a. Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, I. Wright, and I. Clarke.
b. Printed for W. Thackeray, E.M. and A.M.
c. Licens'd according to Order. London. Printed by Tho. Norris, at the L[o]oking glass on London-bridge. And sold by J. Walter, in High Holborn.
In Rawlinson and Wood the first seven lines are in Roman and Italic type; the remainder being in black letter and Roman. The Pepys copy has one line of the ballad in black letter and one line in Roman type. The Douce edition is in Roman and Italic.
A.
11, c, i' th' North: d, in the.
31. c, This knight.
51. a, b, c, d, The youngest sister.
71. b, d, The youngest that same. c, that very same.
72. a, with this young knight.
92. d, sir knight, you marry me.
After 10, there is a wood-cut of the knight and the maid in a; in b two cuts of the knight.
112. c, I'll marry. d, I will.
121. c omits in love.
122. b, c, d, three questions.
141. d, a horn.
After 15: a, Here follows the Damosel's answer to the Knight's Three Questions: c, The Damsel's Answers To The Knight's Questions: d, The Damsel's Answer to the Three Questions.
17, 18. b, c, d, thunder's, hunger's, poyson's, devil's.
182. d, the woman.
191. c, those.
20. a, b omit truly.
211. b, c, d, as 't is.
B.
The burden is printed by Gilbert, in the text, "Jennifer gentle and Rosemaree." He appears to take Jennifer and Rosemaree to be names of the sisters. As printed under the music, the burden runs,
Juniper, Gentle and Rosemary. No doubt, juniper and rosemary, simply, are meant; Gentle might possibly be for gentian. In 2 H the burden is,
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme: curiously varied in I thus:
Every rose grows merry wi thyme: and in G,
Sober and grave grows merry in time. C.
18. "Vergris in another set." M.
D.
MS. before st. 1, "The Devil speaks;" before st. 6, "The maiden speaks."
