a Danish warrior bold + Doth make the self same vow. + +So out they rode from Danish land, + And only two were they; +They stopped to rest them in a town, + Its name was Hovdingsey. + +They stopped to rest in a lofty town, + Its name was Hovdingsey; +They guested with a Damsel proud, + A wondrous lovely may. + +She placed Swayne highest at the board + Amidst a knightly band; +And then wherefrom they two were come + The Damsel did demand. + +"Thou art no needy pilgrim, Sir, + Who honorest us this eve; +And that can I by thy small shirt + Hooked with red gold perceive. + +"O I can plain by thy small shirt + With red gold hooked discern, +Thou art the King of Denmark come + To do us a noble turn." + +"I am not Denmark's King, fair maid, + Nor any thing so high; +I'm but a needy pilgrim, born + Within the Dane country. + +"Now list to me thou Damsel fair, + List kindly I beseech, +There's many a child in Denmark born, + And with his own luck each." + +And there sat she the damsel fair, + And the silken seam she sewed; +For every stitch she sew'd a tear + From her eyes of beauty flowed. + +"Now do thou hear, my damsel dear, + Why dost so sorely grieve? +If thou declare thy bosom's care + Perchance I can relieve." + +"Within our land a Giant lives + Who waste our land will lay; +Upon no other food than maids + And ladies will he prey. + +"Within our country lives a trold + From us our land will tear, +Unless we can procure a man + To fight with him will dare. + +"But I have heard in all my days + That Danemen know no fear; +No doubt it is to help us now + That God has sent one here." + +"And had I horse and harness now + Well suited to my back, +Then would I break with him a spear, + Proud damsel, for thy sake." + +They led three hundred horses forth, + Milk white was every one; +But the first sank down like a messan dog + That Swayne laid the saddle on. + +They led the Spanish horses forth, + Their eyes were very bright; +Swayne drew the bridle o'er their heads, + And straightway they took fright. + +It was the brave Swayne Felding then + Was sorely sad in mood: +"O had I but a Danish horse + Who had eat of Denmark's food. + +"Full fifteen golden rings so good + From Denmark I did bring, +But for a horse of Jutland breed + They every one should spring." + +Then up came striding a millerman + So gaily o'er the wold: +"O I have got a Danish horse, + In Denmark he was foal'd. + +"A mottled Danish horse I've got, + In Sadbylund was born; +He bears each time that he goes to mill + Full sixty bolls of corn." + +"Now hear thou honest millerman, + Let me this same horse see, +For if we both be Daners born + We'll beat Italians three." + +Then forth was led the miller's horse, + He look'd a very Dane; +High hip, broad chest, the saddle gilt + Upon his back laid Swayne. + +Away he cast his gloves so small, + His hands were white to see; +And he himself girded the noble horse, + The groom ne'er trusted he. + +He girded the horse with a saddle girth, + He girded him with three; +The horse he gave a single shake + And all broke instantly. + +He girded the steed where he was most thick + With such tremendous force, +That the girth did fly into pieces ten, + And fell on his knee the horse. + +"With fifteen golden rings so good + From Denmark out I sped, +But I with every one would part + Got I a good girth instead. + +"Send ye a message o'er the mead + Unto the beauteous lady, +And beg her for her champion's steed + To get a new girth ready." + +Full fifteen were the Damsels proud + Who wove the ruddy gold, +And formed with care a saddle girth + Swayne Felding's horse to hold. + +The maids of Hammer, the maids of Pommer, + And many more maids with heed, +Wove silk and gold to form a girth + For the mottled Danish steed. + +The saddle girth was ready and made + By the early morning tide; +'Twas seven ells long, and a quarter thick, + And more than five span wide. + +But when the horse he girded was + So fierce he ramped and reared, +That there was none of Austria's men + But to look upon him feared. + +"Now do thou hear thou gallant horse, + I think thou'st human wit, +Before I mount thy back upon + I thee will ease a bit. + +"Now do thy best, my gallant horse, + Who like a buck dost play; +Here may ye see, ye German knights, + Of Danish men the way. + +"Now take away the crowned sword, + To bear