FOOTNOTES:

15Now pray observe the second part,And you shall hear his sottish heart:He did in taverns so frequentTill he three hundred pounds had spent.16This being done, we understandHe pawnd the deeds of all his landUnto a tavern-keeper, whoWhen poor did him no favour shew.17For to fulfil his father’s willHe did command this cottage still;At length great sorrow was his share,Quite moneyless, with garments bare.18Being not able for to work,He in the tavern there did lurk,From box to box, among rich men,Who often times revil’d him then.19To see him sneak so up and down,The vintner on him he did frown,And one night kickd him out of door,Charging him to come there no more.20He in a stall did lie all night,In this most sad and w[r]etched plight;Then thought it was high time for heHis father’s legacy to see.21Next morning, then, opprest with woe,This young man got an iron crow,And, as in tears he did lament,Unto this little cottage went.22When he this door had open got,This poor distressëd drunken sot,Who did for store of money hope,He saw a gibbet and a rope.23Under this rope was plac’d a stool,Which made him look much like a fool,Crying, Alas, what shall I do!Destruction now appears in view.24‘As my father foresaw this thing,What sottishness to me would bring,As moneyless and free of grace,This legacy I will embrace.’25So then, opprest with discontent,Upon the stool he sighing went,And then, his precious life to check,Did place this rope about his neck.26Crying, Thou God, who sittst on high,Who on my sorrows hast an eye,But thou knowst I have not done well,Preserve my precious soul from hell.27‘’Tis true the slighting of thy graceBrought me to this most wretched case,And as thro folly I’m undone,I’ll now eclipse my morning sun.’28When he with sigh had these words spoke,Jumpt off, and down the gibbet broke;In falling, as it plain appears,Droppd down about this young man’s ears,29In shining gold, a thousand pound,Which made the blood his ears surround:Tho in amaze, he cry’d, I’m sureThis golden salve will heal the sore.30‘Blest be my father,’ then he cry’d,‘Who did this portion for me hide,And while I do alive remainI never will be drunk again.’

15Now pray observe the second part,And you shall hear his sottish heart:He did in taverns so frequentTill he three hundred pounds had spent.

Now pray observe the second part,

And you shall hear his sottish heart:

He did in taverns so frequent

Till he three hundred pounds had spent.

16This being done, we understandHe pawnd the deeds of all his landUnto a tavern-keeper, whoWhen poor did him no favour shew.

This being done, we understand

He pawnd the deeds of all his land

Unto a tavern-keeper, who

When poor did him no favour shew.

17For to fulfil his father’s willHe did command this cottage still;At length great sorrow was his share,Quite moneyless, with garments bare.

For to fulfil his father’s will

He did command this cottage still;

At length great sorrow was his share,

Quite moneyless, with garments bare.

18Being not able for to work,He in the tavern there did lurk,From box to box, among rich men,Who often times revil’d him then.

Being not able for to work,

He in the tavern there did lurk,

From box to box, among rich men,

Who often times revil’d him then.

19To see him sneak so up and down,The vintner on him he did frown,And one night kickd him out of door,Charging him to come there no more.

To see him sneak so up and down,

The vintner on him he did frown,

And one night kickd him out of door,

Charging him to come there no more.

20He in a stall did lie all night,In this most sad and w[r]etched plight;Then thought it was high time for heHis father’s legacy to see.

He in a stall did lie all night,

In this most sad and w[r]etched plight;

Then thought it was high time for he

His father’s legacy to see.

21Next morning, then, opprest with woe,This young man got an iron crow,And, as in tears he did lament,Unto this little cottage went.

Next morning, then, opprest with woe,

This young man got an iron crow,

And, as in tears he did lament,

Unto this little cottage went.

22When he this door had open got,This poor distressëd drunken sot,Who did for store of money hope,He saw a gibbet and a rope.

