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As I musing myself alone
The Lamentacion of the Kyng of Scottes (on the misfortunes of Flodden) — fifteen 8-line stanzas with refrain, Miserere mei Deus absolva me
Note: Cf. 4040, 4045; Ringler Jr. (1992), TM 185.
Title(s): The Lamentacion of the Kyng of Scottes
Subjects: Scotland, Flodden, lament on; James IV, king of Scotland; laments; dream visions; Flodden Field, battle of
Versification: — eight-line — ababbcbc


Manuscript Witnesses:
1.Source: London, British Library Harley 2252, ff. 43v-44v
First Lines:
As y lay musyng my selfe a lone
In mynde not Stabyll but waneryng here & there…
Last Lines:
…Yet I beseche you of your cheryte
To the hyghe mercyfull lord for me pray
Attributed Title: The lamentacion of the kynge of Scottis (f.43v)
Editions:
Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard. Palatine Anthology: a collection of ancient poems and ballads relating to Lancashire and Cheshire London: C and J Adlard, for private circulation, 1850: 208.
Dolman, A. “Ancient Ballads on the Battle of Flodden Field.” Gentleman’s Magazine 221 (1886): 13.


Print Witnesses:
1.Source: STC 13445. Higgins, John, The mirour for m[a]gistrates, H. Marsh, 1587
Note: Earlier editions STC 13443 and 13444 in 1574 and 1575; this one alone in modern edition.
Editions:
Haslewood, Joseph, ed. The Mirror for Magistrates. London, 1815 (STC 13445): 2.442.
Campbell, L. B., ed. The Mirror for Magistrates. Cambridge, 1939; STC 13445: 483 (collated with London, British Library Harley 2252).