“yield to the bracken-bush”
unmartial. This does not seem a strong objection, in Froissart’s time.
It is explained in an oral fragment—
“For there lies aneth yon bracken-bush
Wha aft has conquered mair than thee.”
Mr. Child also thinks that the “dreamy dream” may be copied from Hume of
Godscroft. It is at least as probable that Godscroft borrowed from the
ballad which he cites. The embroidered gauntlet of the Percy is in the
possession of Douglas of Cavers to this day.