_John Lucas's MS. Collection of English Songs_.--Ames, the author of the
_Typographical Antiquities_, is said to have had in his possession a
folio MS. volume of English Songs or Ballads, composed or collected by
one John Lucas, about the year 1450. If this MS. is in private hands,
the possessor would confer an essential service on the antiquarian
public by informing them of its contents.