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" The like was never scene. Most curiously that bower was built Of stone and timber strong, An hundered and fifty doors Did to this bower belong : And they so cunninglye contriv'd With turnings round about, That none but with a clue of thread, Could enter... "
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs ... - Page 148
by Thomas Percy - 1794
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A Collection of Old Ballads: Corrected from the Best and Most ..., Volume 1

Ambrose Philips - Ballads, English - 1723 - 346 pages
...and fifty Doors Did to this Bow'r belong ; And they fo cunningly contriv'd With turning round about, That none, but with a Clue of Thread, Could enter in or out. And for his Love and Lady's Sake, That was fo fair and bright, The keeping of this Bow'r he gave Unto a valiant Knight....
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A Collection of Old Ballads: Corrected from the Best and Most ..., Volume 1

Ballads, English - 1723 - 348 pages
...and fifty Doors Did to this Bow'r belong ; And they fo cunningly contriv'd With turning round about, That none, but with a Clue of Thread, Could enter in or out. And for his Love and Lady's Sake, That was fo fair and bright, The keeping of this Bow'r he gave Unto a valiant Knight....
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Neue Bibliothek der schönen Wissenschaften und der freyen Künste ..., Volume 2

Christian Felix Weisse - 1766 - 440 pages
...and fifty doors, Did to this bower belong. And they fo cunningly contriv'd With turnings round about That none but with a clue of thread Could enter in or. out. §u SSoobfïorf bau* alfa ber ©te ttribec bec @ma&lmn gufdj%n, dneSurg, bergleidjea . SÎ3î«n noc^...
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Drinking songs. Miscellaneous songs. Ancient ballads

Ballads, English - 1783 - 360 pages
...bower belong: And they fo cunningly contriv'd, With turnings round about, That none, but with a clew of thread, Could enter in or out. And, for his love and ladys fake, That was fo fair and bright, The keeping of this bower he gave Unto a valiant knight. But...
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Beispielsammlung zur Theorie und Literatur der schönen Wissenschaften, Volume 5

Johann Joachim Eschenburg - Literature - 1790 - 466 pages
...and fifty doors Did to this bower belong: And they fo cunninglye contriv'd With turnings round about, That none but with a clue of thread, Could enter in...out. And for his love and ladyes fake, That was fo faite and brighte, The keeping of this bower he gave Unto a valiant knighte. But fortune, that doth...
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Beispielsammlung zur Theorie und Literatur der Schönen Wissenschaften: Bd ...

Johann Joachim Eschenburg - Literature - 1790 - 462 pages
...fifty doors Did to this bower belong: And they fo cunninglye confiîv'd With turning« round about, That none but with a clue of thread, Could enter in...for his love and ladyes fake, That was fo faire and bfighté, The keeping of this bower he gave ; Unto я valiant knighte. "\ But fortune , that dotli...
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British Minstrel, Volume 2

John Struthers - 1822 - 276 pages
...and fifty doors Did to this bower belong: And they so cunninglye contriv'd With turning round about, That none but with a clue of thread, Could enter in or out. And for his love and ladycs sake, That was so faire and brighte, The keeping of this bower he gave Unto a valiant knighte....
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Ancient Songs and Ballads: From the Reign of King Henry the Second ..., Volume 2

Joseph Ritson - Ballads, English - 1829 - 344 pages
...bower belong; And they so cunningly contriv'd, With turnings round about, 30 That none, but with a clew of thread, Could enter in or out. And, for his love and ladys sake, That was so fair and bright, The keeping of this bower he gave Unto a valiant knight. But...
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The Thames and Its Tributaries: Or, Rambles Among the Rivers, Volume 2

Charles Mackay - England, Southern - 1840 - 438 pages
...and fifty doors Did to this bower belong, And they so cunningly contrived With turnings round about, That none but with a clue of thread Could enter in or out. Though the authorities differ upon the point, whether this fair lady was poisoned by Queen Elianor,...
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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages ...

Percy Society - English literature - 1841 - 512 pages
...that bower belong ; And they so cunningly contriv'd with turning round about, That none but by a clew of thread could enter in or out. And for his love and ladyes sake, that was so fair and bright, The keeping of this bower he gave But fortune that doth often frowne...
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