Note Ee — APPENDIX I. AN ESSAY ON THE ANCIENT MINSTRELS IN ENGLAND.
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This character is supposed to have been suggested by descriptions of minstrels in the romance of Morte Arthur; but none, it seems, have been found which come nearer to it than the following, which I shall produce, not only that the reader may judge of the resemblance, but to shew how nearly the idea of the minstrel character given in this essay corresponds with that of our old writers.