Presented by the Ninth of May as its first volume.
Contains the text of 2 short poems, "O Lord I am Thy creature recreatid," and "Evin as the heart hurt in the chasse," and a ballad, "The sheath and the knife or Leesome brand," together with a Danish version of the ballad, "Redselille og Medelvold (Roselille and Ole)"
The 2 poems and the ballad are transcribed from the Common-place book of music and poetry, a ms. compiled by Robert Edward from about 1630 onwards; owned by the Earl of Dalhousie, the ms. is now in the National Library of Scotland. The Danish version of the ballad is taken from Grundtvig's Danmarks gamle folkeviser, v. 5 (1877), no. 271, text T.
"One hundred and ten copies ... printed ... One hundred, numbered 1-100, are for sale; ten in hard covers, numbered I-X are complimentary." L.C. copy unbound and out of series.
Addendum slip tipped in.