Digital Index of Middle English Verse: No. 3331

DIMEV 3331

IMEV 2039.3

NIMEV 2039.3

Maidens of England sore may ye mourn

Song said to have been sung by the Scots after the defeat of the English at Bannockburn — six lines

Note: Edited without reference to source by Woods (1926)

XWoods, Margaret L. “Ballads.” Royal Society of Literature: New Series, Essays by Divers Hands 6 (1926): 25-42

XTytler, Patrick Fraser. Tytler’s History of Scotland: with illustrative notes from recently discovered state documents and a continuation of the history, down to the passing of the Reform Bill, 1867: Including an account of the social and industrial progress of the people : also, an essay on Scottish ecclesiastical history. London: Mackenzie, 1873-1877

. 1.229; this tag occurs in many MSS of the Brut Chronicle, examples listed below, and in many early printed chronicles.

Subjects: Scots, insults by, against the English; Bannockburn, battle of; historical poems

Versification: — six-line — aabccb, ababcc

Manuscript Witnesses:

1.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Rawlinson B.171 (SC 11539), f. 119

Transcription:

Maydenes of engelande sare may ȝe morne
ffor tynt ȝe haue ȝour lemmans at Bannokesborun
Wiþ hevalogh
What wende þe kyng of Engel[and]
haue y gete scorlande
Wiþ Rombylogh

Note: Written as prose, in rubric as a heading.

Editions:

Sisam, Celia, and Kenneth Sisam, eds. The Oxford Book of Medieval English Verse. Oxford: Clarendon, 1970: 554.

2.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Rawlinson B.190 (SC 15500), f. 90v

Transcription:

Maydyns sore may ȝe morne
that ȝe hawe lost ȝowre lemmans at Bannokisberne
With hawelauhe
What wene the kyng of Englonds for to gete Scotlonde
With Rumbelauhe

Note: In prose Brut, written as prose.

3.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Ll.2.14, ff. 166v-167

Transcription:

Maydens of Englond sare may ye morne
for tynt ye haue lost youre lemmans at Bannockesborne
with heve and howe
whate wende the kynge of Englond
goten haue scotlond
with rombylough

Note: In the prose Brut, rubric, as a heading, written as prose.

4.Source: Cambridge UK, Trinity College R.5.43 (731), f. 141v

Transcription:

Maydenes of England sare may ye morne
ffor tynt ye lost your lemmans at Bannokkisbourne
with hebalogh
What wende the kyng of Englonde
for to have gete Scotlonde
With Rombilogh

Note: Written as prose, in rubric.

Facsimiles:

Digital Facsimile of Trinity College Cambridge MS R.5.43. https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/R.5.43.

5.Source: Cambridge UK, Trinity College O.10.34 (1486), f. 86v

Transcription:

Maidenes of Engelonde sore may ye morne
ffor tynt ye haue lost your lemmans at Bannokesbourne
With hevalogh
What wende the king of Engelonde
haue gete Scotlande
With Rombylogh

Note: Written as prose, in rubric.

Facsimiles:

Digital Facsimile of Trinity College Cambridge MS O.10.34. https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/O.10.34.

6.Source: London, British Library Addit. 12030, f. 119

Transcription:

Maydens of Englande sore maye ye morne
Tynte ye haue your lemmans loste at Banokesborne
with hevelowe
what wende the kyng of Englande
to haue gete Scotlande
with Rombelowe

Note: Written in verse lines, not rubric.

7.Source: London, British Library Addit. 24869, f. 69v

Transcription:

Maydenys of Englond sare may ye morne
ffor tynt ye haue yowre lemmanys lost at Bannokesborne
with haualow
What wende þe kyng of Englond
haue gete Scotlond
with rombilowe

Note: Written as prose, rubric.

8.Source: London, British Library Addit. 26746, ff. 189v-190

Transcription:

Maydens of Engelonde sare may ye morne
for tynt ye haue loste youre lemans in bannokesborne
vithe heue alogh
Wende þe Kinge of Engelonde
to haue geten Scotlonde
withe Rombyloughe

Note: Written as prose, rubric.

9.Source: London, British Library Cotton Galba E.VIII, f. 88

Transcription:

Maydenys of Engelond sare may þe moren
for tynt þe haue lost youre lemanys at Bannokysbourne
wyth heualow
what wende the kynge of Engelond
to haue goten the Scotlond
wyth rumbillowe

Note: Written as prose.

10.Source: London, British Library Cotton Titus D.XV, f. 31

Transcription:

Maidenes of ynglond sore may they morne
ffor tint ye haue lost your lemmans at bannokesbourne
with heve a loghe
What wend the kyng of ynglond
To have geten scotlond
with rombyloghe

Note: Prtly written as prose.

