[A] From Gaëtan de Méaulne’s “Course des Grands Masqués.” Here
reprinted by courtesy of the New York “Herald.” To this translation was
awarded the Herald’s First Prize of 500 francs.
[B] This North Country ballad probably dates from about 1525. It
was found in a fragmentary condition in a copy of the 1684 edition
of Abraham Cowley’s Poetical Works, and is here for the first time
completed and made public.