it would break my vow; +And fetch ye hither a vessel's mast, + I'll wield it well I trow." + +The first course they together rode + The Trold show'd mighty force, +Their splintered spears a furlong flew, + And down fell either horse. + +"I would but prove my horse's strength, + I call not this a fight; +But meet me here tomorrow's morn + And harder thee I'll smite." + +Swayne Felding took the sacrament, + And round the churchyard paced; +Within his acton next his breast + The holy host he placed. + +"And do thou hear, my Damsel fair, + Be never down at heart; +Either shall he the saddle quit + Or his tough neck shall start." + +Out of the city followed him + Alike both man and dame: +"O may God grant," the people said, + "The Knight his foe may tame!" + +"Now hand me not the puny lance + Which ye are wont to bear; +But do ye bring, for me to wield, + My native country's spear." + +And now the second course they ride + Their cheeks with fury red; +The Devil's neck asunder went, + Flew o'er the mead his head. + +His head flew into pieces nine, + His back asunder burst; +Swayne hied him to the Damsel's house, + There first he quenched his thirst. + +Nine stately warriors out there came, + Took Swayne from off his steed: +"Broad lands on thee we will bestow + If thou wilt wed the maid." + +"O I'm betrothed to one as fair + In Ostland realms already; +For seven tons of ruddy gold + I would not prove unsteady. + +"But build before your Hovdingsey + A house upon the mead, +And there to Danish pilgrims give + Good wine and best of bread." + +So Danish pilgrims there they give + Good wine and best of bread; +They pray for brave Swayne Felding's soul, + He now has long been dead. + + + + +INNOCENCE DEFAMED + + +Misfortune comes to every door, + And who can hope to 'scape its might? +And that can little Kirstine say, + And none alas with greater right. + +It was the good Sir Peter, he + At fall of eve came home from Ting; +And it was little Kirstine fair, + That fell the knight to welcoming. + +"Now welcome, welcome home from Ting, + Most welcome thou my father dear; +Whilst thou at Ting this day didst stand + Didst any news or tiding hear?" + +"Enough of tidings I have heard, + To break my heart however sound; +Thy plighted youth has thee forsworn + Because thy name was bandied round. + +"Thy plighted youth has thee forsworn, + And none can blame the youth I ween; +For eight long years it seems thou hast + A murdress and a harlot been." + +"Now do thou hear, my father dear, + Such wicked rumours thou shouldst scorn; +For thus is many a virtuous maid + Of fame and honor daily shorn." + +"And do thou hear, my daughter dear, + Thou shalt confess it to thy sorrow; +This evening thou shalt gather wood, + And burn upon that wood tomorrow." + +And so they took the fair Kirstine, + And her arrayed in scarlet weed; +And mournfully they lifted her + Upon the grey and lofty steed. + +It was little Kirstine fair, + She reached at last the verdant wold; +"Now bless'd be God on high that dwells, + My bride-bed yonder I behold. + +"So red, red are my bridal sheets, + My bridal bolsters are so blue, +The knights who thus their daughters wed + I hope and trust are very few." + +And so they took the little Kirstine, + And bade her sit a stump upon: +Then forward stepped her plighted youth, + And her yellow hair he has undone. + +"Now do thou hear, my plighted maid, + I rede thee be of blythesome cheer, +For thou, I ween, dost here perceive + Thy bride-bed and thy funeral bier." + +When she had sat a little space + No longer there she cared to wait; +Now stand thou up, Sir Archbishop, + And Kirstine's bride-bed consecrate. + +The little Kirstine then they took + And midst the roaring blazes threw; +The fire recoiled on every side, + So fair and bright she stood to view. + +"I thank the God who me has helped, + The God who made the earth and sky; +Now to a cloister I will go, + And serve my master till I die." + +And thither little Kirstine went, + And with her all her maidens fair; +Her father and her plighted youth, + They quickly died of grief and care. + +And now within the cloister wall + The beauteous little Kirstine goes; +So joyous o'er her yellow hair + The veil so long and black she throws. + + * * * * * + + LONDON: + Printed for THOMAS J. 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