11.Source: London, British Library Egerton 650, f. 44

Transcription:

Maydens of Englond sore may ye morne
ffor ye haue lost yowr lemmons at bannokysburne
With heyvillow
What wende yow kyng
for to haue getten scotlond
with Rumbylow

Note: Written as prose, rubric.

12.Source: London, British Library Harley 24, f. 117v

Transcription:

Maydens of Englande sore maye ye morne
Synce ye hafe your lemmans loste at bannokesborne
With heuelowe
What wende the kyng of Englande
To haue gete Scotlande
With Rombelowe

Note: Set in verse lines.

Facsimiles:

Digital Facsimile of British Library Harley MS 24. https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_24.

13.Source: London, British Library Harley 53, f. 119

Transcription:

Maidons of Englond sare may ye morn
ffor tynt ye haue youre lemans att Bannokkesborn
With heue alowe
What wend þe kyng Edward till haue wonne Scotteland
With Romylow

Note: Written as prose.

14.Source: London, British Library Harley 63, f. 28v

Transcription:

Madenes of Engelond sare may ye murne
ffor tynte ye haue yowre lemmans at bannokesbourne
with havelowe
What wend the kyng of Engelond
to haue wonne Scotlond
with Rumbelowe

Note: Written as prose.

Editions:

Sisam, Celia, and Kenneth Sisam, eds. The Oxford Book of Medieval English Verse. Oxford: Clarendon, 1970: 554.

15.Source: London, British Library Harley 266, f. 15v

Transcription:

Maydenes of Engelond sare may ȝe mourne
ffor tynt ȝe lost ȝour lemmanes at bannokesbourne
With heil felows
What wend þe king of Engelond
ffor to haue gete Scotlond
With Rombylows

Note: Written as verse, couplets with the tails written to right.

16.Source: London, British Library Harley 1337, f. 59

Transcription:

Maydens of Englonde sore may yee mourwn
þat yee have lost your lemmannys at Bannokisbourne
With hevelawȝe
Went þe kynge of Englonde to have goten Scotlonde with Rombelawȝe

Note: Written as prose; another copy by a 16th century hand in the lower margin.

17.Source: London, British Library Harley 1568, f. 99v

Transcription:

Maydenes of Englonde wele may thei morne
ffor tynte haue ȝe ȝoure lemans at bannockbourne
With hauealoughe
What wende the kyng of Englonde
haue Scotlonde
with Rombeloghe

Note: Written as prose, rubric.

18.Source: London, British Library Harley 2182, ff. 98v-99

Transcription:

Maydenes of Englonde sare maye ȝe mornee
for dynt ȝe hau loste ȝoure lemmans at Bannokesborne
with heyeallame
what wende þe kyng of Englonde
haue gete Scottlonde
with Rombilowe

Note: Written as prose, rubric.

19.Source: London, British Library Harley 2248, f. 155v

Transcription:

Maydenes of Englonde sare may ye morne
for tite ye haue lest youre lenmanes in bannockes burne
Eith heualow
What wende the kyng of Englo
haue getyn Scotlond
with Rombylow

Note: Written as prose, rubric; the word “Englond” incomplete in penultimate line.

20.Source: London, British Library Harley 2256, f. 98

Transcription:

Maydenys of englond sare may ȝe morne
for tynt ȝe haue loste ȝoure lemmanys at Bannokkisburne
with hevalowȝ
what wende þe kyng of Englond
to haue goten Scotlond
with Rumbylowȝ

Note: Written as prose, rubric.

21.Source: London, British Library Harley 2279, f. 104v

Transcription:

Maidenes of Engelonde sare may ye mourne
ffor tynte ye haue youre lemans atte Bannokisbourne
with hevalowe;
what wende þe kyng of Engelande
haue gete Scotlande
with rumbelowe

Note: Written as prose, rubric.

22.Source: London, British Library Harley 4930, f. 80

Transcription:

Maidens Of England sore may ye morne
ffor tynt haue ye your lemmans at Bannokesborne
with haue & howe
Wenyd þe kyng of…

Note: Written as prose, rubric; ends incomplete.

23.Source: London, British Library Harley 7333, f. 12ra

Transcription:

Maydenis of Englonde sore may ye morne
Þat yee have loste your lemmons at bannokkis borne
With havelaw
What went the kyng of Englonde
for to have goton Scotlonde
With Rombelowe

Note: Written as prose, same script as prose chronicle.

