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tarianism which are so universally adopted at the present day, when applied to subjects of historical interest and curiosity, will readily seize hold of any apparent defect in the system, and will be used as an argument against the value of any collateral researches.

The Editor's thanks are preeminently due to Mr. E. F. Rimbault, the zealous Secretary of the Percy Society, who has supplied him with several of the ballads here printed, and other important communications. The Editor having been absent from London while this little volume was passing through the press, Mr. Rimbault has also kindly executed the task of correcting the proof-sheets, and collating the ballads with the original copies.

EARLY NAVAL BALLADS.

THE

EARLY NAVAL BALLADS

OF

ENGLAND.

COLLECTED AND EDITED BY

JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL, ESQ.

F.R.S. F.S.A. F.R.A.S.

CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETIES OF
EDINBURGH, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, OXFORD,

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PRINTED FOR THE PERCY SOCIETY, 2.5

BY C. RICHARDS, ST. MARTIN'S LANE.

MDCCCXLI.

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