Taken by Percy from a piece in the Pepys Collection. The girl warrior is
a favourite figure in popular romance. Often she slays a treacherous
lover, as in _Billy Taylor_. Nothing is known of Mary Ambree as an
historical personage; she may be as legendary as fair maiden Lilias, of
Liliarid’s Edge, who “fought upon her stumps.” In that case the local
name is demonstrably earlier than the mythical Lilias, who fought with
such tenacity.