tood the chest,
Straight of two sons was she released.

That Sir Peter's mother so mortified,
Full quickly of rage and spite she died.

* * * * *

LONDON:
Printed for THOMAS J. WISE, Hampstead, N.W.

_Edition limited to Thirty Copies_

Footnotes:

{14} This is a much later, and greatly improved, version of the ballad
which first appeared in _Romantic Ballads_, 1826, pp. 136-138, and
afterwards in _Targum_, 1835, pp. 42-43.

{16} This ballad should be read in conjunction with _Rosmer_, printed in
_The Mermaid's Prophecy_, _and other Songs relating to Queen Dagmar_,
1913, pp. 25-30.

{23} This ballad should be compared with _The Wicked Stepmother_,
printed in _The Dalby Bear and Other Ballads_, 1913, pp. 14-20.

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