In "Othello," Act iv. sc. 3, there is also reference to the old ballad
of "Willow, willow, willow."

"The Little Wee Man" is a wee ballad that is found in many forms with
a little variation. It improves what was best in the opening of a
longer piece which introduced popular prophecies, and is to be found
in Cotton MS. Julius A. v. It was printed by Thomas Wright in his
edition of Langtoft's Chronicle (ii. 452).

"The Spanish Lady's Love" was printed by Thomas Deloney in "The
Garland of Goodwill," published in the latter half of the sixteenth
century. The hero of this ballad was probably one of Essex's
companions in the Cadiz expedition, and various attempts have been
made to identify him, especially with a Sir John Bolle of Thorpe Hall,
Lincolnshire.

"Edward, Edward," is from Percy's "Reliques." Percy had it from Lord
Hailes.

"Robin Hood" is the "Lytell Geste of Robyn Hood," printed in London by
Wynken de Worde, and again in Edinburgh by Chepman and Myllar in 15O8,
in the first year of the establishment of a printing-press in
Scotland.

"King Edward IV. and the Tanner of Tamworth" is a ballad of a kind
once popular; there were "King Alfred and the Neatherd," "King Henry
and the Miller," "King James I. and the Tinker," "King Henry VII. and
the Cobbler," with a dozen more. "The Tanner of Tamworth" in another,
perhaps older, form, as "The King and the Barker," was printed by