When he this door had open got,

This poor distressëd drunken sot,

Who did for store of money hope,

He saw a gibbet and a rope.

23Under this rope was plac’d a stool,Which made him look much like a fool,Crying, Alas, what shall I do!Destruction now appears in view.

Under this rope was plac’d a stool,

Which made him look much like a fool,

Crying, Alas, what shall I do!

Destruction now appears in view.

24‘As my father foresaw this thing,What sottishness to me would bring,As moneyless and free of grace,This legacy I will embrace.’

‘As my father foresaw this thing,

What sottishness to me would bring,

As moneyless and free of grace,

This legacy I will embrace.’

25So then, opprest with discontent,Upon the stool he sighing went,And then, his precious life to check,Did place this rope about his neck.

So then, opprest with discontent,

Upon the stool he sighing went,

And then, his precious life to check,

Did place this rope about his neck.

26Crying, Thou God, who sittst on high,Who on my sorrows hast an eye,But thou knowst I have not done well,Preserve my precious soul from hell.

Crying, Thou God, who sittst on high,

Who on my sorrows hast an eye,

But thou knowst I have not done well,

Preserve my precious soul from hell.

27‘’Tis true the slighting of thy graceBrought me to this most wretched case,And as thro folly I’m undone,I’ll now eclipse my morning sun.’

‘’Tis true the slighting of thy grace

Brought me to this most wretched case,

And as thro folly I’m undone,

I’ll now eclipse my morning sun.’

28When he with sigh had these words spoke,Jumpt off, and down the gibbet broke;In falling, as it plain appears,Droppd down about this young man’s ears,

When he with sigh had these words spoke,

Jumpt off, and down the gibbet broke;

In falling, as it plain appears,

Droppd down about this young man’s ears,

29In shining gold, a thousand pound,Which made the blood his ears surround:Tho in amaze, he cry’d, I’m sureThis golden salve will heal the sore.

In shining gold, a thousand pound,

Which made the blood his ears surround:

Tho in amaze, he cry’d, I’m sure

This golden salve will heal the sore.

30‘Blest be my father,’ then he cry’d,‘Who did this portion for me hide,And while I do alive remainI never will be drunk again.’

‘Blest be my father,’ then he cry’d,

‘Who did this portion for me hide,

And while I do alive remain

I never will be drunk again.’

31Now by [the] third part you will hearThis young man, as it does appear,With care he then secur’d his chink,And to this vintner went to drink.32When the proud vintner did him see,He frownd on him immediately,And said, Begone, or else with speedI’ll kick thee out of doors indeed.33With smiles the young man he did say,Thou cruel knave, tell me, I pray,As I have here consum’d my store,What makes thee kick me out of door?34To me thou hast been too severe;The deeds of eight-score pounds a yearI pawnd them for three hundred pound;Which I spent here; what makes thee frown?35The vintner said unto him, Sirrah,Bring me one hundred pounds tomorrowBy nine o’clock, take them again:So get you out of doors till then.36He answerd, If this chink I bring,I fear thou wilt do no such thing;He said, I’ll give under mine handA note that I to this will stand.37Having the note, away he goes,And straightway went to one of thoseWho made him drink when moneyless,And did the truth to him confess.38They both went to this heap of gold,Wherre in a bag he fairly toldA thousand pounds in yellow boys,And to this tavern went their ways.39This bag they on the table set,Which made the vintner for to fret,And said, Young man, this will not do,For I was but in jest with you.40So then bespoke this young man’s friend,And [said], Vintner, thou mayst dependIn law this note it will you cast,And he must have his land at last.41This made the vintner to comply,Who fetchd the deeds immediately;He had one hundred pounds, and thenThe young man got his deeds again.42At length, the vintner, for to thinkHow he was foold out of his chink,Said, When ’tis found how I came offMy neighbours will me game and scoff.43So, to prevent their game and laughter,The vintner, in a few days after,Being void of grace, as will appear,He cut his throat from ear to ear.44Thus he untimely left the world,Who to this young man prov’d a churl;Now he who followd drunkennessLives sober and [does] his lands possess.45Instead of wasting all his store,As formerly, resolves no moreTo act the same, but does inde[e]dPoor fatherless and mother- feed.46‘And let all young men, for my sake,Take care how you such havock make,For drunkenness, you plain may see,Was near my ruin for to be.’

