Victory, we
Come to try thee
Once agen.



Ballad: The Last News From France



[From vol. iii. of the Roxburgh Ballads, in the British Museum.]

The last news from France, being a true relation of the escape of
the King of Scots from Worcester to London and from London to
France, - who was conveyed away by a young gentleman in woman's
apparel; the King of Scots attending on this supposed gentlewoman
in manner of a serving-man.

Tune, "When the King enjoys his own again."


All you that do desire to know
What is become of the King o' Scots,
I unto you will truly show
After the fight of Northern Rats.
'Twas I did convey
His Highness away,
And from all dangers set him free; -
In woman attire,
As reason did require,