24.Source: London, British Library Stowe 68, f. 139

Transcription:

Maidenes of Engelond sore may ȝe morne
ffor tynt ȝe han lost ȝoure lemmans at Bannokesborne
with hevalogh
what wende the king of Engelond
to gete Scotland
with Rumbilogh

Note: Written as prose, rubric.

25.Source: London, British Library Stowe 70, f. 73v

Transcription:

Maydens of Englande sore mowe ȝe mourne
ffor tynt ȝe haue ȝoure housbondes at Bannokkesbourne
wiþ havealow
What wende þe kynge of Englande
forto haue gete scotlande
wiþ Rombelowe

Note: Written as prose.

26.Source: London, British Library Royal 17 D.XXI, f. 105v

Transcription:

Maidonez of engelond sore may ye moorne
ffor tynt ȝe han lost your lemmans att Bannokesbourne
with hevalogh
What wende þe king of Engelonde
haue gote Scotland
with Rombilogh

Note: Written as prose, rubric.

27.Source: London, British Library Stowe 71, f. 54

Transcription:

Maidenes of Englond sore moun ye morne
that ȝe haue loste your lemmannes in Bannokesbourn
With here lawe
What wend the kinge of Englond
to haue geten Scotland
with rumbilow

Note: Written as prose.

28.Source: Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales Peniarth 396D, f. 140

Transcription:

Maydens of Englonde sore may ye mourne
þat haue lost your lemmans at Bannokkesborn
with havelouh
What wenyth þe kynge of Englonde
to haue geten Scotlonde
withe the Rombelaugh

Note: In prose Brut; written in rubric as heading; written as prose.

29.Source: Glasgow, Glasgow University Library Hunterian 83 (T.3.21), f. 82

Transcription:

Maydens of England sore may ye morne
ffor tynt ȝe haue your husbandis at Bannokis borne…
To haue gotene Scotland
with Rombylowe

Note: 1 x 6, aabccb, in Brut Chronicle, chap. 177.

30.Source: Beaminster, Dorset, J. Stevens Cox [olim Harmsworth; Sotheby Sale, Oct., 1945, lot 1956], now privately owned

Editions:

Cox, James Stevens. Literary Repository 4 (1957): 4.1.

31.Source: Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, Eng. 530, f. 137v

Transcription:

Maydens of England yee may weele mowron
ffor tynt yee haue youre lemmans at Bassingesbourne
What wenes kyng Edward of England with hevealowe
So lyghtly to haue goten him Scotland with rombelowe

Note: Four lines only, written as prose in prose Brut.

32.Source: Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, Eng. 587, f. 76v

Transcription:

Maydens of Englonde sare may ye mourne
sith ye haue lost your lemman at Bannokbourne
with heve & lowe
What wende the kynge of Englond
to haue wonne scottelonde
Rombelowe

Note: Written as prose in prose Brut.

33.Source: Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, Eng. 766, f. 149v

Transcription:

Maydens of Englond sare may ye morne
ffor your lemmans ȝe have lost at Bannokkisborne
with heve a lowe
Whatt wenyth the kyng of Englond
So soone to haue wonne Scotland
with Rumbylowe

Note: In Fabyan’s Chronicle.

34.Source: Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, Richardson 35, f. 63vb

Transcription:

Maydens of Englong sore may ȝe morne
Tynte ȝe haue ȝoure lemmans lost at Bannoksborne
With hewelowe
Wat wende þe kyng of Englonde
To haue gete Scotlonde
Wyth Rombelowe

Note: In prose Brut; written as verse.

35.Source: New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library 494, f. 73ra

Transcription:

Maydenes of Engelande sore may ȝe mourne
for tynt haue ȝe ȝoure lemmans at Bannokesbourne
wiþ heue alow
What wende þe kyng of Engelonde
to haue wonne scotlande
wiþ rombylow

Note: Written as prose, underlined in pencil.

36.Source: Princeton, Princeton University Library Taylor Medieval 3 [olim Morent’s Court, Kent, Meyerstein, Sotheby’s 17 Dec. 1952, lot 466], f. 89ra

Transcription:

Maydenes of Englond sare may ye morne
for tynt ye haue loste your lemmannys at Bannockysborne
with heualow what went þe kyng of engelond
haue gotyn Scottelond with Rombilow

Note: Written as prose, in rubric.

37.Source: San Marino, CA, Henry Huntington Library HM 113 [olim Phillipps 8857], f. 92ra

Transcription:

Maydyns of Englond sare may ȝee morn
ffor tynt þat yee have lost yeur lemmanys at Bannokisbourn
What how a lagh what vent þe kyng of Englond
hav gote Skotlond
with Rombelagh

Note: Written as prose, in rubric.