31Now by [the] third part you will hearThis young man, as it does appear,With care he then secur’d his chink,And to this vintner went to drink.

Now by [the] third part you will hear

This young man, as it does appear,

With care he then secur’d his chink,

And to this vintner went to drink.

32When the proud vintner did him see,He frownd on him immediately,And said, Begone, or else with speedI’ll kick thee out of doors indeed.

When the proud vintner did him see,

He frownd on him immediately,

And said, Begone, or else with speed

I’ll kick thee out of doors indeed.

33With smiles the young man he did say,Thou cruel knave, tell me, I pray,As I have here consum’d my store,What makes thee kick me out of door?

With smiles the young man he did say,

Thou cruel knave, tell me, I pray,

As I have here consum’d my store,

What makes thee kick me out of door?

34To me thou hast been too severe;The deeds of eight-score pounds a yearI pawnd them for three hundred pound;Which I spent here; what makes thee frown?

To me thou hast been too severe;

The deeds of eight-score pounds a year

I pawnd them for three hundred pound;

Which I spent here; what makes thee frown?

35The vintner said unto him, Sirrah,Bring me one hundred pounds tomorrowBy nine o’clock, take them again:So get you out of doors till then.

The vintner said unto him, Sirrah,

Bring me one hundred pounds tomorrow

By nine o’clock, take them again:

So get you out of doors till then.

36He answerd, If this chink I bring,I fear thou wilt do no such thing;He said, I’ll give under mine handA note that I to this will stand.

He answerd, If this chink I bring,

I fear thou wilt do no such thing;

He said, I’ll give under mine hand

A note that I to this will stand.

37Having the note, away he goes,And straightway went to one of thoseWho made him drink when moneyless,And did the truth to him confess.

Having the note, away he goes,

And straightway went to one of those

Who made him drink when moneyless,

And did the truth to him confess.

38They both went to this heap of gold,Wherre in a bag he fairly toldA thousand pounds in yellow boys,And to this tavern went their ways.

They both went to this heap of gold,

Wherre in a bag he fairly told

A thousand pounds in yellow boys,

And to this tavern went their ways.

39This bag they on the table set,Which made the vintner for to fret,And said, Young man, this will not do,For I was but in jest with you.

This bag they on the table set,

Which made the vintner for to fret,

And said, Young man, this will not do,

For I was but in jest with you.

40So then bespoke this young man’s friend,And [said], Vintner, thou mayst dependIn law this note it will you cast,And he must have his land at last.

So then bespoke this young man’s friend,

And [said], Vintner, thou mayst depend

In law this note it will you cast,

And he must have his land at last.

41This made the vintner to comply,Who fetchd the deeds immediately;He had one hundred pounds, and thenThe young man got his deeds again.

This made the vintner to comply,

Who fetchd the deeds immediately;

He had one hundred pounds, and then

The young man got his deeds again.

42At length, the vintner, for to thinkHow he was foold out of his chink,Said, When ’tis found how I came offMy neighbours will me game and scoff.

At length, the vintner, for to think

How he was foold out of his chink,

Said, When ’tis found how I came off

My neighbours will me game and scoff.

43So, to prevent their game and laughter,The vintner, in a few days after,Being void of grace, as will appear,He cut his throat from ear to ear.

So, to prevent their game and laughter,

The vintner, in a few days after,

Being void of grace, as will appear,

He cut his throat from ear to ear.

44Thus he untimely left the world,Who to this young man prov’d a churl;Now he who followd drunkennessLives sober and [does] his lands possess.

