The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS To The Book Of The Thousand And One Nights With Notes Anthropological And Explanatory By Richard F. Burton VOLUME TWO Privately Printed By The Burton Club To Henry Irving, Esq. My Dear Irving, To a consummate artist like yourself I need hardly suggest that The Nights still offers many a virgin mine to the
Sir Rogar the hinde Hartly,
Sir Wyllyam the bolde Hearone.
Sir Jorg the worthA" Lovele,
A knyght of great renowen,
Sir Raff the ryche RugbA",
With dyntes wear beaten dowene.
For Wetharryngton my harte was wo,
That ever he slayne shulde be;
For when both his leggis wear hewyne in to,
Yet he knyled and fought on hys kne.
Ther was slayne with the dougheti Douglas,
Sir Hewe the Mongonbyrry,
Sir Davye Lwdale, that worthA" was,
His sistars son was he:
His Charls a MurrA" in that place,
That never a foot wolde fle;
Sir Hewe Maxwell, a lorde he was,
With the Duglas dyd he dey.
So on the morrowe the mayde them byears
Off birch and hasell so gray;
Many wedous with wepyng tears
SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS To The Book Of The Thousand And One Nights With Notes Anthropological And Explanatory By Richard F. Burton VOLUME TWO Privately Printed By The Burton Club To Henry Irving, Esq. My Dear Irving, To a consummate artist like yourself I need hardly suggest that The Nights still offers many a virgin mine to the