collector of the
_Kiaempeviser_, or Heroic Ballads of the Danes, Copenh., 1591.--146.
Chapter xxiii.: Interview between William Taylor (21 King Street,
Norwich) and George Borrow.--151. Orm Ungarswayne: "Orm the youthful
Swain," _Romantic Ballads_, p. 86. But see the Danish ballad "Birting"
in Borrow's _Targum_, St. Petersb., 1835, pp. 59-61, commencing:--

"It was late at evening tide,
Sinks the day-star in the wave,
When alone Orm Ungarswayne
Rode to seek his father's grave".

--151. Swayne Vonved: See this piece in _Romantic Ballads_, pp.
61-81.--151. Mousha, read _Muca_, in Arabic or _Moshe_ in Hebrew; both
represent our _Moses_. But the Jew's name was _Levi_, according to the
MS.--153. The Fight: Between Painter and Oliver, near North Walsham, 17th
July, 1820. This chapter xxiv. relates the author's call on Mr. Petre of
Westwick House, which must have been after 20th May, when it was decided
that the "battle" should take place within twenty miles of Norwich.--155.
Parr: There were _two_ Parrs, one, Thomas, called "English" or "Old" Parr
(1483-1635) who lived 152 years, and Samuel, called the "Greek" Parr
(1747-1825,) who had been Head Master of the Norwich Grammar School from
1778 to 1785. This Dr. Samuel Parr was the one referred to by Mr.
Petre.--155. Whiter: Rev. Walter Whiter, author of the _Commentary on
Shakespeare_, Lond. 1794, and _Etymologicum Magnum_, Camb., 1800, 4to;
enlarged ed., Camb., 1822-25, 3 vols. 4to.--156. Game Chicken: Henry
Pierce, nicknamed Game Chicken, beat Gulley, 8th October, 1805 (Egan's
_Boxiana_, i., p. 145).--156. Sporting Gentlemen: John Thurtell and
Edward Painter ("Ned Flatnose").--158. Harmanbeck: Slang for
_constable_--word taken from the _English Rogue_.--161. Batuschca (read
_Batyooshca_): See p. 43.--161. Priberjensky, read _Preobrazhenski_:
Crack regiment of the Russian Imperial Guard, so called from the barracks
situated near the Church of the Transfiguration (_Preobrazhenie_).

Page 166. The Fight of 1820, chapter xxvi. We will here give a
condensed portion of a chapter which we suppressed from the _Life_.

On the 20th of May, 1820, an eager crowd might have been seen pressing up
to a card displayed in the Castle Tavern, Norwich. The card was signed
_T. C._ and _T. Belcher_; but every one knew that the initials stood for
the Champion of England, Thomas Cribb. The purport of the notice was
that Edward Painter of Norwich was to fight Thomas Oliver of