Thus he untimely left the world,

Who to this young man prov’d a churl;

Now he who followd drunkenness

Lives sober and [does] his lands possess.

45Instead of wasting all his store,As formerly, resolves no moreTo act the same, but does inde[e]dPoor fatherless and mother- feed.

Instead of wasting all his store,

As formerly, resolves no more

To act the same, but does inde[e]d

Poor fatherless and mother- feed.

46‘And let all young men, for my sake,Take care how you such havock make,For drunkenness, you plain may see,Was near my ruin for to be.’

‘And let all young men, for my sake,

Take care how you such havock make,

For drunkenness, you plain may see,

Was near my ruin for to be.’

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FOOTNOTES:[17]Cane in hand, 103, 223. This is bad enough, but not quite so bad as the woman with cane in hand, ‘Tam Lin,’ III, 505,O162, and ‘The Kitchie-Boy,’ No 252,E62. The mantle and cane are a commonplace. See alsoE14 of No 252, No 76,G3, and No 97,B202.[18]The Gallowgate port ofB a35 belongs to Aberdeen.[19]Of the 212 lines of Percy’s ballad, some 80, or the substance of them, occur in the MS. copy, and half a dozen more of the 216 lines of the 4th edition.[20]Reprinted by Dixon, Ancient Poems, Ballads, etc., p. 151, Percy Society, vol. xvii, from a chap-book.[21]44. Χρυσὸν ἀνὴρ εὑρὼν ἔλιπε βρόχον· αὐτὰρ ὁ χρυσὸν ὃν λίπεν οὐχ εὑρὼν ἧψεν ὃν εὗρε βρόχον.[22]All the above tales, except Pauli’s, have been cited, in one connection or another, by Dunlop, History of Fiction, (II, 201, of Wilson’s late edition); by Benfey, Pantschatantra, I, 97 f.; or by Liebrecht, Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen, 1868, p. 1891. Oesterley, in his note to Pauli, 16, p. 552 f., refers to three sixteenth-century story-books which I have not seen. Robert, Fables Inédites, etc., II, 232, in his note to La Fontaine, IX, 16, refers to other fabulists. Clouston, Popular Tales and Fictions, II, 55, gives from some old magazine a story after the pattern of the Greek distich.

[17]Cane in hand, 103, 223. This is bad enough, but not quite so bad as the woman with cane in hand, ‘Tam Lin,’ III, 505,O162, and ‘The Kitchie-Boy,’ No 252,E62. The mantle and cane are a commonplace. See alsoE14 of No 252, No 76,G3, and No 97,B202.

[18]The Gallowgate port ofB a35 belongs to Aberdeen.

[19]Of the 212 lines of Percy’s ballad, some 80, or the substance of them, occur in the MS. copy, and half a dozen more of the 216 lines of the 4th edition.

[20]Reprinted by Dixon, Ancient Poems, Ballads, etc., p. 151, Percy Society, vol. xvii, from a chap-book.

[21]44. Χρυσὸν ἀνὴρ εὑρὼν ἔλιπε βρόχον· αὐτὰρ ὁ χρυσὸν ὃν λίπεν οὐχ εὑρὼν ἧψεν ὃν εὗρε βρόχον.

[22]All the above tales, except Pauli’s, have been cited, in one connection or another, by Dunlop, History of Fiction, (II, 201, of Wilson’s late edition); by Benfey, Pantschatantra, I, 97 f.; or by Liebrecht, Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen, 1868, p. 1891. Oesterley, in his note to Pauli, 16, p. 552 f., refers to three sixteenth-century story-books which I have not seen. Robert, Fables Inédites, etc., II, 232, in his note to La Fontaine, IX, 16, refers to other fabulists. Clouston, Popular Tales and Fictions, II, 55, gives from some old magazine a story after the pattern of the Greek distich.

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