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FAUSE FOODRAGE.
King Easter has courted her for her lands,
King- Wester for her fee.
King Honour, S;c. — P. 4. v. 1.
King Easter and King Wester were probably petty princes
of Northumberland and Westmoreland. In the Cojnplaynt of
Scotland, an ancient romance is mentioned, under the title,
" How the King of Esimiu-eland married the King's daughter
of Westmureland," which may possibly be the original of the
beautiful legend of King Estmere, in the Reliques of Ancient
English Poetrij, vol. I. p. 62. 4th edit. From this it may be
conjectured, with some degree of plausibility, that the inde-
pendent kingdoms of the east and west coast were, at an early
period, thus denominated, according to the Saxon mode of na-
ming districts from their relative positions, as Essex, Wessex,
Sussex. But the geography of the metrical romances sets all
system at defiance ; and, in some of these, as Clariodus and
Meliades, Estmurcland undoubtedly signifies the land of the
Ea.sterlings, or the Flemish provinces at which vessels arrived
NOTES
FAUSE FOODRAGE.
King Easter has courted her for her lands,
King- Wester for her fee.
King Honour, S;c. — P. 4. v. 1.
King Easter and King Wester were probably petty princes
of Northumberland and Westmoreland. In the Cojnplaynt of
Scotland, an ancient romance is mentioned, under the title,
" How the King of Esimiu-eland married the King's daughter
of Westmureland," which may possibly be the original of the
beautiful legend of King Estmere, in the Reliques of Ancient
English Poetrij, vol. I. p. 62. 4th edit. From this it may be
conjectured, with some degree of plausibility, that the inde-
pendent kingdoms of the east and west coast were, at an early
period, thus denominated, according to the Saxon mode of na-
ming districts from their relative positions, as Essex, Wessex,
Sussex. But the geography of the metrical romances sets all
system at defiance ; and, in some of these, as Clariodus and
Meliades, Estmurcland undoubtedly signifies the land of the
Ea.sterlings, or the Flemish provinces at which vessels arrived
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Minstrelsy of the Scottish border > Volume 3 > (24) |
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| Description | Vol III. |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.2.d.19 |
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| Description | Consisting of historical and romantic ballads, collected in the southern counties of Scotland; with a few of modern date, founded upon local tradition. |
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| Description | Volumes from a collection of 610 books rich in Highland folklore, Ossianic literature and other Celtic subjects. Many of the books annotated by John Francis Campbell of Islay, who assembled the collection. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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