38.Source: San Marino, CA, Henry Huntington Library HM 131 [olim Buccleuch, Quaritch Cats. 303, 304], f. 88

Transcription:

Maydens of Englonde sore mowe ye morne
ffor tyme ye haue your lemmans at Bannokesborn
What weende þe king of Englonde
fforto have gete Scotlande
wyth Rumbylowe

Note: Written as prose, with virgules to mark line breaks.

39.Source: San Marino, CA, Henry Huntington Library HM 136 [olim Phillipps 8858], f. 85

Transcription:

Maydens of England sare may ye morne
ffor tyȝt haue ye lost your lemmans at Bannokesbourne
wyth hevalogh
What wende the kyng of Englond
to haue gete Scotland
wyth Rombilough

Note: Written as prose, with virgules to mark line breaks.

40.Source: New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library, Takamiya Deposit 12 [Dawsons of Pall Mall, Catalogue 103, item 3, 1970], f. 114v

Transcription:

Maydens of Englonde sore may ye morne
ffor tynte ye haue your lemmans at Bannokisborne
With hebalowe
What wende the king of Englonde
to haue gette Scotlane
With Rombylowe

Note: Written in verse lines.

Facsimiles:

Digital Facsimile of Yale, Beinecke Library, Takamiya MS 12. https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/16371207.

41.Source: New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library, Takamiya Deposit 29, f. 81v

Transcription:

Maydenes of Engelande sare maye morne
for tynt ye hau loste youre lemmaunes in Bannokesbourne
wiþ heualogh
what wende the king of Engelonde
haue ghete Scotlande
with rombylough

Note: Written in prose, rubric.

Facsimiles:

Digital Facsimile of Yale, Beinecke Library, Takamiya MS 29. https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/16371217.

Print Witnesses:

1.Source: STC 10659. Fabyan, Robert , New Chronicles of Englande and of Fraunce, Pynson, 1533 , vol. II, f. lxxxiiii

Transcription:

Maydens of Englonde sore maye ye morne
For your lemmans ye haue loste at Bannockisborne…
…So soone to haue wonne Scotlande
With rumbylowe

Note: In Part VII of Fabyan’s Chronicle, Septima Pars, Edwardi Secundi.

Editions:

Ellis, Sir Henry, ed. The New Chronicles of England and France in Two Parts. repr. of Robert Fabyan, New Chronicles, Pynson 1516 (STC 10659). London: Rivington, 1811: 420.

Rastell, John. The Pastime of People. London: Rivington, 1811: 204.

Pinkerton, John, ed. Ancient Scottish Poems Never Before in Print. 2 vols. London and Edinburgh, 1786: 2.494.

Aytoun, William Edmondstone. The Ballads of Scotland. 2 vols. Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1858 et seq.

Eyre-Todd, George. Scottish Ballad Poetry. Glasgow: W. Hodge, 1893: 17.

Furnivall, Frederick James, ed. Captain Cox., His Ballads and Books. Ballad Society 7 (1871); repr. New Shakespeare Society, 1890: clvi.

Woods, Margaret L. “Ballads.” Royal Society of Literature: New Series, Essays by Divers Hands 6 (1926): 25-42: 28.

Brie, Friedrich, ed. The Brut, or the Chronicles of England. EETS o.s. 131 (1906), 136 (1908); repr. 1987: 1.208.

Wilson, Richard Middlewood. The Lost Literature of Medieval England. London: Methuen, 1952: 213.

Wilson, Richard Middlewood. “More Lost Literature in Old and Middle English.” Leeds Studies in English 5 (1936): 1-49: 44.

Chambers, Edmund Kerchever, and Frank Sidgwick. Early English Lyrics…. London: Buller, 1907, 1911 et seq: liii.

Robbins, Rossell Hope, ed. Historical Poems of the XIV and XV Centuries. New York: Columbia UP, 1959: 262.

Bad Key: Baskervill1929: 41.

2.Source: STC 10662. Fabyan, Robert , The chronicle of Fabyan whiche he hym selfe nameth the concordaunce of historyes, nowe newely printed, [and] in many places corrected, as to the dylygent reader it may apere. 1542. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum, [London]: Printed by Iohn Reynes, dwellynge at the sygne of saynte George in Pauls churcheyarde, [1542] , sig. nn.virb

Transcription:

Maydenes of Englande sore may ye morne
For your lemmans ye haue lost at Bannockysborne
Wyth heue a lowe
What weneth the king of England
So soone to haue wone Scotlande
Wyth rumbylowe

Note: In Part VII of Fabyan’s Chronicle, Septima Pars, Edwardi Secundi.